No.037 Kral/Max Park "Ascending Ascensions"/"Collages II"
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Kral "Ascending Ascensions" Side A of Oma333 No.37
Karl Sjölund and I go way back and he's amongst a small band of people who I just trust in whatever they do. Back in the days Mother booked Silverarken, Unheimliches Manoeuvre, Fas 3, Cold Heart Investment AB, Cosmic Letters and likely some others he was involved in. Actually seeing that list written down makes this feel even more fitting that his first Kral release will be under the Oma333 umbrella. Included within are bits and pieces over the last few years which have a lovely flow to them, conjuring up images of a blue submarine resurfacing in the jungle, a lonely Japanese billionaire in his mansion filled with electronic toys making sounds for his cats or music concrete on a building site as theatre. One track sounded to me like a laser game of death and I swear I heard a Blade Runner spinner taking off somewhere. If I'm forced to make a comparison I'll include Peter Westheimer, Patrick Cowley's weirder stuff and sometimes Ryuichi Sakamoto. 100 clear prison tapes are now available with silver body printing and designed by a new star of the Stockholm art scene Mary Furniss (UK). Here is a sneak peek inside with the appropriately named "Mary's Welcoming Party" https://soundcloud.com/oma333/marys-welcoming-party-by-kral-for-oma333 and a fine video he made for Värmedöd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A4RWcvTEuw&t=43s
Max Park "Collages II" Side B of Oma333 No.37