Contrail, by Kane Ikin

Contrail

by Kane Ikin

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silence et liberté A fantastic EP with varied, subtle ambient and electroacoustic tracks. Favorite track: A Synthetic Setting.

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1.	Contrail 04:41	buy track
2.	A Synthetic Setting 04:54	buy track
3.	Sailing 06:26	buy track
4.	Short Wave Fade 05:31	buy track

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Contrail marks Kane’s debut solo release outside of Solo Andata and while the same sense of dark, warm space is present he returns to his roots and focuses more on shoegaze guitar experimentations, lo-fi sample manipulations and warped field recordings. He recorded everything through and onto old technology — aged analog consoles, reel-to-reel tape — and all heard through a hazy science fiction filter.

Steering away from the computer as a one-stop production tool, Kane’s recording process and mindset behind these songs makes for soft and lush sound. Pillow tones hover quietly over guitar plucks and warmly-distorted drones. “Sailing” finds a gentle, broken rhythm, made from found percussion looping underneath a bed of strummed acoustic and walls of inharmonic ambient texture while the title track bathes the listener in sleepy chords and touchable, organic field recordings.

Contrail comes packaged as a limited edition 7” pressed onto clear vinyl and includes a download card for the two vinyl tracks as well as two additional songs, thus creating a 4-song EP. The jacket is a heavy-weight chipboard stock printed with one PMS ink in the style of the previous 12k 7” releases.

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released October 1, 2011

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Kane Ikin Melbourne, Australia

Kane Ikin is an Australian composer, producer, DJ and live artist.

discography

Boundary Curve

Aug 2022
Basalt Crush

May 2016
Modern Pressure

Jun 2016
Sensory Memory

Oct 2016
Sync/Textile

Jul 2015
Warehouses

Mar 2014
Sublunar

Sep 2012
Contrail

Oct 2011

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