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$29.51

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
may 1st, 2012

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
guitar-themed
analogue-synth
electro-acoustic-improvisation
minimalism-drones

best of 2012 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 120 lp

ktl “v” double long playing record set

phill 1 (12:11)
study a (9:28)
tony (14:00)
phill 2 (15:07)
last spring: a prequel (20:51)

may 2012 release ; ... fifth full-length from the “kindertotenlieder” duo of peter “pita” rehberg & sunn o)))’s stephen o’malley (their first in over three years) ...

... stemming from their last yearsworth’ of commissions from storied experimental-music institutions like the grm, ems stockholm, and centre d’art passerelle, the tone overall deviates heavily from the sturm & drang guitar-blast / digital-corrosion tactics of yore, getting much closer to a fully fleshed-out ensemble sound that’s light years beyond anything they’ve done thusfar, hinting at the chamber compositions of sunn o)))’s “monoliths & dimensions” and/or the historical electronic & concrète approaches of their creative geographies ... highly recommended !!!

editions mego press release...

emego 120v / ktl
v
2lp

release date 08.05.2012

produced by ktl

phill 2 orchestrated by jóhann jóhannsson.
performed by city of prague philharmonic, conducted by richard hein

artwork by mark fell
photo by estelle hanania

stephen o’malley: guitar, bass, modular synthesiser, computer, contact mics
peter rehberg: modular synthesiser, computer

recorded september 2010 - october 2011 at

ems, stockholm
tinitus, bergen
ina grm, studio 116, paris
smecky, prague
centre d’art passerelle, brest
twisted, wien

mixed at twisted, wien, may 2011 - january 2012

well, that took longer than expected. finally the 5th ktl studio album is ready for release.

whereas their previous album iv was recorded and made in a relative short period in a more traditional rock environment, v turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the european avant garde.

rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as ems in stockholm and grm in paris, o’malley and rehberg have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from harsh metal / noise blizzards of their early albums.

they took a step further by inviting icelandic composer jóhann jóhannsson to orchestrate phill 2, resulting in a towering storm monumental classicism. finally, ‘last spring: a prequel’ turns the whole album on its head with abstract alien textures of the gisèle vienne installation of the same name., with text by dennis cooper spoken with devout intensity by long term vienne collaborator jonathan capdevielle.

with full colour artwork by mark fell, v is ktl’s most sophisticated work to date.

$15.51

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
may 1st, 2012

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
guitar-themed
analogue-synth
electro-acoustic-improvisation
minimalism-drones

best of 2012 !!!

editions mego (austria) #emego 120 cd

ktl “v” compact disc

phill 1 (12:12)
study a (9:28)
tony (14:02)
phill 2 (15:09)
last spring: a prequel (20:46)

editions mego press release...

emego 120v / ktl
v
cd

release date 08.05.2012

produced by ktl

phill 2 orchestrated by jóhann jóhannsson.
performed by city of prague philharmonic, conducted by richard hein

artwork by mark fell
photo by estelle hanania

stephen o’malley: guitar, bass, modular synthesiser, computer, contact mics
peter rehberg: modular synthesiser, computer

recorded september 2010 - october 2011 at

ems, stockholm
tinitus, bergen
ina grm, studio 116, paris
smecky, prague
centre d’art passerelle, brest
twisted, wien

mixed at twisted, wien, may 2011 - january 2012

well, that took longer than expected. finally the 5th ktl studio album is ready for release.

whereas their previous album iv was recorded and made in a relative short period in a more traditional rock environment, v turns full circle, takes its time and tackles the complex working processes of the european avant garde.

rooting themselves in such legendary electronic music studios such as ems in stockholm and grm in paris, o’malley and rehberg have delivered a rich set of sound experiments far removed from harsh metal / noise blizzards of their early albums.

they took a step further by inviting icelandic composer jóhann jóhannsson to orchestrate phill 2, resulting in a towering storm monumental classicism. finally, ‘last spring: a prequel’ turns the whole album on its head with abstract alien textures of the gisèle vienne installation of the same name., with text by dennis cooper spoken with devout intensity by long term vienne collaborator jonathan capdevielle.

with full colour artwork by mark fell, v is ktl’s most sophisticated work to date.

