Unity The KVB

• 1 Sunrise Over Concrete 02:06
• 2 Unité 03:24
• 3 Unbound 03:15
• 4 Future 03:35
• 5 Blind 05:35
• 6 Ideal Living 04:30
• 7 World On Fire 02:54
• 8 Structural Index 04:48
• 9 Lumens 03:40
• 10 Omni 04:59
• Total Runtime 38:46

Info for Unity

Das britische Underground-Synth-Wave-Duo The KVB stellt 2021 sein neues Album »Unity« vor. Der Name passt perfekt, denn seit mehr als zehn Jahren sind Nicholas Wood und Kat Day, die das Projekt 2010 in London starteten, nun bereits eine audiovisuelle Einheit. Das visuelle Element der Band wird von Day gestaltet, die an der Goldsmiths University of London Kunst studierte. Ihr Sound ist eine Kombination aus Elektronik, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Punk und Shoegaze.

Und der spiegelt sich auch auf dem neuen Album wider: In den zehn Songs vereinen The KVB meisterhaft ihre Markenzeichen: strahlende Gitarren, strukturierte Synthesizer und ein Gespür für stimmungsvolle, grüblerische Melodien, die hier mit einer neuen Dynamik präsentiert werden. Produziert und gemischt von Andy Savours (Black Country New Road, My Bloody Valentine, The Horrors) zeigt »Unity« eine aufregende klangliche Entwicklung.

Auf dem gesamten Album werden lyrische Themen mit Doppelbedeutungen kombiniert: Der Wohnhaustyp »Unité d’habitation« (französisch für »Wohneinheit«, umgangssprachlich auch »Wohnmaschine«) des schweizerisch-französischen Architekten Le Corbousier inspirierte den Titeltrack, und durch die Übersetzung aus dem Französischen ins Englische wurde »Unité« zu »Unity« – ein Aufruf zur Totalität auf dem Dancefloor. Kat and Nicholas nannten den Song eine »Hommage an unsere Zeit in Berlin, mit der stampfenden Kickdrum und der knirschenden Elektronik«. Insgesamt warten zehn Tracks auf »Unity«.

The KVB

Produziert und gemischt von Andy Savors

The KVB
Blending reverb-soaked shoegaze with minimalist electronic production, the KVB's music reflected Nicholas Wood and Kat Day's mastery of atmosphere even as their sound evolved over the course of the 2010s. Early releases such as 2012's debut album, Always Then, dealt in brittle beats and sonic blasts that evoked Cabaret Voltaire and the Jesus and Mary Chain in equal measure, but the duo's style became more streamlined and sharp-edged on later efforts such as 2018's Only Now Forever.

Formed in 2010 by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Wood as a solo project, the KVB got started with a number of limited cassette and vinyl releases that included the single "The Black Sun" on FLA Records and the Into the Night EP on Downwards Records. Vocalist/keyboardist/visual artist Kat Day joined Wood in 2011, and the KVB released its debut album, Always Then, in 2012 on Clan Destine Records. The duo kicked off a busy 2013 with the release of its second full-length, Immaterial Visions, for the Minimal Wave imprint Cititrax that February, then followed it with a remix EP featuring contributions by Regis and Silent Servant that May; in November, a reissue of 2011's previously limited-edition cassette release Minus One arrived on Brian Jonestown Massacre mastermind Anton Newcombe's A Records label.

The following year, the duo ventured to Newcombe's Berlin studio to track what would become the Out of Body EP, which A Records released later that year. This session marked the KVB's first recordings made outside of the duo's own home studio as well as the first time working with drummer Joe Dilworth, known for his work with Stereolab and Cavern of Anti-Matter. Wood and Day collected some of the more experimental output they recorded in 2014 on Mirror Being, which Invada released the following June. The duo continued to move in a more experimental, heavily electronic direction on 2016's Of Desire, which the KVB recorded with vintage synths from Invada head Geoff Barrow's collection. The Fixation/White Walls EP followed in 2017, and that year the duo also issued a remastered, five-year anniversary edition of Always Then. For 2018's Only Now Forever, Day and Wood took a freer, more independent approach, recording on their own in their Berlin apartment for the better part of a year. (Heather Phares, AMG)

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