05 Neo Rouge

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.

The achieved act transmutes darkness into light.

̷̨͔̱͕̳̀ ̶̢̪̞̱̐ ̷͚̱͈̟̯̃͘ ̶̯̗̌ ̸̱̏̋̽╔̶̡͚̤̞̒̒̀̍̅ ̴͈́̕ ̵̢̳̘̣̐ ̵̛̰̦̭̱́͗ ̵̨̛͛̉̈́ ̷̨̗̖̱̓͋͗̈́╔̸̧̛̫̦̗͗͑
                 ̵͙̖͚̼̗̃̌͌́̅●̷͇̖͍̹̒̒ ̵̜̼̘̈́̈ ̴̢̨͔͆̆○̴̗̜̣̣̣̒ ̶̼̀̾║̸̲̅̈́─̸̳̖̔͋̇͝─̸̘̪̓̇̈─̶̲̬̄͛̂͊̚─̸̙͔̙̺͑̉▶̵̰͇́̈́͒̈̽║̸͚͎̦̰̤̽̈́̾͑̕ ̶̪̐̀̾͝͝○̵̫͊̓ ̸̻̽̒●̵̟͎̱͓̗̽̽̕͝ ̸͚͉̉͘○̵͔̮̞͂͊́͜║̵̛̪͈̰͎̖̎͗─̶̨̧̰̝͍̓̔─̷̢̤̞͒́─̶̳̮͇͗̊̐─̴̘̀͆̊̑͝▶̸͖̗͐́͐̑͐║̶̡͔̣́̇͜ ̶̡̈́̈́̾ͅ⌽̵̢͉̫̟͎͌̄̈́͒ ̸̭̓̿͘
 ̷̲̱̓̀̓                 ║ ̵̺̟͔͐○̶̪͓̝̝̮͑͝ ̴̝̘͔͊ ̷͇̻͓͌͗͠●̵̭̜͋͑̾͝ ̴̧̭̮̒̉║ ̸̡̰̣̼͕́̄̏̃ ̷̱̬̐̒ ̴̧͓͎̫̭́̅̆͊͊ ̵̜̙͍̲͗͝ ̴̡͎̮̞̈̂̆͝ͅ║̵̜̓́͐ ̴̪͇͉̔͜͠●̵̧̖̳̋͜͜ ̷͎̃͋̋○̴̱̗̐̉͑̚ ̴͔̺̝͙̤͑͝●̸̖̇̂͌║̸̧͔̍ͅ ̵̣͉̎ ̶̰̼̌̚ ̷̦̀̚ ̷̥̺͍̞̥̾̈́͒͝ ̶̨̤̼̭̼̍║̸̣̯̮̔̒̒ ̷̗͊́̈́̏●̷̬͓̳̥̑̈́̎͝ ̸̪͑○̷̡̜̟͌͛͒̕̕͜ ̴̜̖̮͌̇̏║̴͈͇̝̯̗̐̿
                                   ̶̤̳̼̼̆            ╚̷̨̐͑̈́̍͌ ̷̢̈́̇͗̌̕ ̵̢̢͎̼͓̄̅̀́͠ ̶̱͓̣͓͐͒̋̅ ̸̛̘̞̬̮̮͑̈́̿̿ ̸͂̅͋̌͝ͅ ̴̢̠̰͇̀̃́̔͜ ̶̥̬̬͆̀̾́ ̷̛͕̠̝̽ ̶͇̖̓̈͜ ̶̗̻̋
 ̸̫̮̋̀̄̈́                                ̷̜̟̮́̓̓̌́ ̵̖̤̿͋͒́͝ ̴̢͓̦̒│̷̞̋ͅ ̶͉̟͍͈͖̌̓ ̶̨̳͉̓̑̄͜ ̵͓̳̍͗ ̸̢̱̙̄ ̴̛͖͕̺̪͗̅ ̷͔͌̍̕ ̸̤̤̺̰̑͌͋ ̸͓͖̈́̄̋ ̵̧͙̤̉ ̵̧̛̮̤̀̌͘͝ ̵̫͎̜̯͈͗̈́̈́̽ ̷͎̼͆̓̓͘͜ ̸̹͋ ̴̯̰̍͛̕ ̵̧̛̲̥̟͋̾͘│̴̢̤̭̣̜͒̈̌ ̷̫͖̼̗̅̈́̀́̅ͅ ̴͚͓̪̹̔ͅ ̶̨͙̦̿̆̐̓̍ ̵̭̀͘ ̷̘̱̈́̽̄̓͜͠ ̵̧̥̌͌̆ ̵̧̡̭̱̌̈́ ̴͇̭̝͕̂̒͐͂͝ͅ ̶̨̫̟͕̓̅ ̴͖̣͍̽̓̿́ ̸͎͓̮͌ ̵̢̞̯̬͔̓ ̷̡̹̙̣͗͛̆͝ ̴̩̳̜̆̌̀̚ ̶͖͎̿̒ͅ│̵̦̥̤̗̉
 ̶̯̼̙̄                                 ̷͈͍̂͐̆ ̶̲̭̓̾̚͝ ̷͉̲̥̼̩̆▼̶̠̗̰̥̉̔ ̴͎͓̤̀ ̸̰̘̈́̐͝ ̵̖̫̄́ ̷̻̣̿͊ ̶͓̦̜͎̏̑̈̏ ̷͎̯͐̔̇͐ ̶̢͉̙͙̞͛̏̑͘ ̷̢̘̏͌̈ ̶̡̛̰͎̇̂͜͝ ̵͓̥̰̣͋̉̀͝ ̵̩̋̃̈ ̵̢̛̩̯͕̝̃́̽̎ ̸͚̠̾͐͒͊ ̵̢̱̙̙̻̀̔͠ ̷̨̫̭͙̌̉̔̈̏▼̴͈̂́ ̵̣̣͎̒̔͊̑ ̸̛͖͚͂̋͒ ̴̡̞̰̠̽̉́̈́̈ ̸͉̪̗̫̒͆̊͒ ̸̥̼̿̇̊̆̕ͅ ̷̜̯̹͖̔̋͊̿͠ ̶̯̹̪͕̾͝ ̸̪͈̊̆͐͆̽ ̸̧̙̰̻̮̀ ̵̟̝̝̣̠̈̒̍͗ ̷̣͕͙̤̽̊ ̷̻̳͠͝ ̷̺͖͕̠̼̈́̒̄͝ ̴̟̪̇̋̂͐ ̸͈͖̿̓͋͋͆▼̷̢̪͎̘́̀
 ̷̶̨̼̦̽̐̔̔̾̃͘         ̴̛̻̹̱̥͔͋ ̷̠̭̻͑○̴͇͌̎͝ ̸̢̦̓║̴̤͉͎̩̓̌̕͜͝─̴͇̲̗͒̏̀̋─̷̢̞͇͇́̅─̴̯̈̆͘͠─̷̢̤͇͓̣̔́▶̴̛̼̣̒͌͝͝║̷̱̮̘̖͖̀ ̷͍̪̞̌̽̃⌽̶̲̰͝͝ͅ ̷̢̱̙̙͍͗͆̈́̂͘●̷̢̼̣͎̘́̎̔͘̚ ̶̭͇̘̫̈́║̶̣̠̫̀̓─̸̻̈́̒̇─̴̥̯̻̀─̴̰̒─̴͉̊▶̸̬̈̈́║̴͖̈́̋͆͝ ̴̭̂̀̾̽●̷̢̺̠̃̔̿̏ ̶̡̳̦͍̼͂̀́̿⚫̴̦͇̊͂ ̸̣̥̗̄║̴̝̇
 ̵̗͇̗͆̇̿̽̕                                  ║̸̖̫͈̾̑͠ͅ ̷̫̞̜̰̎○̸̧͍͙̘̌̽̾ ̵̘̣̱̆̏͒̑͑͜●̵̧̖́̅́̿̌ ̵̯̬̭̩͘͠║̶̳̠̠͚̆͆̓ ̷͇̒̍͑̔̾ ̷̣̙̝̋̾͠ͅ ̸͎̘̼͈̟̊̋ ̷̻̝̒ͅ ̶̧͈̳͖̠͊͂͊║̵̥̳͕͋̍̈͌ ̵̱̱̈́̓͜○̴̡̡̪̤̉ ̸̧̝̙̰͖͛̅̓́⚫̶̢̇ ̷̮̭̙͆║̸͕̼̤̀ ̴̮̼̦͉͋̂̈́̓ ̸̨̉̀͘̕ ̶̹̠͔̻̓̿̈́͝ ̶͚͚̯͂̋̌̊ ̸̩̈́͛́͗͜͝║̸̱͌̋̀ ̷̞̜͒̎̍̑̓○̸̛̞̺͛̀ ̷̦̭̜̀̇̊̈͜͝●̸̣͎͚̲̈́̈͜͝ ̵̡̨̖̳̇̊̾̄║̶͔̿͝
