A fish dreams in a drum machine. Hidden Operator surfaces, soaked in fog and radio hiss. The fever escapes. Kontra-Musik and Kess Kill hold hands in a burning telephone booth—two labels dancing backwards through a mirror, cackling.

This is a record made of riddles and ruin. Dub coughs in the corner. Proto techno slips on oil. UK hardcore gurgles something unspeakable before melting into a slo-mo house groove with a hangover. Lo-fi? No-fi. High-why. Slightly wrong but utterly intentional.

Basslines stagger like drunks in a maze. Snares in existential crisis. Synths whispering conspiracy theories. This is an apparition. Half dungeon, half dancefloor, half pigeon coop.

Understanding is colonialism. Twitch instead.

KONTRAKESS01. Carved in vinyl. Released into the ether. Confuse your neighbours. Alarm your pets. Send postcards from the inside.
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releases September 8, 2025

Music: Johan Skugge
Images/text: Mika Hallbäck Vuorenpää & Ulf Eriksson
Mastering: Rude 66 

PREVIEW - In Orbit (KONTRAKESS01)

Kess Kill Records started in 2016. 
Run by Rivet. 
Vinyl distributed by Readymade Berlin.
Digital available via Boomkat and Bandcamp (as well as most other stores).
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