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Introducing the second release in Chapter’s (http://joinchapter.com) new music series, COMPOSITION_DISORDER with artist, The KVB.  Based upon the blending of disciplines of similar mind and direction coming together as an inspiration of sorts, COMPOSITION_DISORDER, features the artist’s own uniquely conjured interpretations of dark, distorted but emotionally powerful ambient sound. By creating irregularity in compositional spaces the perspective of scale and the listener’s place is shifted.

The second of the music series, Poetics of Space, is provided by The KVB (http://facebook.com/thekvb1). The KVB is an audio/visual project of U.K. duo Nicholas Wood and Kat Day.  This U.K. duo (whom currently reside in Berlin) blend reverb-soaked shoegaze with minimalist electronic production to create their delicate and ephemeral sound.  Formed in 2010 by Nicholas Wood and Kat Day, The KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases before their first full-length, Always Then, arrived in 2012. Two more albums, Immaterial Visions and Minus One, arrived the following year, Minus One being a proper release of material that had surfaced before in the form of digital downloads and extremely limited cassettes.

Poetics of Space was influenced by the strong, minimalist aesthetic of Chapter. The work is an immersion into this concrete landscape via machine-like processing of the drums. “We tried to capture the phenomenological experience of the architecture with the textured synths and guitar to create a solitary narrative throughout this imagined space,” describes The KVB. “We’ve also recently moved to Berlin, so that may also play a part.” 

The KVB - Chapter:  COMPOSITION_DISORDER 002 (Poetics of Space)

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2014/06/09/fact-mix-445-stephen-omalley/

FACT mix 445 - Stephen O'Malley (June '14)

Limited Edition Cassette + Download: http://www.auditoryfieldtheory.org/products/537444-isobel-ccircle-the-house-in-harbour-park-c50

"Inspired by the personal journals of Detective J.H. which chart his investigation into the mysterious events that took place in The House In Harbour Park, Isobel Ccircle~'s album is part Clem Snide investigation and part X File, painting a haunting and often terrifying picture full of strange occurrences and unworldly rituals".

Isobel Ccircle~ // The House in Harbour Park (extract)

Jasmine Guffond - Useful Knowledge

Having released a dreamy album inspired by 60s sci-fi soundtracks, Swedish trio @death-and-vanilla were invited to live score cult horror Vampyr at a Scandi film festival and their slow, steady, swirling accent continued. 

Their new LP To Where The Wild Things Are,is a poppier affair; the warm analogue loops of their vintage instruments crying out for the sweet breathy vocals that Marleen delivers with a calm and enchanting ease. Named after the children’s book, the album celebrates imagination and the ability to delve into the less-explored areas of the mind. Exactly what we need to get us through today, we are pleased to present the premiere of album track, California Owls. Almost hypnotic, this is dream pop at its absolute best. Enjoy!

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Premiere: Death And Vanilla - California Owls

Phosphorescent Rot

The Worst Thing

The Overseer Duty

François J. Bonnet talks about ‘The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago’, his book on the philosophy of sound and listening, explaining the motivation behind its examination of modes of listening and its mapping of plural sonic ontologies, and expanding on some of the concepts he introduces in order to take account of the ‘schizological’ nature of sound. The podcast concludes with an exclusive track by Bonnet’s alter-ego Kassel Jaeger. 

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Archipelagic Listening: Interview with François J. Bonnet

https://onmyodocassette.bandcamp.com/album/worlds-ambient
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From the album Strings + Feedback, originally released in 2005 on Staubgold. https://andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/album/strings-feedback

Isobel Ccircle~ // The House in Harbour Park (extract)

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