|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LP
|
|
EMEGO 287LP
|
A new timely 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 theater works and the like. It also stands as one of their most fully realized 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's VII is instrumental music as visual narrative resulting in an exquisitely crafted release full of sophisticated and sublime illusory effects. Berlin, Spring 2020; Written and produced by KTL, Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg; Recorded and mixed at MOM Paraverse Studios, Berlin, March and 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.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
LP
|
|
SHELTER 089LP
|
Restocked, last copies. French music, art, and publishing imprint Shelter Press release another chapter of its on-going documentation of the work of Gisèle Vienne. The Pyre: Versions Distilled To Stereo is the score composed and recorded by KTL (Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg) for the dance piece "The Pyre", written and directed by Gisèle Vienne. The music created by KTL incorporates invisible and absent elements -- ghosts, one might say. It proceeds from simulated diegetic sounds (which are part of the action) interwoven with real sounds -- a musical creation that makes up an extra-diegetic sound score. This composition dizzyingly sculpts the space on stage and generates an impression of great spatial depth, which activates light-sculptures that in turn evoke the illusion of a tunnel, whose depth also results in a play of reflections. Through these different media, the aim is to develop and shatter -- without looking to resolve -- the exceptional intensity that can arise from the dialectical tension between presence and absence, as well as from the characters that are seeking flight. The music, originally performed on a multi-channel spatialized soundsystem has been distilled to this stereo version for home use, half-speed mastered and cut by Matt Colton. This record announces -- and is one chapter -- in the forthcoming release of the first monograph dedicated to the work of French choreographer Gisèle Vienne and documented by French photographer Estelle Hanania. This book -- is one of Shelter Press' most ambitious to date, catalog number 100 -- will be released in Spring 2019. Text and voice by Dennis Cooper. Photographs by Estelle Hanania; Design by Bartolomé Sanson. Printed innersleeves; Includes download card; First edition of 700 on clear green wax.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
2LP
|
|
EMEGO 120LP
|
Double LP version. Finally the fifth KTL studio album is ready for release. Whereas their previous album IV (EMEGO 089CD) was recorded and made in a relatively short period in a more traditional rock environment, V turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the European avant-garde. Rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as EMS in Stockholm and GRM in Paris, Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.) have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from the harsh metal/noise blizzards of their early albums. They took a step further by inviting Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to orchestrate "Phill 2" (performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Hein), resulting in a towering storm of monumental classicism. Finally, "Last Spring: A Prequel" turns the whole album on its head with the abstract alien textures of the Gisèle Vienne installation of the same name, with text by Dennis Cooper spoken with devout intensity by long-term Vienne collaborator, Jonathan Capdevielle. With full-color artwork by Mark Fell, V is KTL's most sophisticated work to date. Produced by KTL. Photo by Estelle Hanania. Stephen O'Malley (guitar, bass, modular synthesizer, computer, contact mics), Peter Rehberg (modular synthesizer, computer). Recorded September 2010-October 2011 at EMS, Stockholm; Tinitus, Bergen; Ina GRM, Studio 116, Paris; Smecky, Prague; Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest; Twisted, Wien. Mixed at Twisted, Wien, May 2011 - January 2012.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
EMEGO 120CD
|
Finally the fifth KTL studio album is ready for release. Whereas their previous album IV (EMEGO 089CD) was recorded and made in a relatively short period in a more traditional rock environment, V turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the European avant-garde. Rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as EMS in Stockholm and GRM in Paris, Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.) have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from the harsh metal/noise blizzards of their early albums. They took a step further by inviting Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to orchestrate "Phill 2" (performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Hein), resulting in a towering storm of monumental classicism. Finally, "Last Spring: A Prequel" turns the whole album on its head with the abstract alien textures of the Gisèle Vienne installation of the same name, with text by Dennis Cooper spoken with devout intensity by long-term Vienne collaborator, Jonathan Capdevielle. With full-color artwork by Mark Fell, V is KTL's most sophisticated work to date. Produced by KTL. Photo by Estelle Hanania. Stephen O'Malley (guitar, bass, modular synthesizer, computer, contact mics), Peter Rehberg (modular synthesizer, computer). Recorded September 2010-October 2011 at EMS, Stockholm; Tinitus, Bergen; Ina GRM, Studio 116, Paris; Smecky, Prague; Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest; Twisted, Wien. Mixed at Twisted, Wien, May 2011 - January 2012.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
