In the beginning of the year, a couple of friends and me launched a label. With Ki Records, we try to establish an idea rather than simply an output for music. We started with releasing music for now, but the publishing of art in all of its forms will follow soon. By the end of this year we hope to have our T-Shirt collection ready, consisting of 50 unique pieces - all handpainted. Art exhibitions will come after. There's a lot to look forward for.
Our first music release came out in May, but I missed to write a feature on Propellor. You can get a good idea of Christian Löffler's Heights EP on Mitch's blog Digital My Ass, one of my label cronies.
For the second release on Ki Records we invited a very special and talented artist from Japan to join our label. Daisuke Tanabe, who studied art in Tokyo and London, has been producing music for the last 13 years. Various releases on Zero DB’s "Fluid Ounce" label and an impressive amount of remixes for Gilles Peterson’s "Brownswood" imprint have proven Daisuke Tanabe’s versatility and talent for modern experimental electronic music. As a live Act and Dj, he has performed with Gilles Peterson, Onra, Tim Exile und Hudson Mohawke & Clark.
We decided to dare a leap into a more experimental way by publishing his outstanding "Flowers on a Wall". The four-track EP will be released in August 2009 (500 copies WW on limited vinyl), simultaneously to his first Album on Japan’s Circulation Records.
Check out his myspace and listen to his clearly incredible music.
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