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KK 015CD
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"Kandis by now has become something like a good old friend on Karaoke Kalk. This time, it's nine tracks that come across as a well-rounded, self-contained whole. Musically, Airflow alternates between gloom or even detached coolness and little conciliatory sounds and melodies that suggest and create closeness or intimacy. Following an imaginary script, the pieces evolve like a soundtrack. There is an atmospheric development and, for the first time, a glimpse of the classical album. However, there is never so much as the impression that Jens Massel is trying to draw clear lines or to set fixed limits. Too many open questions remain, too many possibilities of how to proceed. Once again, as with all the other releases by Jens Massel on Karaoke Kalk -- as Fumble, Senking or, like here, as Kandis --, this multi-layered complexity, this apparent openness in all directions does arise from the diversity of the individual projects on the one hand and the numerous parallels and points of contact between them on the other. Here, many elements we already know from neighbouring releases reappear, such as the soundtrack-like character of Senking, without copying or repeating themselves -- though with the knowledge that all these different pieces of music are at home in this one individual person. It reminds one of that contradiction lodged inside all of us, only that rarely someone gives sound to it so honestly."
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KK 024LP
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KK 007CD
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"The history of Kandis is to some extend the history of Karaoke Kalk, too. Jens Massel is Kandis. But he also gave birth to two other projects: Senking and Fumble. All three together are quite different but somehow live in the same neighbourhood. Jens Massel is a sound exploring path-finder. He is a willful guy, with an own definition of groove, a kind of stoical groove. Anyway always surprising, anyway astonishingly playful. And Jens Massel is the man behind nearly half of all Karaoke Kalk releases. No wonder that his music, his style, his skills set the tone of the company. Kandis is his most popular project. Kandis 1996 - 1999 is a survey of tracks and songs which were so far only available on vinyl. Shortly before the arrival of his new regular album we knew the time is now to release this CD compilation. Take a view back and dip in the world of Kandis. Discover a different world of music. Discover a different kind of pop. Discover the vision of Jens Massel."
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KK 005EP
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"Third release from Kandis on Karaoke Kalk. Kandis developed his own individual style to interpret the different kinds of electronic music from ambient to minimal techno. There are no dancefloor fillers on the Dilldop EP, but it's music for your soul and you have to love it."
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