News :
JUNE '08 - currently back at Hospital Studios after our Spring travels. Writing / Recording new material. Taking bookings for autumn now.
Single Release News - we are happy to announce the release of our second single 'Motorik' via Mind Exodus Recordings, scheduled for September '08. This will be available as a 7" and Download.
We are also delighted to be working with the fantastic Drifting Falling Records on a very exciting album release scheduled for Oct / Nov '08.
More details and info' to follow.
Info :
kontakte - draw from all sides of the sonic spectrum fusing together deep passions for Post - Drone - Space and Krautrock.
The bands love for distorted beats, transience and star-scraping melodies informs them on their quest to create music of depth, space and intensity.
kontakte is a unit of three minds pulling together to create challenging music and sounds that leave an indelible, lasting impression on the listener.
Reviews :
"Kontakte make music for motorways and autobahns." - NME
"These demos are addictive, one after the other, although... Motorik is the unchallengeable highlight - one of the most addictive tracks of the year." - Freeze Magazine
"Droning, motorik, space-rockers !" - TimeOut
"London drone-rock 3 piece Kontakte formed back in 2006, inspired by Krautrock, Mogwai, Spacemen 3 and MBV. If i was to add anthing to that exalted list of my own accord, i'd look north, then further north and toss in Glasgows superb Errors for reasons of electronic compatibility and software interface issues, and Icelands' magisterial Sigur Ros, for their shared love of ice-sculpted vistas of indescribable beauty. The 5 instrumental pieces here are all positively pregnant with trembling, aching beatitude.
This is deeply affecting, life-affirming magnificence.
The kind of music that picks you up when you least expect it to, transporting you from ennui and doubt to evangelical rebirth : a state of grace !" - trakMARX.com
"KONTAKTE – Instrumental three piece from London, a fine blend of drones and positively repetitive post-rock textures that build in to anthemic relish. Transient beats and delicate hints of warm distortion. Pleasant, easy bits of restrained refined Sigur Ros and Spiritualized that uncoil in their own way in their own time and relaxing uncluttered space" - Demo Of The Week - ORGAN Magazine
"This band has a unique charisma to produce a variety of feelings through space and atmosphere" - Atraktos.net
"Smooth teardrops of warm post rock sounds slowly compress and collide against each other violently before sweetly saluting each other goodbye" - NerdsAttack
"Around me the air is juddering (yes juddering!) courtesy of Kontakte. They are alternately cajoling and abusing their guitars into creating great sirens of drone-laden sound... turn off your mind, relax and join their trip to a spaced state.
Their are no vocals, as there's no need for words. Singing would be a distraction here, lyrics would knock your journey off course.
Motorik throbs with heartbeat thumps and a spiralling guitar line that echoes back on itself over steadily rising waves of fuzz; Kontakte take hunks of rhythm and puresoundwaves and make me twitch with glee." - KittenPainting.blogspot.com
"(kontakte) produce very pleasing drone rock instrumentals somewhere between Sigur Rós and Spiritualized, amid a set adorned with an old TV that broadcasts only static." - MusicOHM.com
"Based on layers of throbbing synthesizer bass and machine percussion, much like the motorik music of Kraftwerk, Kontakte's instrumental music brings to mind motion - there's something about this that makes me want to hear more." - PennyBlackMusic
"Dreamy dub like soundscapes disperse and a monolithic-like post-rock freak out explodes wondrously in front of you - Kontakte are deserving of your attention, now!" - SubbaCultcha
How was this going to be anything but awesome? Enraptured Record's welcome return to the seven inch single series, word-of-mouth rising underground stars, Kontakte, kick proceedings off with left-field verve and finnese; this single exemplifies their unkempt, raw promise.
Sterile World is a monolithic, Moog work out with a disconcerting voiceover full of apocalyptic portent.
Not since Stereolab's halcyon mid 90s period has retro-futurism sounded so fresh." - Rant
"... with a dash of Spacemen 3 and Kevin Shields thrown into the mix, ... some driving drum machine and pentatonic blues riffing on the bass before unleashing a blistering wall of texture as the track builds up. Over on the flip it gets even more epic, the whole thing accumulating into an immense swirl of fizz." - Boomkat.com
"The enigmatically named kontakte ('s) tunes were fabulously indulgent, heavy metallic spine-tinglers, which left me buzzing with more energy than i should ever possess on a Thursday night. Their set played out as a well executed tour of genres, pleasing, and definitely whetting the appetite." - Culture Deluxe
"Kontakte's music is essentially (with the emphasis on 'essential') drone-rock; transcendental, uplifting and life-affirming. The intrinsic beauty lies in its wordlessness. The instrumental nature tosses the listener between wildly different emotions and feelings. The dissonance and brutality of one song may be followed by such a sublime piece - that the listener can be left reeling and bewildered."
Andy McCulloch (KONTAKTE - Working Towards A New Language)
"Emotional, passionate and brave." Richard Bell
Radio :
Radio Scarpe Sensee - FRANCE
The British Breakfast, WRIR - USA
Resonance FM (KOSMISCHE) - UK
Air Altantic Underground Radio - USA
Kosmik Radiation, Wort fm, WI - USA
HGRNJ, New Jersey - USA
Cielo Liquido Radio Programme - SPAIN
L'attra Radio - ITALY
Radio FSK - GERMANY
Music For Listeners, Texas - USA
Video :
STERILE WORLD promo
Filmed and Directed by Marko Waschke/Twitching Curtains
Live @ The Windmill, London '08
Filmed by Marko Waschke/Twitching Curtains
Releases :
'Ghosts Of Electricity'
Included in the Let Us Progress Records sampler.
Strictly limited, Hand-made, CD Compilation.
Release date April 23rd 2008.
Visit
Let Us Progress to order your copy now.
'Sterile World - Transmitter/Receiver' (RAPT4553)
Debut Single.
Limited edition, hand numbered 7" & Download.
Available in all good record shops (Rough Trade/Sister Ray/Pure Groove/Piccadilly Records/Norman Records)
To order from online shop visit
Enraptured Records
'Ghosts Of Electricity'
Included in 3 Download compilations :
Click here for links -
KOSMIK RADIATION .com - February Podcast Pt.3
NOT FOR RESALE - Download NO. 8.
SPLENDID ISOLATION - Podcast NO. 4.
Contact :
For live bookings and enquiries / and to join Mailing List contact us here :
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Turn Up The Music"
