'Silent Fields' the wonderful Swedish resident Martin Herterich releases his stunning debut on kesh and is available as a boomkat digital exclusive: OUT NOW:
Think William Basinski, Avro Part, Library Tapes, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Peter broderick:

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=195845

"Although born in Hungary, Martin Herterich calls Sweden his home. The ambient composer's spiritual residence is clearly somewhere between WIlliam Basinski and artists like Library Tapes however, sculpting deeply melancholy piano compositions in a web of hiss and echo. This album was originally self-released as a limited CD-r, created in dedication to the lost lives of two of Herterich's close friends. Knowing this only lends an even greater sense of resonance to these intensely morose recordings, and the album acquires a haunting, almost excruciating emotional power. Light computer processing helps to break up the mournful piano passages nicely, and 'A Little Lost Without You' breaks up the elegiac tone with a more ambiguous feel that's somewhere between Stephan Mathieu and Boards Of Canada. Putting a third-party slant on all this is Simon Scott, whose remix arrives as a digital exclusive. Scott is fairly reverent with the source material, preserving its textured introspection and adding delicate micro-rhythms to the mix. Excellent."

Hannu "Hintergarten" cd is now SOLD OUT! For all of those who ere quick enough to pick up this amazing album then you know just how talented the Finnish sound artist is. It has been a pleasure for Kesh to release such an accomplishes album.
The download is available at www.boomkat.com

"Another unmissable album of crackly, homespun electronica from Helsinki's Hannu, once again released via the Kesh imprint. Hintergarten twinkles into life with the sound of worn-out, lo-fi glockenspiel recordings rubbing up against strings and muffled bass samples. In fact, opening track 'Pop' serves as an excellent refresher course in what makes Hannu's music so distinctive and alluring: the sweetest of melodies seem to collide in a manner that isn't quite fully in tune or in time, sounding all the more lovable for their rundown, loose-fitting weariness. The album's sound palette is garnished with overspills of vinyl noise, cassette hiss and the various other side-effects of using battered old recordings for source material. On 'Theme For Grant' you might hear some parallels with something like Four Tet's 'She Moves She', carving mismatching string instruments into sparkling spliced together riffs set against a backdrop of shuffling beats - Hannu's music does sound as if it was made a good century or so before Kieren Hebden was even born though. For all the other records it might bring to mind (the music of Colleen and certain members of the Fonal camp offering particularly strong parallels) Hintergarten is unique for the continuous state of winter it plunges the listener into; from the album artwork to the frosted charms of tracks like 'Kimallus' and 'Unenvieja', Hannu evokes a veritable musical Narnia. Anyone for Turkish Delight"?

Reviews:

http://www.electronicbeats.net/Music/Reviews/Hannu-Hintergarten

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/107050

"Hannu is back with his 2nd album on the ole Kesh label ran by Televise guru and head honcho Simon Scott. Hannu's previous album was a lovely mess of melodic electronica and electro acoustic gubbins all lovingly crafted together like a well laid out dining table. Mmm... Dining... We like a bit of fine dining here.... Hintergarden continues the lovelyness with some amazingly lush melodies and ideas crammed together. There's plenty of twinkles to even give Colleen a run for her money (she is the current queen of twinkles). It reminds me a little of Four Tet's 'Pause' album but without the beats and with more of an experimental feel, maybe a bit of mid period Remote Viewer in there 'n all. The whole album has quite a majestic feel to it and for those who like bedroom electronica then I reckon this is a must have. The more I hear it the more I'm sucked into the lovelyness that smothers each song with it's syrupy cleverness and general brilliance. Yes I like it. It may have something to do with the fact that half of Isan have produced it. Also the aforementioned label head honcho helps out with some of the playing on it and additional production. Apparently the label are more proud of this than any other release and I can see why. It's really very good!"!

*So what have Kesh got in store next??? Mind Blowing second album by Autistici called '"omplex Tone Test" will surely go down as one of the albums of 2009: OUT OCTOBER! His debut on 12k was an electroacoustic feast but this new album also add' Motorik/Krautrock influences, modern classical composition and head fuck artwork which surely will see this UK sound artist showered in musical praise....we can't wait!

*Isan "Eastside" featuring Steinbruchel, Taylor Deupree, Simon Scott and The Sight Below, is beinbg mastered as I type and Monolyth & Cobalt from France are also very close to releasing their death Ambient album "Rives": : ::: :: : GET EXCITED :)

¬See live dates for kesh artists out on the road including a few from me (Simon Scott) pre release of my debut album "Navigare" out September on Miasmah Recordings. Mastered by Andreas Tilliander featuring Jasper TX, Moskitoo and Rafael Anton Irisarri.

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