High narrative slow jam sleaze from New Zealand’s King Softy.
A Berlin-based project born of time and collaborative effort, his debut full-length on Electroménager is a sensory project which carries itself like a kind of neo-spirituality for the metropole. Rooted in influences from across a broad auditory spectrum: dense ambient washes; concrete grunge steps; scattered down-tempo fluctuations; and breezy trip-hop sentiments, all combine into a multi-faceted machine romance for the subconscious.
These are diverse spectres which speak to times and places at once familiar and abstract, all coalescing as a collection post-noir soundscapes for the modern imaginary.
Deeply human. This is sonic sentimentality for the wanderer, the Scanner's Plateau.
Released November 21st, 2024
Composed, produced and mixed by Amos Turner
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Additional features, composition and production by Spivak, Xenia Reaper, Thodén, Kohwi and Ben Bondy
Artwork photography by Olly Geary
Creative direction by Yanni Caloghiris