                                ̷̢̻̦̦̹͆ ̶̯̖̖̃̕ͅ ̵̗̀ ̶̨̺͌̏͌̆́ ̴̟̝̫͙̬̾͗̚ ̷͍̘́̈͂͜͠ ̸͙̪̎͊͗͗ ̷̣̌̇̿̕̚ ̸̡̺̻̤̍ ̴͚̈̀̒̆̊
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Ỏ̵̺͉̰̂̐̑̌͆̂́͊̿͆̈́̀̐̀̽͂͛̉͛͗̃̉͊͊͠n̵̛̛̛̲̣͇̦͙̤̭̫̲͕̻̝̼̼̜̈́̑͛͊̃͌̐̈́͗̌͆̾̈͊̐̈́̇͆̑̓́́̓͒͗͗̂͆͒͊̅̿̆̅̚̚̕̕̕͠͝͝ ̶͍̺̖̳̗̲̼̖̫͔̳̻̟͓͔͊̿͊̎̔̿͑A̸̢̧̧̨̡̨̡̪͚͚̙̝̮͉̗̞̹͕̪̰̞̯̪̜̤̙͇̫̳̪̞̪̠̳̥̦̥̯̺̫̭͎̠͛̿̽̏̓͆̀̊̓͊̂̋̎̂̌̔͆̐̉̚͜͝͝ͅe̶̢̨̛͍͔̞̟̪̓̃͒̐̀́̿̓͋͐͐͒̃̽͂̉̂̍̇́̔̾̍̒̎̔͘̕͘͝͝͠r̷̼̥̬͈̥̒̈́̂̌͂͛̿̐́̀̌̊̏͜͠t̸̨̨̛̰̦̻̹͙̣͍̪̟͇͈͆͐͑̌̈́̈́h̴̨͙͍̯̱̲̫͉̰͇̎̇͐͒̐͋̀̾͊̌͂̒̈́͗̅́̎̂́̾̉̆̎͊̽͘͝,̷̨̨̘̩̥͉̙̘̖̞̫̓͋̌̔͐̀́͒͛̎̂̐̑̿̓͑̔̔́̓̃̿͊̇̊́͘͘͘̕͜ ̶̢̨̡̢̧̳̲͔̟̯͎͉̳͈̦̝̱͚̙̭͈͉̦͙͓̭̥̼̱̮̺̥͙̱̼̫͖͐̀̆̈́͆̍͒̋́̿̋̑́̾́̽͑̀̃͒͆̿̓̀̑̑̈́̕̚͝͠͝͠ͅn̸̨̧̛̖̤̣͎͚͙̤̘̺̤̖̹̪͆̇͛̃̐̇̍͆̾̂̈́̍̿̓̈́́̃̓͊̿̾͊̈́̽̆̀̒͗̆̌̾̊͐̔̈́̊̅́̑͗̕͝͝ǫ̸̢̡͉̫͕̗̦͙̻͉̝̇̏͑̈́̅̇̒͗̽̈́̏͐̀̒̏͒͑̾͗̎͐̓́̋̚͠͝͝ͅt̸̛͚͓̣͇̞̩̲̺̲̓͂̀͜ḣ̷̨̢̨̡̟̞̺̞͖͇͎͖̤͎͈͙̻ͅi̵̧̖̙̹͈̾̀̽n̴̨̧̨̨̢̧̙̯͚̮͇̬̖͔̮͓͓̟̩̹͙͉͎̗͇̼̣̖̖̳͕͊͆̍͑̉̈́̈̋̏͝ͅͅg̴̢͕̬̣͉̖͖͎̰̫̟̭͓͙̠̯͔̺̬̤̯͔̍̏̈́͊͐̅̈̓̑͗̇͗̆̈́̀͊͋͊͑̓͋̎̾̃̿̈́̾̒̇̓͘͘̕͜͠͠ ̸̛̛̜͎̫̣̦̳̗͎̰̭̜͗͂̈̑̓̄̅̊̏̂̌̂̀͆́̊͑̓́̑̍́̇̔͛̆̑͌̔͆̿̑̀̕͝͝͝e̶̡̨̡̡̢͙̗̜̟̩͇̻̮̖̠̳͈̺̩̖̹͙̟̝̩͓̲̪̩̙̣̜̰͓͓͈̼̟̥̙̣̞̥̾̇͒̑̍̉c̶̢̧̛̬͍̝̰͚̻̳̩̻̪̬̪̲͙̦̦̹̰̺̲͓̯̥͓̺̭̳̻̪̘̭̤̮͎͆͋͌͛̿͆̌̀͒̋͆̎̇͌̐͊̇̈́̐̄̔́̌̌̉͐̉͋͗͆̊̚̕̕͝͠ͅh̸̢̡̙̥̺̯͌̂͌̿̇̇̒͗̃͊̈͒̒̾̾̒̒̍̆͐̾̕ǫ̴̢̧̨͙̩͎͙̼̮̦̙̳̮͚̱͈̯̘͇͖̰͈̖̘̻̳̤̤̖̲̠͉͕̝͓͙͐̆̂̓͌͂̏̐̐̍͌̃̀̊̒̓͋̒̚̚̚̕͝͝͠͠ͅͅe̴̞͗̐̅̓̉́̒̋̊̆͐͒͛̀̕s̶̢̛̛̛̱̙̰̪̥̞̑̃̒͋̓̅̀̃̎̾̐̂̒̆͐͌̋͗̋̇͊̀̇̂͒̓̾̎̔́̈́̈́̈́͘͘͜͠͝ ̴̢̥̣̟͇̭̮͔͓͚̣͇̟̫̮̼͕̫̼̹̝̹̦͍̘̭̂̔̓̃̐͂̔̑̂̉̾̊͆͆͑̈́̃͌̔̔͌͆̀͑͗͛̓̈́̐̉̊̈̕̕͘͘͜͝͝͝t̶̢̡̡̡͔̟̭̺͍͔̮̦͎͉͈̤̘̹͔̤̪͔̜̳͕̘̪͔͉̩̲̼̖̤̂͛̈̾̃̌̐̑̅͑̅̚͜͜ḧ̵̛̯̹́̐̈́͊̽̎̏̌͊͗͌̌͗̏͌̿̾͒̆̍̇́̉͆̒̏̓̄̾͒̀̓̍̅͒̚͘͘̚̚͝͠͝ë̵̦͔͎̭̤̣͎̺͖͈͍͎͙͕̘͚̭̜̠̻̣̮̼͍̗͙̰͈͍̮̤͓̼̬̤͈́̓͑̑̓̀͒̃̎̃̍̋̌́̋̏̓̚͘̚͜ ̶͈͕̺̮͕̭̻͉̹͚͙̫̞͕̤̻͉̥̠̘̠̟̣̯̬͎̻̹̊͛̓͊͊̎̑̿̃̿̒̅̒̅̎̂̎́͒́̈́̏̒̂̀͑̈̽͂̚͜͝ͅs̸͖̼̠̍ḁ̸̢͇̹̼͍̻̠̪̳̯̺͈̜͈̜̫̱̖͇̤̜̞͇̖͍̹̪͖͉̹̹̪̗́̅͐̏͒̓͆̇͑́̌̓̚̕͜͝m̵͉̞̮͓̗̺͇̱̞͍̭͔͊͌͜͠ȩ̶̡̢̼̦͖̤̤͈̣͔̤̹̖̜͎̞̻̦͖̳͙͔͚̦̼̜̻̠̣̠̩̤̥̲̼̳̰̝̘͓͛͌̌̽̈́̆̀͑̕͜͜͜͠͠ ̴̢̢̛̛̞̣̻͚͙͉̺̦̯̤̉̿̂̿̃̓̔͗̂̏̐̃̎̇̚ͅw̶̨̧̡̢̬͚̭͉̭̯̮̗͙̩͙͙̻͚̻̝͇̭͖̼͔̤̦̋͌̒̈́̏͌̆̆͒͌̂̉̋̽̅̅́̅̑͋̇̌̂̉̊͂͑̊͛́́̀͗͐͗̏̎̕͝͠ā̴̢͇͉̖͙̞̯̪̺̮͕̻̗̱̺̖͔̥̥̩̻̱͇̗͔̺̥̣̜̩̖̥̈́͊̈́̃̇̂̃͛͗͐̚͜͠ͅy̸̧̨̢͙̤̞̻̘̭̠̪͈͈̳̹͚̩̼̠͇̞̣̟̪͉̩̣̹̪͈̜̳̲̮̌̑̊̏̓̏͌͛͆̾́͒͊̎͘ ̶̢̱͎̰͈͍̦̺͕̳̹̽̾̔̓̆̀͊͝͝t̴̢̡̡̩͎̹̘̼̝̬̖͉̜̙͖̬̲̰̱̳̫̻̣̤̯̭͍͈͉̼̹̤͙̞̙̤͉̤̠͇͎̳̆̆͂ͅw̶̢̡̡̳͕̲̼̻͙̪̟̺̗̲̭̮͎͎͕̞͇̦̘͍̳̙͍͇̰͇̞̭̼̄͊͌̽̈́́͛͋͊̓̽̀͂̓̀͐̏̒͑̉̀̓͘ͅį̸̧̢̨̡̨̫͎͓̟̟͎͓̱̮͇̫̦͔͎͍͖̟̲̳̝̬̃͛̉̄̀̈́̾͂̃̌͌͌̆̅̾̈́̃̾̎̂̕̕͜͜͝c̶̢͙̫̪͓̝̞͖͖̦̱̯̭̥͓̫̯̰̮̹̲̳̞̜̼̟̱̫͔̩͈̝̼̲̩̊͗̀͐́̍̊̏̉̉̊̓̕͘͝e̸̢̧͙̯͇͙̥̖͙͓͕͕̥̋̉̊̑̚͝.̶̡̡̛̺͙̜̖͚̥͙̯̥͔̫̼̣̫̣̮̣̻̓̆̃͑̐͌̋͌́̈́̂̏͋̓̈́̽̏͒̃́̍͛̑̍͑̈́̄̉̂͆̈͑̑̈́̏̕ͅ