Having honed and developed a new work flow for recording that presupposed live performances, we found that Kalte 2 came together really quickly for us in comparison to “The Lanthanide Series”. Songs came together faster and we found that the Kalte ideals were becoming more evident, more fully realized. Even the Naming Ritual proved simpler, with a decision about the album’s name made pretty much the day we finished rough mixes. The new songs all had a strong feeling of Arctic cold and the slow growth of glaciers, so it only seemed natural to name it “Glaciations” in keeping with idea of “Glacial” music that we had worked towards while we were recording “The Lanthanide Series”.
Once we had a title and some names for songs, we were ready to send “Glaciations” out to see if anybody was interested to release it, and our first choice to send it to was Nathan Larson’s Dark Winter net label. Rik had met Nathan a few years earlier when he made the trip to Toronto to perform as part of a label showcase at The AMBiENT PiNG (see what we mean about them building an artistic community?) and he was really impressed by the artists that Nathan had pulled together. Nathan’s own project Samsa, ANGELswing, and Pholde were all really great projects who’s work resonated with Rik thanks to their shared dark and atmospheric aesthetic.
In the intervening time between meeting Nathan and “Glaciations” being recorded, Dark Winter had moved away from being a physical CD label and had set itself up as an online net label, so when we were looking to release “Glaciations” it seemed like a natural fit for Kalte, and we were pleased to find that Nathan thought so too.
“Glaciations” was released by Dark Winter on March 31, 2009, and once again we were very flattered to receive positive reviews from a handful of sites. On the Disquiet site, Marc Weidenbaum said “The result is a murky electronica, whose impact is strong even if — or, more to the point, because — the sounds themselves are mysteriously muffled.” Kirill Platonkin wrote on the Agniworld site that “every track has its history and sense background, and listening to the whole album reminds me of solving a riddle with making juxtapositions, uniting various elements into one conceptual system. For me, this investigation was a true pleasure.” Seeing people write things like this about our work has always meant so much to us, and we truly appreciate everybody’s efforts to help spread the word about Kalte.
We’ve got a special treat for you tomorrow, and then on October 12th we’ll tell you about our first ever show…
For the entire month of October while we celebrate #10yearsofKalte, if you buy a copy of “The Lanthanide Series” through Bandcamp you can send us your email at info@kaltemusic.com and we’ll send you a free copy of our latest release, “Covalencies“!
