Requiem for the Holocene, by Kcin & Tilman Robinson

Requiem for the Holocene

by Kcin & Tilman Robinson

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1.	Go Be Free Then 10:10	buy track
2.	Requiem for the Holocene 02:30	buy track
3.	Your Tomorrow Has No Tomorrow 06:53	buy track
4.	Skull Emoji 05:32	buy track

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Requiem for the Holocene is an energetic, introspective and, at times, violent debut collaborative release from two exceptional experimental musicians. The release traverses loss, ecological lamentations, and shared visions of a chaotic future imagined long before Australia’s bushfire and Covid riddled 2020-21. The music is thick with throbbing bass and distortion heavy percussive textures but also pauses for breath with its shimmering, piano-rich title track. Collectively, the release is filled with dramatic tension and release.

Edited from live studio performances across 2018 and 2019 in Sydney and Melbourne, Requiem for the Holocene is oddly prescient in its expression of grief for the deterioration of the biosphere as pandemics and unprecedented seasonal disasters continue to ravage Australia in 2022. Requiem for the Holocene is a war cry; equally at home in the catalogues of lovers of noise, industrial techno and modern composition.

Tilman Robinson (Bedroom Community/Hobbledehoy) is an Australian composer, producer and sound designer based in Melbourne. He creates electro-acoustic music across a range of genres including classical minimalism, improvised, experimental, electronic and ambient musics. Tilman’s diverse output focuses on the psychological impact of sound using acousmatics and psychoacoustic principles.

Kcin is the project of Australian drummer/producer Nicholas Meredith. His sound-world, although wet through with electronic and digital elements, draws significantly from the natural world: monolithic structures, human biology, water. Working with themes of uncertainty and environmental change. His music is deeply personal and highly visceral. Moving from moments of stillness to complete sonic destruction. Meredith's history as a jazz drummer and improviser combined with his embrace of the infinite opportunities offered by technology infuse these compositions with a freedom of rhythm and structure that is energising.

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released April 27, 2022

Written, Produced and Mixed by Nicholas Meredith & Tilman Robinson

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