KMRU - Natur [CD]

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kmru's debut album for Touch.

Armed with a handheld recorder and a reverence for environmental sounds, the Kenyan artist is carving out a unique place in electronic music.

When KMRU relocated to Berlin from Nairobi, he was immediately fascinated by the German capital's relative silence. Back home, he was surrounded by sound: the omnipresent churr of birds and insects, the chatter of passers-by, and the electrical smog belched out by criss-crossing power lines and roaring transformers. In Berlin, this noise was muzzled; pedestrians wandered the streets with headphones in, barely communicating, while electrical cables were hidden away underground, and wildlife retreated from the imposing, concrete jungle.

“Natur consists of a single piece derived from Kamaru's experiments with electromagnetic frequencies. Evoking the work of Christina Kubisch, the piece reflects on the voices hidden inside our urban infrastructure and electronic devices. Static noise gives way to unexpected harmonies, rattling bass and birdsong.”
Ilia Rogatchevksi — The Wire

“The listener is transported in a rolling ambient vastness connected to natural elements and morphed field recordings, for a breathing, lively and emotional embrace which progressively reaches a mesmerizing climax.”
Philippe Blache — Igloo Magazine

“KMRU's most visceral and satisfying full-length, 'Natur' is a departure from his more pastoral, drone-based work, tweaking invisible electromagnetic squeals and rumbles into searing noisescapes and evocative orchestral moans.”
— Boomkat

“Natur offers the sound of the new nature: the aggregate of sounds humans now consider natural, no matter what their source.”
Richard Allen — a closer listen

“...building a palpable sense of tension ...calls attention to the wider sonic elements that can be understood through deeper listening.”
Levi Dayan — The Quietus

“it shows his unique way of hearing the world around him in extraordinary detail, and shaping those impressions into a surreal musical work.”
Will Lynch — Pitchfork

“The result is a perfectly calibrated symphony of electronic sound that moves seamlessly between ambient lulls and dramatic crescendos”
Matthew Blackwell — Bandcamp

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