Description
//Someone Special//
£24.99 – 1xLP
Where much of her earlier work explored harmonic environments, this album is built around tension and release.
Inspired by the sound of drum and bass, breakbeats fracture through dense fields of synthesis, percussive patterns and her signature melodic fragments – motions that feel closer to the kinetic language of club music than the meditative spaces often associated with her past catalogue. The result is a body of work that feels both recognisably hers and newly charged, music that moves through the body as insistently as it engages the mind.
For listeners who first encountered KAS through the glowing synthesis of “Ears” (2016) or the intricate experimental pop of “The Kid” (2017), this direction may feel initially surprising, yet the shift has been quietly unfolding across the past several years. KAS’ practice has steadily expanded beyond the expectations placed upon experimental electronic artists, moving between orchestral composition, audiovisual installations, film scoring, and large-scale commissions while retaining the unmistakable sonic signature that defines her work.
On “Ruin: It’s Not Just Music”, her sonic vocabulary becomes more kinetic than ever before. The record draws energy from jungle, drum and bass, and dance-floor focused electronic music while retaining the intricate synthesis and tonal curiosity that have defined KAS’ work from the beginning. The result is a record that feels equally at home within club culture, contemporary composition, and the experimental spaces that have long championed her artistry.
Tracklisting:
A1) Introduction
A2) Ruin
A3) GTP!
A4) I’m Just Being Honest
A5) Obsessed
B1) 19 Minutes
B2) I Don’t Know What It Is
B3) That Is Like You
B4) It’s In Everything You Say
B5) On The Low
