Promo film for the KONTAKTE track ‘Astralagus’. The second film in the on-going collaboration between the band KONTAKTE and London-based film artists Twitching Curtains. This superb and sublime film was shot, produced and directed by Marko Waschke and Tony Charalambous in and around South London during 2010/11. Enjoy the ride. All images and visuals © Twitching […]
This is the full 8 minute version of the animation for ‘Hope…’. It is quite incredible as you will see. It was made by the animator John Davide in London between 2009 & 2011. Constructed over a light box using sand and various mixed media, this was quite an intensive exercise in patience and precision… […]
Pawn – Islet EP To anybody familiar with Hideki Umezawa’s work as Pawn, his music is some of the most instantly recognizable in electronic music. A few things make Hideki’s work standout: his use of glass harp, his almost glitchy approach to editing field recordings, his delicate piano work. The term micro-minimalism has often been […]
When I first saw London post rock outfit Kontakte, named after the famous composition by pioneering modern composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, they were performing their first album Soundtracks to Lost Road Movies in the atmospheric setting of a renovated medieval church, backed by projections of abstract images. Even then, having only recently formed out of bassist […]
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Double ethereal negative Kontakte – We move through negative spaces Post rock is a tricky genre to tackle and it sometimes can be a tag that can be detrimental to a band. I really don’t know any more what “post rock” means (although I like the definition by Joe Shrewsbury from 65daysofstatic), so let’s say Kontakte makes expansive instrumental […]
Read More from sloucher.org review “We Move Through Negative Spaces” by Kontakte
“Kontakte”: sounds like a German techno musical, in actual fact a four-piece from London playing post-rock. With their mix of Bavarian heritage and dour British attitude, they might also be descendants of the current royal family. But Kontakte pack a secret weapon in the fact that one of them’s a would-be Brian Eno: along with […]
Read More from Coke Machine Glow highlights Kontakte’s “The Owls Won’t See Us In Here”
This reminds me a little (or possibly a great deal, simultaneously) of Maps, early Mogwai, EITS, 65daysofstatic & Epic 45. Their last effort was a motorik Krauty affair but this is all proper “epic guitar cathedral walls”, whispering, fluttery electronics & galloping, stomping, clattering drum machines with stately arpegiated guitar lines. There’s even some strings […]
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Kontakte listed as part of the Valentines “Weekend Soundtrack” at Grounds for Appeal. view article […]
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We Move Through Negative Spaces listed in “Top 5 Records of the Week” by When the Sun Hits view article […]
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