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KraftiM
 

Instruments I play

Guitar, Electronic organ, Computer, Drums and Voice
 

Software I use to make music

Ableton Live and Sound Forge
 

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Last starred artists

1 album
14 albums
14 albums
6 albums
 

Favorite external artists

Rechenzentrum, Carl Stone, Gas, Tetsu Inoue, Residents*, Murcof*, Stars of the Lid*, Tim Hecker*, Philip Jeck*

 

Favorite tags

Ambient, filmmusic, fieldrecording, Psychedelic music, drone



Latest reviews

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Cvijaxo - Pagans

Cvijaxo

Pagans

31/10/09

This indeed is a brilliant album, agree a lot with ivan and doc concerning such works that go far beyond commercial first-gain views, Starts wonderful with a perfect combination of prose, chant and music, track two is a cinematic masterpiece, with modest means a huge impact is realised. Insomniac gives a desperate feel, wonderfully caught. The idea of a concept-album works wonders here, with every minute a diversification and attention that is highly rewarding. The minimalistic but very melodic approach is great, with natural contributions of all three artists. Ivans's serpent gives a magnificent centerpoint from where the album broadens to artistic and very entertaining highlights in every spectre of the musical richness we can live in nowadays. For a first album this is extremely well done, highly recommendable for free musical spirits, in fact one big advocation for the musicscene that is present nowadays and free available for all who can and want to hear.... Congratulations with this masterpiece. it tranced my life :)

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Kotinäky - Koettelemus

Kotinäky

Koettelemus

09/10/09

Starting great. Nice dark atmosphere, relaxed and same time challenging mood, epic in a way many different stories pass by. This could be a great movie score, Attenborough in the doomed wilderness. Nice use of rhythms in Houkutuksenkoi. Fine album.

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Great (short) album from Ren. Superb atmosphere, getting adventurous with nice jazzy edges, superb instrumentation (nice keyboards, sax ) but above all a wonderful feel. Melancholic yet optimistic, occasionally great modest swings. Indeed only 1 problem: way too short, i would have loved an hour of this style, but i expect a sequel.Recommended. Great job.

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Schizyfos - Biographema

Great and intriguing as nearly always. This guy is a monument, already producing a vast collection of utterly adventuruous music and great artwork. Hat off, cap down.
Experimental, musical, emotion. Collectors items

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The joy of a first release.... Out of nothing, nearly modest emerge the first tones, and i can imagine the smile it brings to the artist. Found this interesting stuff and blog thanks to the oitt review and wondered this one even didn't get a review... Jamendo is growing too big and you need ages to find interesting stuff. Glad i found this one, which is promising to continue following. Just woke up and this energetic and mellow stuff greatly filled the morningpeace. Nice builtup, variations and giving a glimpse of what may come out. Very interesting to explore the way to soulfull filling, an interesting way from reason to live....

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Die Schatten - Solanum

Die Schatten

Solanum

02/07/09

Brilliant tracks reminding of the great '80's , the era that produced lots of superb neue welle, new wave singles. That great vinyl era... Here you get a great example of how beautiful synths and guitarplay and rhythms can be produced. Driving, pounding, darkish. Only problem i have with the vocals, i think its a pity he uses to much "talking" and is following the melodic lines too much, reminding of a more theatrical singing. But i guess thats my problem, being spoiled by Waits, Cave and Curtis. Let me adore the music, and thats great.

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Mischapex - Mante EP

Mischapex

Mante EP

29/06/09

Mante is a great track, superb combination of the sweet tinklebells and profound melodic and rhythm- lines.Good track with nice feel. Also the ambient version i like very much, beautiful atmosphere. Gefeliciteerd and you're very welcom...

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Nerdhappy?? hmm , some name.... ambient as tag? ok, lets listen..... The start isn't very promising, some nerd playing a riddle along with a rhythmbox.....
Someone ringing my door, after 2 minutes music still playing and sounding very interesting, so let it play... must say the music gets intriguing after 3 minutes, very nice, relaxing, taking you along, and bringing nice shifting, minimalistic variations that keep on the whole rest of the album. So happy nerd saved by the bell, and advise to survive the first 2 annoying minutes. Learned again not to browse too quickly. Question stays: why starting an album so uninteresting? or is that the migraine part? cured...

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Great sleeve, great fun, idiotic combination of freak guitar, harpsichord, discobeat and serious proclamation that works very well. Greatly produced and arithmetically mixed together, delivering us a surprise that could be a hit in 1809 as well as 2009. Timeless crossover with a big smile.

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No words left, simply the best pianoalbum on Jamendo.... just listen and enjoy this great wonder.....

 

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Personal data

  KraftiM. A soundarchitect from Holland. Works with found sounds, fieldrecordings, voices, instruments, wavs & midi's and mixes & blends them in his own crossrhythmic style. Some of my favs are Tim Hecker, Philip Jeck, Murcof, old Namlook and Tetsu Inoue, Mathias Grassow, Carl Stone , Francisco Lopèz, and a lot of Musique Concrète.... First appearances on Musictrade netlabel MT003 (Norberg Field Recordings)   MT005 (Reqiems for a Submerged City), a tribute to New Orleans and MT010 (Ice Mustard). Next  influenced by classic masterpieces from Schubert, Stravinsky, Messiaen. Lately developing both in ambient directions to catch the complexity of silence and more experimental rhythmic work rather to shift yer soul than move yer feet. The BackvieW album is a collection of these works, awaiting a next release at Musictrade. Lately collaborating with electronic drummer/composer Justbase, also from the Netherlands. Featuring Justbase is released. After that the ep Solyuga is released, 2 dark tracks, and 2 collaborations with Japanese friends and english singer Geechi. And finally an extended cooperation with Krita Yuga, a sitarplayer from Japan, which resulted in the etSitara album, released in may 2007. Next came the release of Ancient Species here on Jamendo,  followed by the JamatriX Project, a virtual collaboration with 5 Jamendo artists. News and extra releases you can find at www.myspace.com/KraftiM , where his first official solorelease came in november 2007 with a very expanded version of the etSitara release here on Jamendo. You're very welcome there too. Anxious to hear from you.... PS. when even considered please donate only to Amnesty International on my behalf, and not to me, cause in my opinion Free Music- Free Culture is the great goal for everybody and therefore a Free World is needed.