KUF

KUF electrify layers of time and interweave dimensions of sound. Over the course of three albums, the Berlin trio have pioneered an astonishing upside-down approach to 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.

Yield breathes the freedom to playfully reassemble the main elements. The cut-up skills of a sampler meet impetuous fingers, persistent 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.