ARTIST(S): Kyoka
TITLE: SH
LABEL: Raster-Noton
CAT n°: r-n 170
FORMAT: 12” // Digital Download
RELEASE DATE: March 25th 2016
Inspired by her residencies at stockholm‘s EMS studios, kyoka‘s new EP »SH« might be her most experimental record so far. The 4 tracks presented on this EP can be described as snapshots having a spontaneous cha- racter as they were edited and recorded during various sound checks and performances. The results are not less typical of kyoka‘s chaotic sound with unforeseen shifts in beat, unpre- dicted repetitions and surprising clicks and bops.
The rather slow and gloomy opener »susurrus« is followed by a somehow dubby and strongly up-tempo track, »smash/hush«, that culminates in a repetitive and hypnotic swirl. The b-side, on the other hand, continues with a rather slamming track and is rounded of with »shush«, a track that loses some speed, but not complexity through its diverse breaks and cuts. Besides a release on vinyl, this EP will also see a CD release in japan with two additional tracks that will be available digitally through raster-noton‘s online shop.
Tracklist:
a1 susurrus
a2 smash/hush
b1 hovering
b2 shush