EMEGO 089CD
|
This is the long-awaited fourth album by KTL -- the ongoing duo of Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). KTL's first full-length release that is not commissioned work for theatre or film showcases their approach to composition and structure as a highly active live band. Whereas the Kindertotenlieder trilogy of KTL (Editions Mego, 2006), 2 (Editions Mego, 2007) and KTL3 (Or, 2007) were blurred washes of fog and noise polished by ambient shine, IV is a more direct and demanding beast, referencing such diverse projects as: volume-era Swans, Red Mecca period Cabaret Voltaire, phase one Wire, Fushitsusha and This Heat. Developed and composed over the spring and summer of 2008, KTL brought the material to Tokyo the following September and worked with Jim O'Rourke at the desk and controls. IV is a stunning new direction and a great addition to both artists' already impressive canon. The opening and shortest track, "Paraug" is a dark shadow of previous KTL sounds, with its blowtorch riffs and sub-bass rumbles. This leads the way for the album's monster "Paratrooper." Over 21-minutes of driving bass pulse interwoven with razor sharp guitar from O'Malley and synth and organ blasts from Rehberg. Atsuo, from Japanese top-rockers Boris, glues it together with his arrhythmic and punishing drumming. "Wicked Way" is a breezy, upbeat number, which, if the band were that way inclined, would be the album's single. "Benbbet," on the other hand, is a whole different ball game: a distant guitar loop is joined by slamming, no step beats, making way for a guitar riff to straddle all valleys and computer bass rattles. Possibly KTL's most detailed recording. "Eternal Winter" is an exercise in black, frozen, resonant harmonics, whereas "Natural Trouble" is a slowly-evolving twister of a track which is both spontaneous and focused. IV was produced by Jim O'Rourke. Stephen O'Malley (guitar); Peter Rehberg (computer & synthesizer); Atsuo (drums on track 2 and gong on track 6).
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
LP
|
|
OR RATHER16
|
LP-only release. This is the third full-length release by KTL, the formidable collaboration between Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). Another soul-destroying follow-up to the highly-acclaimed 2, with more accompaniments created for the theatre piece, Kindertotenlieder by Gisele Vienne and Dennis Cooper, which premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Perhaps the broadest bulletin from the duo thus far, featuring two contrasting tracks. The layered dementia bliss of "Loud Game" counterbalances the fried dub of "Sunday." Stephen O'Malley (strings, fx, amps, tube osc.); Peter Rehberg (digital osc, apps, drives). Produced by Stephen O'Malley & Peter Rehberg on location at Vienne Wintergarden, Grenoble & Manoir Kéroual, Guilers, July 2006 and February 2007. One-sided heavyweight vinyl and etching by Savage Pencil (SAVX), packaged in a tip-on style outer sleeve, heavyweight inner sleeve and sticker.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
EMEGO 085CD
|
This is the second full-length release by KTL, the formidable collaboration between Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). Devastatingly beautiful four-part follow up to the highly acclaimed debut CD, recorded in a former abattoir in Angers, as well as a 16th century manor in the extreme west of France. Taking the blueprint that was laid out on the first record even further, with the ecstatic build up of "Theme," the near-psychedelic "Abattoir," and closing with the twisted romanticism of the closing "Snow 2." An upgrade both artistically and emotionally. As with the first CD, elements appeared in the finished version of the theatre piece Kindertotenlieder by Gisele Vienne and Dennis Cooper, which premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Stephen O'Malley (strings, fx, amps, tube osc.); Peter Rehberg (digital osc, apps, drives). Written, recorded & mixed by Stephen O'Malley & Peter Rehberg at Studio Abattoir, Angers & Manoir Kéroual, Guilers, December 2006 - February 2007. Mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, March 2007.
|
|
|
Artist |
Title |
Format |
Label |
Catalog # |
|
|
CD
|
|
EMEGO 084CD
|
1st release from 2006, repressed! KTL is a collaboration between Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate, etc.) and Peter Rehberg (Pita, etc.). This is a six-part collision amongst the increasingly fading presences between the light and the dark, with some pieces recorded in a resistance fortress in southern France during a thunderstorm -- while others were recorded in a winter garden drenched in sunlight. The collaboration came about as the two were working on a theatre production by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper, entitled Kindertotenlieder. It must be stated that this CD is NOT the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. However, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. File under: digital analog black metal. Stephen O'Malley: strings, FX, amps; Peter Rehberg: oscillators, applications, drives. KTL is a threatening new collaboration taking in parallel worlds of Extreme Computer Music and Black Metal.
|
|
|
|