KUF

KUF electrify layers of time and interweave dimensions of sound. Over the course of three albums, the Berlin trio has pioneered an astonishing upending of the usual electronic band concept. Instead of adding vocals and instruments to beats, a disembodied choir of disjointed vocal samples is powerfully pushed forward with real-time acoustic interaction between bass, drums and keys.

Yield, their fourth album, now shifts the focus. Less emphasis on the vocal core - but new integrations between sampler, synthesis and band action, lived out across different constellations. The diversification of sound sources overcomes the conceptual barriers of the sample-meets-band alliance and opens the door to a dazzling variety of magical instrumentalism. Opulent. Fierce. Concise.

In their evolution from Gold to Universe, KUF have welded together an irresistible union of android vocal chords and high-energy beats. Their third album Re:Re:Re applied this approach to real-time "remixes" of classics from Macro's stellar back catalog, including tracks by rRoxymore, KiNK, Patrick Cowley, Peter Kruder, Santiago Salazar, Stefan Goldmann, among others. After proving that the concept can be applied to such diverse contexts with surprising and great results, the time is now ripe to redefine the territory.

Yield breathes the freedom to playfully reassemble the main elements. The cut-up skills of a sampler meet impetuous fingers, insistent bass and relentless drums. Rough soul, interwoven with improvised outbursts and characterized by the aesthetics of raw, MPC-based cut-up techno: twelve times of hyper-integrated real-time magic.

Tom Schneider: sampler & keyboards
Valentin Link: bass synthesizer & double bass
Hendrik Havekost: drums & percussion