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ARTIST: Kontakte
TITLE: We Move Through Negative Spaces
LABEL: Drifting Falling
GENRE: Instrumental Rock
BITRATE: 232kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 56m total
RELEASE DATE: 2011-03-15
RIP DATE: 2011-11-21

Track List
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1.  Astralagus                       6:32
2.  Hope...                          7:45
3.  With Glowing Hearts              8:09
4.  Early Evening Bleeds Into Night  6:32
5.  A Snowflake In Her Hand          6:21
6.  The Owls Won't See Us In Here    7:17
7.  Every Passing Hour               3:46
8.  The Ocean Between You And Me    10:17

Release Notes:

http://www.myspace.com/kontakteuk


On their sophomore album, London’s Kontakte strikes a perculiar but effective
balance in textures. We Move Through Negative Spaces is as much informed by
ambient music and electronica as it is by towering post-rock acts like Sigur
Ros. Guitars ring out and build quiet layers, only to crash in distorted storms
of sound later, while under it all programmed beats shuffle and blip. When the
mix hits true, it achieves a deep rumble—“With Glowing Hearts” and closer “The
Ocean Between You and Me” are slow-burn standouts—and it shows a compellingly
seamless mesh between the organic and the technological. In a few spots, like
the muscled churn of “Hope…”, the mix seems to miss the crashing live drums that
the guitars call for, and in those cases there’s something slightly off kilter
about the results. All in all, though, this is a unique slice of evocative,
cinematic music. If these guys do in fact move through negative spaces, damned
if they don’t fill them up quickly with this haunting sound.