Universe, by KUF

Universe

by KUF

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hendrikhoefgen So fat, groovy and referential, i couldn't add anything better as already seen in the description below: "A vortex of quirky hands, responsive ears and glowing circuits" Favorite track: Parkee.

Dr. Benway Cannot get enough of the drumming, the beautiful voice and the weirdo melody

SOUNDEBENE Würdiger Nachfolger von GOLD, also auch Gold!

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1.	Humane 04:12	buy track
2.	Nothing's Wrong 03:15	buy track
3.	Chance 02:50	buy track
4.	Take A Look Around 03:58	buy track
5.	B 04:49	buy track
6.	I Don't Want You No More 09:09	buy track
7.	Only When I Sleep 03:33	buy track
8.	Parkee 04:07	buy track
9.	Czech II 03:59	buy track
10.	Into Dreams 01:45	buy track
11.	Repeat 04:40	buy track
12.	Universe 02:13	buy track
13.	Too Late 05:00	buy track

about

KUF create emotion-laden dialogues across layers of time and dimensions of sound. Voices recorded in private are chopped up and brought out center-stage to sing to beats hammered out right here and now. Glowing synths push forward. Basslines rise to grab the melodic role of a track while a vowel is truncated and locked into a grid to drive the rhythm. Voices move within the time frame of a sample, performed by hands pushing keys, guided by the ear, immersed in this trio’s deep flow… A vortex of quirky hands, responsive ears and glowing circuits.

Since Thomas A. Edison first recorded the human voice in 1877, the recording arts have changed music forever. Musicians have explored the endless possibilities of bouncing their input onto layers of tape, off the walls of an echo chamber or the circuitry of electronic helpers that modulate, spatialize, shift, divide or multiply the work of human hands and mouths. An era of sampling offered a cubistic analysis of the recorded past and DJs took dancers onto intricately fractured time travels. This is the historic foundation that KUF keep probing. Just like the sampler and the DJ before them, they found new ways to re-allocate where machine and human beings stand when making music together. Most importantly, they get sparkling bursts of energy out of the resulting friction.

‘Universe’ digs deeper into the android vocal chords, offers different beats and persistent bass. Immerse in the intimacy of the voices, probably recorded in trains, backstage areas and late night private parties during Berlin Lichtenberg warehouse rehearsals. By striking the keys, KUF squeeze out and serve up all the soul accumulated in those savory phonetic shreds. Wood striking metal, thick bass strings moving air, oscillators humming eagerly. Physical and electrical, alive and stunningly beautiful – after a year well spent in smoky clubs, on festival stages and in extensive nocturnal sessions, KUF deliver chapter two of their unfolding saga.

credits

released January 24, 2018

Tom Schneider: sampler & keyboards
Valentin Link: bass synthesizer & double bass
Hendrik Havekost: drums & percussion

Vocal samples performed by Madeleine Rauch, Franziska Plückhan & Lydia Schulz.

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