Chairman Kato.

February 10, 2011, 1 comments

Following the glitchy electronic genius Seams’ wonderful Tourist EP back in September last year, the darlings at Pictures Music finally bless us with yet another electronic release: Chairman Kato‘s Wildfire EP, due February 14th – better known as Valentines day, for those of you who may celebrate that tradition. However, if you expect to find some cute and bubbly indie pop love on this one, you’re wrong. The production set up of the London based Chairman Kato may vary, “depending on what mood I’m in” as he says himself. He tweaks, turns and reshapes sounds on his analogue equipment until that rather interesting crunchy electronic landscape appears, of which he often rams through an old tape recorder to get that particular noisy, blown-out feel – a deep and uncensored sound you can place somewhere between abstract hip-hop and dub. Totally gonna grab a bottle and listen to this while everyone else are hanging out with their dear ones on Valentines. (forever alone)

Stream a track from the EP below, or grab the whole thing for $5 via Pictures Music here. Also, don’t forget to stay tuned for their Koreless release in March, it’s probably going to be just as amazing.

By Tonje