For its 6th release, Berlin-based Klangkuenstler returns to his Outworld imprint with the Weltschmerz EP – an ode to a world in turmoil, prophesying that there's light at the end of a pitch-black tunnel. For there's a fire of passion burning brightly within the depth of these two monstrous new tracks. Make no mistake, this is brutal, floor-shaking techno, yet, despite the sheer force, Klangkuenstler captures the emotional essence of our Zeitgeist, shape-shifting moods between raging anger, deep-blue melancholia and glimpses of hope.
The EP's title-track 'Weltschmerz' kicks off mercilessly at the light-speed-tempo Klangkuenstler has become synonymous with. As a muscular kick thuds below slashing hats and rust-covered atmospherics, a venomous lead snakes through this airtight framework, unfolding into a moment of unadulterated ecstasy. 'Untergang', meanwhile, bursts of pure energy in tired times, thundering violently towards a bittersweet peak of warehouse-sized euphoria. To put it in a nutshell: Klangkuenstler rings in the end and we're going out with a bang.
Though cooked-up for carnage, it's Klangkuenslter's intuition for existentialist contrasts that let the Weltschmerz EP transcend its design purpose to grow into something altogether bigger – touching body, mind and soul alike. The outside world may have ground to halt, but Outworld continues to move.

OW006

12'' Vinyl

Klangkuenstler - Weltschmerz [OW006]

This is the intro I created for my latest vinyl set, as some of you asked  for this I thought to upload it, feel free to download and use it in your sets! 

Lyrics:

Die Krähen schrei’n
Und ziehen schwirren Flugs zur Stadt:
Bald wird es schnei’n -
Wohl dem, der jetzt noch — Heimat hat!

Nun stehst du starr,
Schaust rück­wärts, ach! wie lange schon!
Was bist du, Narr,
Vor winters in die Welt entflohn?

Die Welt — ein Tor
Zu tausend Wüsten stumm und kalt!
Wer das verlor,
Was du verlorst, macht nirgends Halt.

Nun stehst du bleich,
Zur Winter-Wanderschaft verflucht,
Dem Rauche gleich,
Der stets nach kältern Himmeln sucht.

Flieg, Vogel, schnarr
Dein Lied im Wüstenvogel-Ton! -
Versteck, du Narr,
Dein blutend Herz in Eis und Hohn!

Die Krähen schrei’n
Und ziehen schwirren Flugs zur Stadt:
Bald wird es schnei’n,
Weh dem, der keine Heimat hat!

Klangkuenstler - Vereinsamt (Intro) // Free Download

Weltschmerz

Untergang

Himmelreich

Armageddon

Ehre Und Gewalt

Ihr Werdet Weinen

Hexenmeister

Watch on Youtube

klangkuenstler @ HÖR (Impuls - 18 June '21)

Fight Club, Vol. 1

In Ketten Gelegt

Buy Vinyl or Digital

Concept https://www.instagram.com/styxxcommunity/
Visuals https://www.instagram.com/_heymes/

STYXX pres. Klangkuenstler x VJ Heymes (Set)

Vinyl or Beatport

Geerson - Expect Of Something [OW007]

BLICZ - Still In Hell [OW007]

Exil Der Schatten - Dystopian Warfare [OW007]

DLV - Der Teufel (Gazometer '98 Mix) [OW007]

klangkuenstler b2b future.666 @ BCCO Tower, Berlin

Klangkuenstler ft. Obernauer - Mein Wille

Klangkuenstler ft. Obernauer - Die Welt Brennt

The Ep is available on vinyl & digital.
Beatport https://www.beatport.com/release/balthazar/2555574
Decks.de https://www.decks.de/track/klangkuenstler-balthazar/cej-nh
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ntfXx-b2MzYWKemXnTppA4IEKYHcQFK

Release text:
After OW001's maiden-voyage into outer space, Outworld now takes us to the underworld courtesy of label head Klangkuenstler's 'Balthazar' EP, which marries raw peaktime-power with claustrophobic-come-ecstatic atmospheres, served over the course of four tracks.
The devil's dancing on the title-track: as serrated off-hits shatter on tough kicks, a wicked saw-riff begins to drill through the drums as if summoned from Hades. In contrast, the bass-driven body and pulsating sinus-tone of 'Zorn Amons' grind like teeth as they build in tension. A moment of illusive release comes with 'Das Schattenreich', on which the reverberating, fast-paced percussion
runs for escape, hunted fiercely by a meaty trance-lead. On 'Jenseits', though, Klangkuenstler pulls us back into purgatory, showcasing a dramatic end to a carefully crafted and devilishly fun EP of rough club bangers.

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Klangkuenstler - Balthazar

Release info:

Klangkuenstler first made his debut on our SUM 5 VA with his massive track ‘Continuum’ and now returns for his first solo outing on Second State with two absolute bombs primed for decimating any dance floor they encounter.

