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VII

by KTL

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Frostless 07:23

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A new timley studio album from the duo of Peter Rehberg and Stephen O’Malley. Recorded and mixed during an unexpected extended stay in Berlin when the borders of the world suddenly closed. The claustrophobic urgency of this scenario is seared into the colossal vibrations set into this vinyl release. 
Unlike many of their releases this is a studio record made unto itself as opposed to the many soundtracks they have made for theatre works and the like. It also stands as one of their most fully realised releases to date. 

Proceedings are launched with The Director. Sitting somewhere between contemporary classical and doom this is a sliding and menacing mass of sound, more Masque of the Red Death than The Decameron.  Silver lining is an alarming swooping buzzing track, looming and lowering only to rise and descend again. A delicate play with the Shepard-Risset glissando manifesting a delirious swarm of sound. Lee’s garlic orbits into a short fragmented zone with bursts of harsh feedback and crashing fx, all manner of audio enters and is discarded with an underlying sense of despair and frustration. Proceedings continue on Side B with Tea With Kali where a calmer plateau is embedded with oscillating guitar and fluttering electronics. Beating sine waves envelop the listener in a meditative thought piece of sound. Frostless concludes this epic dispatch as a subtle and gentle foray into twitching electronics as a light buzzsaw drone swirls as around your mind.

The interplay of sources (guitar, electronic equipment (hardware, software, speakers) is so entwined it’s often difficult to discern who is doing what amongst the broad sound field. KTL VII is instrumental music as visual narrative resulting in an exquisitely crafted release full of sophisticated and sublime illusory effects.

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released July 3, 2020

Berlin, spring 2020

Written and produced by KTL, Stephen O’Malley & Peter Rehberg

Recorded & mixed at MOM Paraverse Studios, Berlin, March & May 2020
Engineer : Andi Toma (mix), 2nd Engineer : Constantin Carstens (recording)
Mastered at Zino Mikorey Mastering, Berlin, May 2020
Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnitstelle, Berlin, June 2020

Cover art : Nina Hartman, Untitled Capsule, 2020 (Resin, paper, toner, pigment)
Photographed by Joe Levenworth

KTL photograph : KM

Thank you François & all at GRM, Regina, Tibo, Andi & Jan, Const, Kali, Laura, Margrét, Lucy, Petter, Petra, Gisèle & DACM, Gary, Dirk, Tomo, Isabelle, Thomas, Jasmine, Lavender, Crys, Oren, Hildur, Lukas, Sam, Kári, Bartholomé & Felicia at Shelter Press, Ed/dense.

Published by Ideologic Organ Music (SACEM) & Mute Song

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KTL is the duo musical collaboration of Peter Rehberg and Stephen O'Malley, initially formed to score and perform in Gisèle Vienne's theatre piece "Kindertotenlieder" in 2006. KTL is a living piece of music, where long, flexible and free evolution is important to the character of the sound, and allowing all potential possibility to remain open in the performances. ... more

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