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kontakte

' hypnotic - textural - cinematic - noise '



London
United Kingdom

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Member Since1/10/2006
Band Websitekontaktemusik.blogspot.com
Band Members_________________________

Ben

Gary

Ian

Stuart

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For live bookings and enquiries :

kontaktemusik@hotmail.co.uk

Sounds Like

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'Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies'

Debut Album. Released November 2008 via :

Drifting Falling Records

6 Track Album - includes remixes by Twelve, Matt Bartram, Electric Loop Orchestra, Winterlight, Polysicness & Oppressed By The Line.

Available at all good record shops and Download stores :

iTunes

Amazon Digital

Northern Star Records

Piccadilly Records

Rough Trade

P*Dis (Japan)

n5md (US)

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'Motorik / The Space Between Souls'

kontakte & thelightshines split 7" via Mind Exodus Recordings.

Limited Edition. Released September 2008.

UK £3 (inc' postage)

Europe/Int'l £4 (inc' postage)

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'Sterile World'

Enraptured Records.

Limited, hand numbered 7".

Debut Single. Released August 2007.

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Compilations.

'Revolution In Sound'

Northern Star Records.

17 Track CD compilation.

Released September 2009.

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'Extracts From The Ether'

Kool Tone Records.

Limited CD compilation.

Released January 2009.

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'Influx'

Let Us Progress Records.

Limited CD Compilation.

Released April 2008.

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Record LabelDRIFTING FALLING
Type of LabelIndie


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kontakte’s music infuses all elements from the sonic-spectrum. Combining ethereal melodies and celestial tones with a pulsing electronic backbeat, kontakte produce an overall hypnotic noise – informing the band to create music with depth, space and intensity.

2009 has seen kontakte expand their line-up to a four piece for the first time. Subtleties and textures that were once buried amongst the wall of sound are now soaring within the mix and creating a life of their own and developing kontakte's music even further.

Currently writing and recording their second album.

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"Surging forth on a throb of sleek drum machine, Kontakte glide along a shimmering autobahn where audio technology drifts across the spectrum of retro-futurism – roaring into overdrive, pistons heaving and churning with mechanical glee." - Plan B

.."Soundtracks For Lost Road Movies" is a remarkably apt title... A cinematic trip where the landscape is awe inspiring and ecstatically ethereal. The album shows a depth of musicianship, production and song structure." - Crumbs In The Butter (Top 10 Albums 2008)

"The opening track from (the) epic instrumentalists debut album is hypnotic, ethereal and beautiful. Kontakte expertly build the atmosphere of each track, often reaching a crescendo of massive, orchestral proportions - but with guitars !" - iTunes

"The long-awaited debut album by Kontakte is finally out. Soundtracks... consists of 6 tracks and 6 remixes and lives up to the hype. In its gigantic shoegazing world of the sometimes 10 minute long instrumentals there is alot of noise and thunder; but again and again the cloudy sky opens up for moments of sheer infinite beauty. A masterpiece in concept and execution." - Bloom.de (Top 10 Albums 2008)

"... a fine-tuned instrumental blend of post-rock and shoegaze, the band itself segueing between elegant quietude and volcanic guitar-fueled intensity. The coup de grace is clearly "Two and a Half Thousand Miles" which conceivably could be titled in reference to the distance the ten-minute composition ascends as it travels heavenwards. In this slow-burning fireball, the skill and patience with which Kontakte nurtures the piece's celestial mood and sustains its dramatic quality is impressive." Textura.org

"Kontakte now offer up their fantastic debut album. Combining six tracks, and remixes of those six tracks, 'Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies' takes their motorik space-rock to new levels of excellence." - Piccadilly Records (New Avant Post Rock / Drone Record Of The Week)

"kontakte's music totally invokes the essence of the open road; as the purple dusk skyline yawns across the expansive horizon and early evening bleeds into night, this 6 track LP is the perfect accompaniment. This is a promising debut from a promising band whose 'hypnotic, textural, cinematic noise' is set to illuminate the Post-Rock night sky for some time." - Maddog Magazine

"Kontakte have begun to put my faith back in the post-rock genre just as it started to wane. They make songs and sounds with sweet melodies that swirl around your brain without becoming annoying. They know when to pick it up and change it so that the formulas make you want to tune in without turning off. People, this is really very good.' BothBarsOn.com (Top 10 Albums 2008)

"Impressively composed and delicately layered." - The Skinny

"This album consists six instrumental tracks of ethereal swirls building towards huge sonic soundscapes. Each of those tracks are repeated but this time as a re-mix by various 'guests.' The structure and delivery of the music has to be admired." - LoudHorizonMusic.com

