tape
Keith Kawaii - The Crane Engine
knertz030 // released 16th of june, 2014.
* very limited (100!) & hand-crafted tape-box of keith kawaii’s “the crane engine” including a colorfully knitted patch and download-code.
digital version via bandcamp
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tracklist:
1. Twilight
2. Paler than Moonlight
3. Heart of the Clouds
4. The Crane Engine Pt. 1
5. The Crane Engine Pt. 2
6. Last Hours of Light
7. Paper Moon March
8. Buried
9. The Economist
10. Eye of the Squid
11. A Fool
12. Forever Turning Blue
13. Find a Way Home
info:
For years now Keith Kawaii has been haunting through the internet, seemingly unnoticed, leaving traces here and there. Having stumbled upon one of his musical signposts one will be wandering the path of enlightenment - oddly ensouled yet confused, one can't help but look for more of these landmarks, which are there; plentifully scattered in the world. Be it Giant Claw, Yakuza Heart Attack or Keith Kawaii - the handwriting is always recognizable: finger exercises on synthesizers, polyrhythmic drums, vocals and melodies somewhere between pathos and craze. 2005 "Crane Engine" saw the light of day, found its way onto different file-sharing sites, where it replicated and was forced to live on different hard drives without ever being properly released - until now. Time has not been able to harm these recordings - on the contrary - Keith Kawaii makes it sound like the Prog-Rock-Era of the 80s stopped longing for the idea of "the future" and actually went there, to a faraway and unknown time, which sounds a lot more futuristic than the actual present.
credits:
Music by Keith Rankin, recorded for pleasure in 2005 - 2006
Released via knertz in 2014 as knertz030
TRIPLET-BUNDLE-DEAL (only shortly available): new denticles / hvbd split + upcoming keith kawaii tape (2 weeks pre-release!) + limited knertz split series tape no1
get this great deal that includes:
- DEBUT OF DENTICLES (oskar ohlson band)+ HVBD 10″ VINYL SPLIT
HANDNUMBERED STARTING AT 1/500 - LIMITED (100) KEITH KAWAII “THE CRANE ENGINE” TAPE IN BOXSET + KNITTED PATCH + DOWNLOAD 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO RELEASE (CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS BUNDLE)
- LIMITED (40 ***) OSKAR OHLSON & JOHANNES LAUXEN TAPE, KATALOG NO1 OF OUR NEW TAPE SPLIT SERIES (ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME AND ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS BUNDLE)
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( *** FIRST 20 ORDERS GET THE SPLIT TAPE. IF THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE GONE)
pumpernickle - toyboat lost at stream
SOLD OUT — BUY DIGITAL AT KNERTZ.BANDCAMP.COM
knertz019 // released via knertz, eggcape, decorative stamp and mism, 2010.
*tape with folded booklet including lyrics
*first set limited to 100 (!)
*for listening pleasure, a download link is provided with tape
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tracklisting:
a1 toof airy
a2 sprout bomb
a4 kitchy kitchy
a4 knee high
a5 drawing flies
b1 one eye
b2 jedi calm
b3 home hand mouth made
b4 lully bye bye
credits:
all lyrics written and performed by filkoe
all music written and performed by oskar ohlson and winterismyname except for a2 wich was written and performed by johannes lauxen, oskar ohlson and winterismyname
accordion on a1 was played by steffen donsbach
the pumpernickle choir includes:
oskar ohlson, winterismyname, johannes lauxen, steffen donsbach, peter meier, martin ihm and seb.
mixed by oskar ohlson
mastered by christoph lofi
artwork by adrian holzhausen
liner notes by babel fishh
link:
myspace.com/pumpernickle123
johannes lauxen - likelihood of rain
SOLD OUT — BUY DIGITAL AT KNERTZ.BANDCAMP.COM
knertz018 // self-released via knertz, 2010
* white cassette with black&white xerox artwork; variant label designs
* limited to 50 copies
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tracklisting:
a - track1
b - track2
info:
there are walls of sound and there's a floor of sound.. and then there is a ceiling of sound; it starts out with some happy guitar and it regresses to some room with no feelings left; quite liberating
link:
myspace.com/johanneslauxen
