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License To Thrill

We're happy to announce we recently signed a Licensing deal with Soundscape Media.
The whole of our recorded catalogue to date is now available to Sync/License so if you're a budding film or tv producer and have some budget to spare... don't hesitate to get in touch.
We might even do requests!

Remix Album *Pre-Order*

Further to our earlier post below... we are now ready to start taking pre-orders for the Deconstructed Reconstructed remix album.


Full track-listing is as follows:
01_every passing hour [threethings remix]
02_early evening bleeds into night [clem leek remix]
03_the owls won't see us in here [snoblind remix]
04_astralagus [agrestis remix]
05_with glowing hearts [cathal mcbride remix]
06_a snowflake in her hand [pie are squared remix]
07_hope... [russell.m.harmon remix]
08_the ocean between you and me [a dancing beggar remix]


To reiterate, there will only ever be 50 copies of this. Each one will be housed in a hand-stamped and individually numbered recycled case, with an artwork insert, stamped and numbered CD-R, and WMTNS sticker. Get in quick! The price is £8.50 (including postage to anywhere in the world) - paypal link below.


Please note though that this is a pre-order - the 'official' release date which we are aiming to have everything posted by is Monday 30th January. If they're ready earlier though you'll get them earlier!

We seem to be having some issues with the Paypal link above. If it doesn't work for you please Paypal the 8.50 payment to benworth@gmail.com - thanks and apologies for any confusion.

Strangeways Radio Blog article

This took us by total surprise today. A really nice little article on the Strangeways Radio Blog about us and what we do best.
Many thanks to Amber Crain for doing this for us.

"Their sound is eclectic – sometimes stark, sometimes lush, sometimes melancholy, sometimes unsettling – but always amazing, and always carrying with it a gorgeous shoegaze undercurrent that brands their songs as truly unique. Kontakte will no doubt continue to deliver on their initial promise to create their own brand of “hypnotic, textural, cinematic noise.” Whatever this band does next, it’s going to be worthy of much attention."

Well, we're working away on that right now, we'll see you soon with some more noise.
x.

Happy New Year

Some exciting news to kick off 2012...


Last autumn, to close the 'Negative Spaces...' chapter, we asked some of our favourite artists to remix each of the tracks from the album, and the results of these endeavours are now ready to share.


Contributors include; Clem Leek, A Dancing Beggar, Snoblind, Russell.M.Harmon (formerly known as hereyeslike_static), Pie Are Squared, and more. The remixes range from being gentle re-workings of the originals, through to extreme re-interpretations which are unrecognisable from the source material! Each one is a fantastic piece of music in its own right though, and we are eternally grateful to those who have given their time to contribute to this collection.


The remix album is titled 'Deconstructed Reconstructed' and it will be released in a limited edition of just 50 handmade copies. Each copy will be housed in a hand-stamped and individually numbered recycled case, and will contain an artwork insert, stamped and numbered CD-R, and sticker. Production is underway as we speak, and some work-in-progress pictures of the process are below. They will be priced at £8.50 (including postage to anywhere in the world), and we are looking to open a pre-order for them within the next week or so. They will then be shipped as soon as they are ready within the next 2-3 weeks. Keep your eyes peeled to the usual communication channels for updates...


kontakte x

Last Show For 2011

This will be KONTAKTE's last show of a brilliantly successful and curiously challenging 2011. We're quite happy to get this last one in before the weather takes a turn for the worse and we hibernate away to write new songs for next time we're let loose. Thank you to everyone who came to see us live this year, gave us a show this year and sent love to us when we triumphantly released our second album back in March.

Hope to see you Saturday.
x.