"Kontakte's logo is a striking flickering TV screen set to static; live, it sits there behind them next to the laptop which provides their hypnotic backbeats; the pulsing, repetitive electro-drones that form their sound's foundations have that transcendental motorways-at-night feel; they succeed in building great waves of space-noise that draw you in completely and then hit you with the full power of their last track, an electro-fuzz frenzy of Longcut meets My Bloody Valentine with strobes firing either side of the stage which is gloriously exhilarating." - Manchester Music

'Fancy a gentle blast into the solar system? Let noise-gaze merchants Kontakte beam you there with ambient streams of elegant sound strobes. The band's fuzzy electric blue TV screen logo is apt, since their music sucks you in and leads you into entrancement." - GodIsInTheTvZine

"Two And A Half Thousand Miles is obscenely spacious, and is probably the music you'd hear if you lay dying in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Ghosts of Electricity drifts by calmly, interrupted now and then by a sinister hiss - this isn't always music, shifting from discernible melody to heaving fuzz with ease. It is, however, definitely worth a listen.' A New Band A Day

"(these tracks) are addictive, one after the other, although Motorik is the unchallengeable highlight - one of the most addictive tracks of the year, regardless the type of music. It's a song of frequent beauty with the characteristic circular post rock recipe (construction of melody- ignition- derailment)." - Freeze Magazine

"... a fine blend of drones and positively repetitive post-rock textures that build in to anthemic relish." - Organ Magazine

"This is deeply affecting, life-affirming magnificence. The kind of music that picks you up when you least expect it to, transporting you from ennui and doubt to evangelical rebirth : a state of grace !' - Trakmarx

"... smooth teardrops of warm post rock sounds slowly compress and collide against each other violently before sweetly saluting each other goodbye."NerdsAttack

"Kontakte make music for motorways and autobahns." - NME

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STERILE WORLD promo

Filmed and Directed by Marko Waschke/Twitching Curtains

Live @ The Windmill, London '08

Filmed by Marko Waschke/Twitching Curtains


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Nov 24 2009 8:13 AM

Are you tired of the worldwide loudness war?
Take a break and listen to Kontakte.
I enjoyed it.
Thanks
k.
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Nov 21 2009 4:47 PM

Hey,

some new stuff on my page ;-)
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Nov 21 2009 3:30 PM

hey!!wow!! this musik is the best!! there i lisined in a long long time!
cool!!!!
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Nov 21 2009 1:48 PM

check out my new song the great lightness.
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Nov 18 2009 11:10 AM



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GUIDO MARTIN & FRIENDS



Nov 17 2009 7:31 PM

Hello KONTAKTE,
we are delighted to be in your circle of friends.
If you have time, would you mind checking out
our music and let us know, what you think of it.
We always appreciate your time & comments.
We're looking forward to hear from you. Have
a pleasant week full of fun & real good music.
Love and peace, - Guido & Tatch :)
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Nov 17 2009 9:29 AM

Thanks for the add!
International music video contest – Call for entries
In a few days we will be able to start submitting your videos. Let all bands and directors know about Musiclip’s international music video contest of Barcelona (Spain).
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Thx 4 Ur support!
k

k



Nov 17 2009 3:23 AM

when i listened "ghosts of electricity" I felt electrify!
is one of the most beautiful songs, it makes me feel really good!
i love listen your type of music, smoking a cigar!
thank you guys.
pleaseee keep in touch.
kisses.
Joao

Joao Afonso



Nov 16 2009 11:27 PM

hi
thanks for the request
good music
Charles Xavier

Charles Xavier



Nov 16 2009 8:42 PM

Thanks for the friendship Kontatke,

Very creative music, nice performance. We’re a new label from San Francisco CA. named Happy Note Records & we just wanted to say hi to the myspace community.

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Peace, Love & Happy Note
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Francesco Griva



Nov 16 2009 8:14 PM

i really love your sound.
xxx
F
Christian Kleiber

Christian Kleiber



Nov 16 2009 6:50 PM

Thanx alot for your request...! Stay like you are 'cause that fits...! ...cheers...;-)
Lico

Lico



Nov 16 2009 7:42 AM

Nice music over the Channel....as usual...
Greets from the empty diagonal....
deniz

Deniz Demirbas



Nov 15 2009 5:38 PM

thanx for the request!
Claritymind

Claritymind



Nov 15 2009 2:04 PM

Hi from France :)
Really nice sound you display here. My kind of stuff.
A great discovery when I listened to the tracks on your page this morning.
Biz Biz :)
Ada

Adriana P.



Nov 15 2009 1:28 PM

Hello from Poland;-)
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Nov 15 2009 1:27 PM

thank you for friendship! have a great weekend!
wHy nOt?

wHy nOt?



Nov 15 2009 3:33 AM

perfect!! your music arrived to my emocions
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