Ding Dong Ray

electronic

Kangding Ray

Infinity

Mixtape of my favourite songs right now. It's a bit of a jumble, includes my friends' music as well as other stuff.

broken collarbone blues 2014

electronic circus

Dominik Eulberg - Afraid Of Seeing Stars [*Cuiviénen~]

Stephan Bodzin - Luka - Leon

Bonobo’s Live Album ‘The North Borders Tour - Live’ is available on CD + DVD with 70-page hardback book, or ltd vinyl and audio download.

ORDER NOW
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PREVIEW
DVD Trailer: youtu.be/onCHyksRWiE
More Info: bonobomusic.com/news/live

The North Borders

Antenna

Boiler Room Berlin Sigha B2b Shifted, Kangding Ray, Deadbeat ft. Tikiman, Headless Horseman, Positive Centre, Dj Flush

[Broadcasted March 12th 2014]

Tracklist & Video at Boilerroom.tv

Kangding Ray Boiler Room Berlin Live Show

Gardens of God - Gluk (Original Mix)

Daso - Open Cage

Mr. Stellakis

Premier extrait du nouvel album "Invisible", disponible à partir du 26/03.
First extract from the "Invisible" album, available from March 26th 2012.

Trois versions physiques disponibles / Three physical editions available :
CHAPELIER FOU - INVISIBLE [2012 CD IDA084CD]
CHAPELIER FOU - INVISIBLE [2012 LP IDA084LP]
CHAPELIER FOU - INVISIBLE - LIMITED EDITION [2012 LP IDA084LPLTD]

Info &amp; mailorder : http://www.icidailleurs.com/chapelier-fou

Fritz Lang ("Invisible" Album/2012)

ÓLAFUR ARNALDS & NILS FRAHM - a2 (Max Cooper Remix) 

DOWNLOAD it exclusively from XLR8R: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/04/stare-max-cooper-remix

ORDER the Ltd. Edition 10" Vinyl/Download from our store and receive the remix with it:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP042

'A starry-eyed house experience that fits seamlessly into a soulful, deep-felt dancefloor dynamic. Swells of low end surge into a crisp, percussive breakdown that never seems to shift too abruptly, leaving Arnalds' & Frahm's original melody work to come humming through the compressed kick in a blissful wave of moonlit elegance' – XLR8R

'A hazy slow-builder that sits nicely equidistant between Arnalds’ solo work and his excellent Kiasmos project' – The Line Of Best Fit

Erased Tapes label mates Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm record and mix their first collaborative record between Reyjkjavík and Berlin as a surprise release for label founder Robert Raths.

The ambient/electronic work ‘Stare’ is a true family effort from Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm with Anne Müller joining in on cello and all graphics by close label-friend and now in-house designer Torsten Posselt of Feld Studios.

This release will be strictly limited and exclusively available on Record Store Day 2012, April 21st. Coinciding with the 5th Anniversary of Erased Tapes, it’s also available from the official Erased Tapes online store and sure to become a must-have for fans of the label and these two artists.

LABEL: ERASED TAPES RECORDS    UK RELEASE DATE: APRIL 21, 2012
CAT.NO: ERATP042 EP/DL   EAN: 4050486068137

TRACK LISTING:  1. a1  2. a2  3. b1  4. a2 (Max Cooper Remix)* digital bonus track

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:   OLAFURARNALDS.COM   DURTONSTUDIO.COM   ERASEDTAPES.COM 

Stare

a2 (Max Cooper Remix)

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - a2 (Max Cooper Remix)

Stroboscopic Artefacts presents the Monad series. Rarefied and introspective, confrontational and extreme, each featured artist will delve into the Monad concept: "The generation of number series is related to objects of geometry as well as cosmogony. From the Monad evolved the Dyad; from it numbers; from numbers, points; then lines, two-dimensional entities, three-dimensional entities, bodies, culminating in the four ele - ments earth, water, fire and air, from which the rest of our world is built up."
Kangding Ray’s Monad XI is a fierce exploration of points of origin. With track titles referring to a circle, a stork, a river and a desert, the compositions are filled with abstract references to the four elements. These tropes emerge in the form of dizzying aqueous loops, arid beats, punishingly dark pads, and splintering top lines. This is music which emerges from a sound design process where spontaneity is just as prised as structure. With one ear always attuned to the coincidental, Kangding Ray's Monad is not just capable of demolishing dance floors, but also bristles with brilliantly curious details. 
Words: Clare Molloy

Kangding Ray 'Monad XI' [SAM011]

The Wedding

R-N 123 . TRACK LIST :

1 . Athem
2 . Mojave
3 . Odd Sympathy
4 . Pruitt Igoe . ( or version )
5 . Or
6 . Mirrors
7 . Coracoid Process
8 . En Amaryllis Jour
9 . Lea vaila Scheme
10 . Monsters
11 . La Belle

CREDITS	

All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray
Voices and lyrics on Pruitt Igoe, Coracoid Process and Odd Sympathy by Magne Mostue.
Voices on Athem and Monsters by Rose Tizane Merrill.
Words on Monsters freely pirated from « T.A.Z, the temporay autonomous zone, ontological anarchy, poetic terrorism » by Hakim Bey . ( anti-copyright, 1985, 1991 ) Available at www.autonomedia.org
Progressive keys on Or by Ben Frost
Drums on Coracoid Process and Or performed by Yacine Djeradi
Percussions on Odd Sympathy performed by Achille Farese
Salamander Modular synth for Monsters wired by Matia Simovich
Mastered by Andreas « Lupo » Lubich at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
©2010 . raster-noton . r-n 123