‘Razor’ kicks off the EP in a concept where fierce, rapid drums and 90’s inspired leads result in a nostalgic yet modern twist to a timeless idea. The title track ‘Dunkle Illusion’ initiates the B-side by utilizing an ominous acid line with sinister intent slithers between racing percussion creating an undeniably wicked atmosphere. Wrapping up the short player is Alignment’s remix of ‘Dunkle Illusion’ which sees the original reworked into a powerful display of devilish melodics while never losing the intensity and force of the original’s character. This EP perfectly blends Techno with Rave sounds, and there is no better way to welcome Klangkuenstler to the Second State family.

Dunkle Illusion

Klangkuenstler - Razor

OW003 - Hexenmeister - Vinyl & Digital Format

On 'Hexenmeister', the third release on Berlin's high-octane Outworld imprint, head warlock Klangkuenstler conjures the witches for a ball around their bubbling cauldron, adding yet another new facet to his raw signature soundscape.
With it's relentlessly powerful kick and acidic riff, title track 'Hexenmeister' is pure, peak-focused body music, while it's twisted witchcraft vocal and brooding synth-line add positively deranged magic to its meaty pulse. 'Die Sonne Bebt' then whips the floor into oblivion by way of its killer drum programming and grinding rave signals, before 'Strom der Welt' lifts-off with the perfect bounce of rhythm 'til we're drawn back into a maelstrom of powerful electrical currents. Pulling out all the stops for the grand finale, Klangkuenstler concludes OW003 with 'Der Letzte Tanz': part old- school drum'n'bass banger, part transcendental closing-weapon, it marks an end point that feels as if an entirely new dimension just opened itself in the Outworld.

Klangkuenstler - Hexenmeister

Klangkuenstler - Die Sonne Bebt

Klangkuenstler @ SEMF, Stuttgart

Here is the recording from my livestream on Facebook. If you want to rewatch I recommend Youtube as the video quality there is higher than on Facebook. Hope you enjoy it!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Js_UYpbMfk&feature=youtu.be

FULL VIDEO

Klangkuenstler - Vinyl only session from home

Here is the recording of my livestream which was a part of the Involve Records & Friends session on Facebook. You can rewatch the stream on Youtube. 
Thanks to my man Regal for the invitation. Hope you enjoy the set!

Lyrics from the intro: 

Da ich ein Kind war,
Nicht wußte, wo aus, wo ein,
Kehrte mein verirrtes Aug
Zur Sonne, als wenn drüber wär
Ein Ohr zu hören meine Klage,
Ein Herz wie meins,
Sich des Bedrängten zu erbarmen.

Wer half mir wider
Der Titanen Übermut?
Wer rettete vom Tode mich,
Von Sklaverei?
Hast du's nicht alles selbst vollendet,
Heilig glühend Herz?
Und glühtest, jung und gut,
Betrogen, Rettungsdank
Dem Schlafenden dadroben?

Ich dich ehren? Wofür?
Hast du die Schmerzen gelindert
Je des Beladenen?
Hast du die Tränen gestillet
Je des Geängsteten?

Hat nicht mich zum Manne geschmiedet
Die allmächtige Zeit
Und das ewige Schicksal,
Meine Herren und deine?

Wähntest du etwa,
Ich sollte das Leben hassen,
In Wüsten fliehn,
Weil nicht alle Knabenmorgen-
Blütenträume reiften?

Hier sitz ich, forme Menschen
Nach meinem Bilde,
Ein Geschlecht, das mir gleich sei,
Zu leiden, weinen,
Genießen und zu freuen sich,
Und dein nicht zu achten.

(Goethe "Prometheus" 1789)

Klangkuenstler - home session | Involve Records & Friends

Serving as the primary source for Klangkuenstler's demonic productions, the Berlin label Outworld is by now a go-to for driving, industrial-strength techno with a penchant for firy hooks and hellishly atmospheric soundscapes. On catalogue number 005, Klangkuenstler orchestrates a dynamic tension between rock-hard underworld grooves and transcendental ascension, as implied by its title 'Himmelreich'.

The A1 of the same name pointedly encapsulates this age-old pull between dark and light within the wicked waltz of a punchy power-beat and a sugary, elevating synth lead: imagine the devil knocking on heaven's door. Next up, the gnarly scrap-metal fuzz, insidious pads and trademark poetic spoken-word of 'Alte Zeit' reject relief for something altogether more vicious – yet no less fulfilling. 'Jugend Ohne Gott', the EP's grand closer, also carries a captivating duality in its heart. Here, regal strings add a bittersweet melancholy to the bouncy oomph of its percussion, once again underlining that Klangkuenstler stands for fierce techno and epic emotions, nailing a feeling of frictions evermore present in our world. Let's find catharsis in the Outworld together.

Klangkuenstler - Jugend Ohne Gott

Klangkuenstler - Alte Zeit

Klangkuenstler - Himmelreich

My set from HÖR Berlin on 25th December 2020. If you want to watch it head over to Youtube https://youtu.be/OT_MZ3JgNdk

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