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With a growing discography and a reputation for captivating live performances, Klara Lewis is an artist at the forefront of the electronic music scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar Artists: Peder Mannerfelt, Not Waving, Sarah Davachi, Katie Gately, Shapednoise, Kassel Jaeger, David Toop, Nik Colk Void,Rrose,Saint Abdullah,V\/Z,Zoë Mc Pherson ,Grand River,Kali Malone,Nondi_,Romance,Martyna Basta,Civilistjävel!,De Leon,OZmotic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[a121140]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"full-on","title":"Full-On","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe collaboration between Klara Lewis and Nik Colk Void somehow seemed inevitable. Both artists having seen their releases published by Editions Mego, individually carving out idiosyncratic voices in the worlds of extreme, abstract electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eFull-On\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis and Void explore and assimilate the very edge of their individual practice where a unique collaborative interface allows two voices to combine and morph into a third voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLewis and Void play ping pong with the conversation of sounds, generating ideas and bouncing them off each other, simultaneously encouraging the other to go further with their ideas opening up an opportunity to engage with previously unexplored terrain. Guitars, synths, euro rack modular systems, voice, sampling and outboard processing are folded in a playful unification with a propensity to tease, explore and extract new ideas and shapes, sometimes brutal, sometimes playful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrust was also a compositional tool allowing instinct to freely move on any aspect of the sound and space. This sound\/feeling\/instinct\/association let this wild and wonderful material grow organically into something new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of this exploratory interplay are 17 intense miniatures reveling in the process of unadulterated experimentation and whimsical interplay, not just between the humans, but the machines themselves. United in an endless series of sonic U-turns, this daring duo intertwine pop and noise whilst also bringing together visions of tender techno and forthright ambient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe various zones manifest from all this reveals vocals shifting in mysterious ways, dust drenched beats churning limpidly and devilish string loops navigating a disorientating domain. The experience of listening to Full-On is to be confronted with a range of ideas resulting in a platter of emotions. A place where beauty and the beast collide with the impulsive and outright weird. 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The piece retains those records' pulsing core and builds on a single cello loop that is steadily enveloped by a surge of distortion. It's almost like a voice or chant, shifting pointedly from a whisper into a scream before singing peacefully into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt times, \"Ingrid\" reminds of William Basinski's looping melancholy or Steve Reich's controlled and innovative phase experiments, while at others, it recalls the chaotic Scandinavian physicality of black metal. Yet the entire composition is anchored in Klara Lewis's distinct emotional world. By dissolving familiar and beautiful strings in baths of noise, Lewis allows something violent but tender to grow in its place. In a society struck through by cynicism, \"Ingrid\" is a cathartic listening experience and a beacon of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Mego","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50435661922635,"sku":"1091824","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bb737f22-72c1-4009-880d-10d252244c2c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726906041"},{"product_id":"thankful","title":"Thankful","description":"\u003cp\u003eKlara Lewis' latest offering is undoubtedly a heartfelt tribute to her friend, mentor and former label boss, Peter Rehberg.\nThe opening track Thankful resides as a direct tribute to the track recorded under his PITA moniker, the timeless 'Track 3'. A track of which the impact has been vast and deep, still rattling the walls of the now enormous worldwide experimental electronic scene. Countless new youth carve and project wildly distorted melodic digital matter which all falls back with a knowing or unknowing wink back to this original ground zero monster. Klara's take on this is one that resides as a tribute to Rehberg with a cascading emotional melody gradually succumbing to a euphoric digital abyss. Thankful also comes across as a farewell gesture to her deceased friend with its beautiful, almost funerale tone. The abrupt ending is not only a method Rehberg would have relished but also a signifier of a life suddenly cut short.\nLewis was 21 when her first album Ett was released by Editions Mego in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Mego","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50452402372939,"sku":"2215658","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_243f4443_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727151388"},{"product_id":"opening-1","title":"Opening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKlara Lewis’ distinctive talent for disfiguring sound into forms that remain recognisably song-like reaches a new peak here. 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