Press text :	

After the Pruitt Igoe E.P, Kangding Ray returns with his third album for raster-noton, pushing further his explorations on the edge of digital and analog sounds. With OR, Kangding Ray continues to blur the borders between experimental and bass music, and brings his signature sound to another level, somewhere at the darkest fringe of club culture.
With the massive metallic beats of « athem », the frightening distorded waves of « Mojave », the elevated groove of « Odd Sympathy », the modulated guitar walls of « Leavaila Scheme », or the low-bitrate Everest of « La Belle », KR creates deep atmospheres, loaded with echoes of collapsing economies, dysfunctional political systems, and corporate alienation.In an abstract manner, OR depicts the desillusions of modern civilizations, while initiating a positive reflection on crisis as a creative state.
OR (« gold » in french), as the only chemical element that seems to keep its value for eternity, refers to the cult of endless consumption and the absurdity of fluctuating currency valuations, while in english, as a logical operator or grammatical conjunction, OR represents the possibility of another choice, an « inclusive disjunction » which suggests that there might be another answer, a different path to follow.
Noticeable inputs have been provided by Ben Frost, who composed a keyboard line for « Or », Rose Tizane Merrill who lend her voice to the anarchist poem « Monsters », and Magne Mostue who wrote the words and sang on « Coracoid Process » as well as the vocal version of the prophetic electronic mantra « Pruitt Igoe ».

09 Leavaila Scheme

10 Monsters

Insomnies (Mon Plus Beau Cauchemar - Ez3kiel - Piano Cover

http://ninjatune.net/release/the-bug/cant-take-this-no-more

The Bug - Rise up feat. Inga Copeland

The tale of the mythic pentaki mountain has been engraved on a two-sided circular piece of wax.

the north face of the peak is steep, abrasive, and has been the subject of many legends in the region. it is said that whoever would manage to climb it would find a plateau, leading to a place called “the single source of truth”.

considered as the ultimate goal by both psychedelic gurus and database o
ptimization corporations, and as an ideal retirement destination for a couple of lost souls in search for coherence and objectivity, the source diffuses endless loops of haunted voices, apparently sampled from a discarded call center, running low on power, encouraging listeners to shorten cycles, deliver requests and improve user experience.

it is also said that anyone climbing from the south side would never reach the summit or find his way to the plateau, and would always end up on a lower altitude than where he started.

this topographical anomaly is probably the reason why the south face of the pentaki has always been favorited by locals, with its sunny weather and its luxurious vegetation flourishing along the soft downward slope, leading to a slow and peaceful end.

Kangding Ray . The Pentaki Slopes . 12" E.P
r-n 145 . raster-noton

A1 : North
A2 : Plateau ( a single source of truth )
B1 : South

North

Plateau ( a single source of truth )

South

AUTOMNE FOLD
2008 . RASTER-NOTON

R-N 094 . TRACK LIST :

01. konstruktiv . 1:44
02. automne fold . 4:51
03. downshifters . 2:40
04. the distance . 4:26
05. a protest song . 3:56
06. apnée . 2:27
07. idle . 5:13
08. quarante . 3:40
09. altiz . 5:48
10. parallel . 2:06
11. world within words . 4:50
12. époque . 3:57
13. apnée . part II . 3:09
14. palisades . 5:42

CREDITS

All tracks written and produced by
Kangding Ray / David Letellier

Vocals on a protest song and quarante by Lene Toje
Words on apnée taken from "the man, the hospital and the helicopter"
written and spoken by Andrew Cannon

Additional musicians :

Olaf Casimir ( contrabass on palisades )
Vincent Feuillet ( detuned piano on downshifters and the distance )
Loïc Lebouteiller ( bowed guitar on apnée )
Judith Stichtenoth ( violins on parallel and quarante )
All other instruments and vocals by KR

Produced in Berlin and Paris in 2007
Artwork by KR

Additional studio recordings at Southstar Recorder (Berlin )
Steim ( Amsterdam ) and RML ( San Francisco )

Mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx, Berlin

©2008 . raster-noton . r-n 094 

Automne Fold

unmastered version of a track that appears on both the ... and darkness came compilation to benefit victims of hurricane sandy, and the percussion lab compilation

Plastic Rumblings

From his early releases on the legendary german imprint raster-noton, to his more recent output aimed at the club, Kangding Ray managed to trace a singular trajectory, navigating the unexplored territories between experimental music and dance music.

Through his consistency as both Live performer and DJ, and a number of critically acclaimed releases, Kangding Ray showed his ability to keep a genuine artistic approach, while slowly crafting a unique universe, equally focused on emotional response and visceral impact.

Kangding Ray’s music tests boundaries, evolving constantly in its exploration of texture and rhythms, while talking equally to the body and the mind.
From his past as architect, Kangding Ray kept a multidisciplinary approach to art, applying his craft in diverse artistic fields such as visual arts, film scores, audiovisual installations and dance performances.