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writeup by Z'Galgah:
"Beneath the clay skies of medieval Croatia trod the sodden brigades to the folk uprising against their feudal lords. Among them haunt the conjured entities from atavistic superstitions, fluttering black drapes from vines and mounds, and wooden pitchforks of helots. Synth sounds of the old guard (Kirkwood, Schulze etc.) swirl into renegade arrangements, lashing out with licks of metal and Carpenter pulsation. From the chthonic curse of the bitter rabble soars the yearning of the proletarian soul."
label writeup:
This tape collects all Kmet's works released digitally from era 2020-2023.
Imagine scenes from a medieval peasant uprising set to dark synth music from ex-Yugoslavia emanating out of a faraway PA system. Kmet is precisely that, and you best believe this collection of self-recorded works is not some plain dungeon synth in a sea of copycats. In fact, the mysterious figure behind this one man project manages to blend soundtrackish atmosphere of Tangerine Dream with some obvious nods to Jim Kirkwood's Master of Dragons and the murky minimalism that Mortiis projected on Født til å Herske, with the light breezy touch of modern classic stuff in the vein of Old Sorcery. So you can call this dungeon synth, dark ambient or a soundtrack album for a fictitious medieval fantasy RPG, but rest assured that somewhere in an alternative universe there are rebellious peasants marching into battle against their decadent rulers to sounds just like these. So just roll your investigation checks, 'cause this here is a magic item you do not wanna miss out on.
All songs mixed & mastered by Oliver Smith at Maelstrom Brink,
Except Sloboda Narodu single mixed by Kmet and mastered by Heba Kadry (Björk, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lightning Bolt, Julianna Barwick, Liturgy, Tim Hecker, “The Northman”, “Midsommar” and “The Lighthouse” OSTs etc.)
Limited to 100 tapes that come with either silver or golden tape shell. 50 come with white thick matte covers while there's also a limited variation with either 250g silver or 250g golden paper cover. Silver/Gold cover edition limited to 25 each!
Art by Lovro Škiljić aka BIBVIO
stream KMET songs here:
https://kmet.bandcamp.com/