This music's origins are on the out of tune piano which we carried from the yurt to Drew’s analogue studio and recorded live with bass and drums.  Living in a yurt is alternative, but not the typical vision of techno Berlin. It's more brooding, isolated, and in tune with nature, a bit like the windy island nation I come from.

The record was made in Berlin this summer in a sweaty, hot studio used by producer Drew Deal and his band Tolstoys. Drew produced and mixed, as well as played the drums and percussion, and we were joined by Michal Smetana from Tolstoys who created the wonderful, flowing double bass parts.

Huge thanks must also go to Paulina Fengler who sang on 'We've Got Time' and 'I Could Go On'; to Geraint Jennings for letting me use the words of his Jersey french poem 'Bliu Ciel'; and to Felix Spitta, aka Monkyman for mastering.

I Could Go On

I can't sleep
I'm awake
Lalaland feels like home and there's only house music

K is awake

Jack Kerouac says “Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.” Did you know everything is going to the beat?

K is going to the beat

I had some songs that I had to get off my chest...
So I mixed them all together
lots of techno in rotation recently
It gets heavier as it goes if you like to dance
one could say I'm experimenting with hats

K is experimenting with hats

We are excited to be premiering the debut release from the curious duo by the name of @damianhurts <3 Read up on their peculiar approach to artistry: http://thekollection.com/damian-hurts-and-the-exclusive-truth/

Follow on insta: https://www.instagram.com/damianhurts/

Damian Hurts - Techno Show

don't let the rufus opening fool ya
86-145bpm 
lots of jumps to make it happen
used to spin in some heavy dubstep
now its a bit of dnb here and there
with some fuego a la nina kraviz

K is spooky

We are honored to be premiering Tom Young's chill-evoking track, Brother, this week. 

STREAM AND READ FEATURE:
http://thekollection.com/klctn-premiere-tom-young-brother/

Soundcloud: @tomyoungtomyoung
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/tomyoungspotify
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I recorded the song at home and my friend mixed it for me in about half an hour. The song itself only took an hour to write but it’s been churning away in the back of my mind for a long time. My older brother died of cancer in 2007 when he was 21, which safe to say fucked the family up. It was strange seeing his body slowly change and break down as he got closer to death. It’s taken a long, long time to process. A couple of years went by and I just found myself sinking more and more into anger and depression. I decided to go to this meditation retreat called Vipassana that my friend Sam (who writes under BOYBOY) told me about. Looking back now I think he wanted to send me there as his guinea pig lol. For 10 days you can’t talk, make eye contact, read, write or orgasm, you just do this meditation practice for 10 hours a day. I had some massive breakthroughs there, which really helped me process his death. I also helped me come to terms with the idea of ‘change’ itself and see that everything in our lives is lended to us and must one day be returned back.

Tom Young - Brother

This mix is filled with 
tunes to get you going
tunes to get your heart pounding
tunes to make them love you
tunes to make you love them
K has a knack for themed mixes
and a knack for loving.

K is my valentine (Valentine's Day Mix)

In Viv le Vav’s latest release, following in the footsteps of artists like Molly Nilsson and Many Voices Speak, five lo-fi lamentations extract themselves from the sap of human experience.  Throughout Over New Years (the artist’s first release since a dreamy mix-tape of originals last June) lies a fear of solitude played out in this melancholic but essentially funny collection of songs. Simple guitar riffs accompany recurring choruses.  January comes round again, damp smells, cold sensations, tedious tales, inevitably lapsed resolutions. In the midst of British political uncertainty comes a musical reminder that life and music has to continue in the face of it all.

call ur ex on new year's

Frozen days come to an end 
woke early with a cold sweat in your bed 
you took your train 
and time comes back 
it was ten days but it feels like a lifetime 

When you love so intense 
When you learn the pretence 
When you leave no offence 

You're the kind of person to take secrets to your grave 
I write them out on every page 
Both looking for a blank canvas 
looking for a re-wind 
Looking for something so strong 
to clear the mind 

That's why we all love so intense 
That's why we learn the pretence 
That's why we leave no offence 

They say when love is harder you come to know more 
but I just fell harder and felt less sure 
You're a slow slider into my dreams 
Where first I couldn't differentiate between 

Those whispered nights in disparate beds 
soft faces with no regrets 

When you love so Intense 
When you learn the pretence 
When you leave no offence

Produced by Steph Marziano
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by Katharine Oakes

Intense

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/04yjCFmPH3nhYYtrbtoiva?si=VcDcTialQs-UlDJre_qElA
Bandcamp - https://vivlevav.bandcamp.com/
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I Could Go On

Viv le Vav

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