The legacy of Krautrock extends into some unexpected areas.
Sure, it’s a hopelessly vague, contentious term (no one in Germany ever labelled it thus) but Krautrock has proved to be enduring influential. Everyone from the darkest Industrial producer to The Horrors has been touched by its legacy, with the genre’s Motorik click powering some unusual productions.
Hailing from Finland, K-X-P seem to pick up on the questing spirit of groups such as Can and Neu. The collective drink from the same avant arts well spring that fuelled their German cousins, releasing a series of lengthy, propulsive jams.
New EP ‘Easy’ finds the Scandinavian crew in a pop mood. K-X-P have honed their abstract rhythmic constructions into something much more linear, with ‘Easy’ demonstrating a love of weird, wonky pop.
Short – by their standards – each song is an easy to digest nugget of proto-electronics mixed with a real melodic touch. Still impossible to categorise, ‘Easy’ was given an initial release by Smalltown Supersound earlier this year.
Manchester based imprint Melodic have stepped in to expose the group to British audiences, with a full UK release planned. Due out on November 14th, the band have planned a launch show later this week.
Taking place at London’s CAMP venue on October 13th, K-X-P will bring their molten live show to the capital. As a special preview, ClashMusic have grabbed the radio edit of title cut ‘Easy’ as a free download.
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