{"product_id":"kmru-dissolution-grip","title":"KMRU - Dissolution Grip","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: OFNOT\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e (Kenya)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatalog: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRU 001LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe inaugural release on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKMRU\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's own fledgling OFNOT imprint, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDissolution Grip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an ambitious project that emerged from his studies at Berlin's prestigious UDK. Guided by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJasmine Guffond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e at Berlin's Universität der Künste (better known as UDK), KMRU looked at waveforms -- the visual representation of sound itself -- and embarked on a process where he would write scores from the shapes, gradually turning the scores into raw synth sounds. Each sound is birthed from one of KMRU's field recordings, but none of those recordings are audible in their original form. The album's opening side \"Till Hurricane Bisect\" is a 15-minute epic that evolves at its own glacial pace, carefully transforming blustering wind sounds into gasping drones, glassy oscillations and choked distortion. Cosmic and meditative, it's a testament to KMRU's skill as a sound engineer and patience as a composer, combining the gentle world building of his acclaimed Editions Mego album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (EMEGO 289CD\/LP, 2020) with the rumbling energy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, last year's collaboration with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAho Ssan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. On the title track, KMRU takes the opportunity to flex his orchestral muscle, conducting a cast of warbling synth tones into a durational symphony. Starting as quietly as a whisper, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDissolution Grip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e expands at its own pace until it's a dense wall of harmony, powerful but never completely overwhelming. It is music embedded with a rich sense of place that informs us of KMRU's past and present, and signals where his musical philosophy might take us in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5KJ6knuB1IVgxIsYTNX6dd?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67911646675104,"sku":"brs1793051640955","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1045\/5833\/0016\/files\/kmru---dissolution-grip_1.jpg?v=1793051701","url":"https:\/\/boardroomwear.shop\/products\/kmru-dissolution-grip","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}