$17.01

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
february 24th, 2009

threads:
doom
minimalism-drones
digital-musics
guitar-themed
modern-psych

editions mego (austria) #emego 089 cd

ktl “iv” compact disc

paraug
paratrooper
wicked way
benbbet
eternal winter
natural trouble

january 2009 release ; 4th album from stephen o’malley & peter rehberg’s kindertotenlieder...

this time around, the duo decamped to hoppy kamiyama’s gok sound studio, enlisting jim o’rourke for production duties as well as boris’ drummer atsuo (on the occasional thud / gong-blast) ; unsurprisingly this led to arguably the band’s most “accessible” outing, with the disparate digital-sound / guitar elements far less distant / misted than in prior outings ... hell, there’s even a regular “pulse” to some of this stuff (listen to the sound-sample) ; greatly removed from the beat-less vapor-trail of room-tone spectralia evident on the first three ...

a nice one, definitely ; can’t say for certain how i rank it amongst the shelf-load of ktl produkt until i give it a few more spins, but it fits the mood of this particularly cold / frost-bitten morning just fine ...

editions mego press release...

emego 089
ktl iv cd
release date: 09.01.2009
total time: 59:36

written and performed by ktl
produced by jim o'rourke
recorded and mixed at studio gok sound, tokyo, september 2008
mastered at piethopraxis, köln, october 2008
design by soma

stephen o'malley: guitar
peter rehberg: computer & synthesizer
atsuo: drums on 2 and gong on 6

and how things have evolved. long awaited new album by the ongoing duo of stephen o’malley and peter rehberg.

ktl’s first full length release that is not commissioned work for theatre or film, showcases their approach to composition and structure as a highly active live band. whereas the ‘kindertotenlieder’ trilogy of 1, 2 and 3 were blurred washes of fog and noise polished in by ambient shine, iv is a more direct and demanding beast, referencing such diverse projects as; volume era swans, mecca period cabaret voltaire, phase one wire, fushitsusha and this heat .....

developed and composed over the spring and summer of 2008, ktl brought the material to tokyo the following september and worked with jim o’rourke at the desk & controls, iv is a stunning new direction and great addition to both artists' already impressive canon.

the opening and shortest track, ‘paraug’ is a dark shadow of previous ktl sounds, with its blowtorch riffs and sub bass rumbles. this leads the way for the album's monster ‘paratrooper’. over 21 minutes of driving bass pulse interwoven with razor sharp guitar from o’malley & synth and organ blasts from rehberg. atsuo, from japanese top-rockers boris, glues it together with his arhythmic and punishing drumming. ‘wicked way’ is a breezy upbeat number, which if we were that way inclined would be the album's single. ‘benbbet’ on the other hand is whole different ball game: a distant guitar loop is joined by slamming no step beats and making way for a guitar riff to straddle all valleys and computer bass rattles. possibly ktl’s most detailed recording. ‘eternal winter’ is an exercise in black frozen resonant harmonics, whereas ‘natural trouble’ is a slowly evolving twister of a track which is both spontaneous and focused.

