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Bowlegs review’s “We Move Through Negative Spaces”
Bowlegs enjoys nothing better than an album that runs together as a body of work. That is one huge reason why we’re enjoying the new release by London band Kontakte. ‘We move Through Negative Spaces’ is the result of some meticulous production in the studio, and all that effort has paid dividends for the band […]
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aaa music review “we move through negative spaces”
Interesting gets a lot of bad press these days. Interesting is “dull”, interesting is “pretentious”, interesting is what happens when a previously promising rock n roll band listens to Kid A a few too many times and decides “I can do that too!” And in most cases it is entirely justified, in most cases interesting […]
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musicOHM reviews Kontakte’s “We Move Through Negative Spaces”
After first appearing on the musical landscape in the early 1990s the genre of post-rock has embarked on something of an interesting journey, initially driving itself down something of a narrow, stifling alley. However, recent years have seen the genre expand and develop, often incorporating elements of electronic and ambient music, and increasingly being supplemented […]
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The Silent Ballet review “We Move Through Negative Spaces” by Kontakte
In their sophomore effort, British quartet kontakte provide a natural continuation of their still-developing sound. We Move Through Negative Spaces features the infusion of electronic elements and the spacious grace of post-rock, the sound that 65daysofstatic laid the blueprint for in The Fall of Math and that bands like The American Dollar and 52 Commercial Road continue to extrapolate today. In terms of sound output, kontakte lean more […]
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When The Sun Hits interviews Ian Griffiths of Kontakte
If you haven’t yet heard of Kontakte, perhaps you’ll remember their name from our Record Label Spotlight with Northern Star Records (read it HERE), as we gave them a lot of love in that article. And deservedly so – this UK outfit, consisting of Ian Griffiths, Gary McDermott, Stuart Low and Ben Worth, has been blowing my mind in particular ever since receiving their first full length LP, Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies, in 2008, from their label Drifting Falling. Sountracks is a great LP, but it in no way prepared me for how amazing their newest release, which came out in March 2011, would be. Entitled We Move Through Negative Spaces, this LP is an absolute triumph for Kontakte, incredibly gorgeous. We have a review of the new LP coming up next week on the blog, but until then, enjoy the following interview with band member Ian Griffiths, and have a listen to some of the tracks here. You will no doubt be instantly converted. When The Sun Hits expects huge things from Kontakte in the future, and after getting a taste of the music, you’ll see why.
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Kontakte – A Snowflake In Her Hand (Official Video)
Promo film for the KONTAKTE track ‘A Snowflake In Her Hand’. A transatlantic collaboration by the band KONTAKTE and Mexico-based filmmaker Patricia Flores. All images and visuals © Patricia ‘Veruka’ Flores. 2010.All music © KONTAKTE. 2010.Taken from the album ‘We Move Through Negative Spaces’.Drifting Falling Records. 2011. […]
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Kontakte – Astralagus (Official Video)
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 […]
Kontakte – Hope (Official Video)
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… […]
fluid-radio.co.uk review pawn’s “islet ep”
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 […]