(Catalogue no. 13173)
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| Title: |
Kill The King |
| Artist: |
The Hafler Trio |
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Label: |
Korm Plastics |
| Format: |
CD |
| Price: |
€ 14.00 |
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Title Description:
The first re-issue in the Hafler Trio re-issue series on Korm Plastics will be Kill The King. Saved from bit-rot, ergonomically enhanced, notated, commented, added and lubricated to perfection, Kill The King rises again to slip inside systems and penetrate that which used to be called Mind with an effortless bobbing and to-ing and fro-ing, which connects the other centres with a loud "PING!", leaving all joyous and fruitful. believing is seeing. experience the thrill of several lifetimes and invest in your grandchildren's uncertain future.
Originally released in 1991 by Staalplaat and Silent Records, this is one of the most sought after classic Hafler Trio releases, the original being unavailable for a decade.
Packed in the usual Hafler Trio carton sleeve and with booklet and wrap arounds (like the recent release on Die Stadt and Nextera)
Vital Review:
Being one of the heroes of new music, The Hafler Trio have had an extensive
influence on the work of many others, and not only because Mr. McKenzie has
chosen to share his experience through workshops. The music itself has done
that, more than anything else. 'Kill the king' is a rerelease, remastered
for this CD. The remastering has in fact been so thorough that we can now
enjoy this work for the full 73 minutes. There is one single track on the
disc, but there are certainly parts to be distinguished (besides that, the
separate titles suggest seven parts). The music is quite what one would
expect from earlier Hafler Trio work: drony ambiences with overlays of other
sounds and rythmic elements here and there, most of these based on loops.
What is pretty amazing is the extensive use of FX, something I seem to have
forgotten in the past years, but is absolutely worth catching up on again.
One big advantage of this process is the fact that the origins of the sound
material vanish, leaving the listener with only a more or less abstract
result. The development of the parts is rather slow, on the verge of
becoming ambient, but the timing is just right to escape this. So the music
is doing the right thing. As with all Hafler Trio releases, this one comes
in a very special cover with a booklet. Normally I don't spend a great deal
of attention on this, but in this case I will have to make an exception.
The booklet is black with white text, but covered in half transparent paper,
also with text, also half transparent. I will not even begin to talk about
the text, but the result of the white text on the black paper is almost
identical to the one on the cover: after a while everything starts to
shimmer and fade away! This hallucinatory effect adds to the music, so cover
and content become quite entangled. Which is very well done of course! The
text also adds to this, by the way. A must for every Hafler Trio fan (and
all who are not, but simply like good music and a nice cover). (MR)
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