$15.51

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
may 10th, 2007

threads:
doom
digital-musics
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #emego 085 cd

ktl “ii” compact disc

game (10:51)
theme (27:15)
abattoir (21:07)
snow 2 (12:10)

may 2007 release; the second batch of grelp from mssrs. rehberg (pita), o’malley (ginnungagap) composed to accompany a dennis cooper theater piece entitled “kindertotenlieder” (literally; “songs on the death of children”) - i’m actually feeling this selection a bit more than the first one - now that i know what to expect ... some nice moog/guitar drone bias buildup in spots, and as always pita’s trademark black-hot granular noise fizz...

editions mego press release...

emego 085
ktl ktl 2 cd

release date: 07.05.2007

total time: 73:03

stephen o'malley: strings, fx, amps, tube osc
peter rehberg: digital osc, apps, drives

written, recorded & mixed by stephen o’malley & peter rehberg at studio abattoir, angers & manoir kéroual, guilers, december 2006 - february 2007.
mastered at piethopraxis, köln, march 2007

cover by soma

devastatingly beautiful four part follow up to the acclaimed debut cd recorded in a former abattoir in angers, as well as a 16th century manor in the extreme west of france.taking the blueprint that was laid out on the first record even further, with the ecstatic build up of ‘theme’, the near psychedelic ‘abattoir’, and closing with the twisted romanticism of the closing ‘snow 2’. an upgrade both artistically and emotionaly.

as with the first cd elements appeared in the finished version of the theatre piece ‘kindertotenlieder’ by gisele vienne and dennis cooper, which was premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

$15.51

back in stock as of
april 17th, 2013

first in stock on
november 8th, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
doom
minimalism-drones

editions mego (austria) #emego 084 cd

ktl “ktl” compact disc

estranged (24:46)
forest floor 1 (08:31)
forest floor 2 (13:43)
forest floor 3 (09:28)
forest floor 4 (08:16)
snow (13:02)

october 2006 release; the debut album from the duo of peter “pita” rehberg and stephen o’malley. what does it sound like? guess... (...) yes, that’s pretty close actually. high-gain guitar-monolithery vs. hard-disck skribble.

there’s much common ground between the aesthetics of these two, nice to see them out for a play-date...

editions mego press release...

emego 084
ktl cd

release date: 06.10.2006

total time: 77:49

stephen o'malley: strings, fx, amps
peter rehberg: oscs, apps, drives

written, recorded & mixed by stephen o'malley & peter rehberg at fort du murier & vienne wintergarden, grenoble july 2006.
mastered at piethopraxis, köln, august 2006

cover by soma

threatening new collaboration taking in parallel worlds of extreme computer music and black metal. ktl is stephen o'malley (sunno))), khanate) and peter rehberg (pita).

a six part collision amongst the increasingly fading prescences between the light and the dark. this work came about as the two were composing sound and music for a piece by gisèle vienne and dennis cooper, entitled 'kindertotenlieder'. it must be stated that this cd is not the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. however, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

pieces were recorded in a resistance fortress in southern france during a thunderstorm. others in a wintergarden drenched in the sunlight.

$25.91

back in stock as of
december 6th, 2007

first in stock on
october 1st, 2007

threads:
doom
digital-musics
guitar-themed
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

or (uk) #or rather16 lp

ktl “ktl3” one-sided long playing record

loud game (5:11)
sunday (12:44)

or press release...

ktl - ktl3
or # rather 16
limited edition vinyl only

one-sided heavyweight vinyl + etching by savage pencil [savx]
packaged in a tip-on style outer sleeve, heavyweight inner sleeve and sticker

ktl are stephen o’malley [sunn o))), khanate] & peter rehberg [pita, emego, mimeo]

the third part of accompaniments created for the theatre piece ‘kindertotenlieder’ by gisele vienne and dennis cooper, which was premiered in brest, france, march 2007.

perhaps the broadest bulletin from the duo of stephen o'malley and peter rehberg featuring 2 contrasting tracks. the layered dementia bliss of 'loud game' counterbalances the fried dub of 'sunday'.

produced by stephen o’malley & peter rehberg on location at vienne wintergarden, grenoble & manoir kéroual, guilers, july 2006 & february 2007.

cut by rashad at d&m, berlin, july 2007.

photos & doll: gisèle vienne
bird: jean-luc verna
text: dennis cooper
narration: jonathan capdeville
design: soma

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