Kalte / Polyphyletic 

From the Petcord netlabel release Fissures 

« At over six thousand metres below sea level, the Hadopelagic Zone is the deepest layer of the ocean, an area where water pressure is over a hundred times stronger than on the surface and where light cannot penetrate. For their latest album Fissures, Kalte explore the darkness that permeates this inhospitable space, music inspired by massive pressures and arctic depths, heavy sounds from unknown sources, ominous and dark tones never heard outside of this watery abyss. There is the familiar impression of wide space, isolation and a pale glow of blue that has dominated much of the Canadian duo’s work. By use of a multilayer technique, organic sounds are gathered like matching puzzle pieces to a new virtual scenery that changes its characteristics with each additional dimension. — Oliver Wichmann »

« Kalte is the abstract/ambient project from Deane Hughes of Akumu and Rik MacLean of Mara’s Torment. Working in electronic sub-genres such as zero-bpm, music concréte and deep ambient, the duo produces eerie and expansive soundscapes — created almost entirely from natural sources that have been digitally altered and re-assembled. The result is a dark and atmospheric combination of organic and electronic elements. Kalte’s debut release, The Lanthanide Series (Stasisfield, 2008), features five tracks of dense, haunting music composed by Hughes and MacLean during the depths of a long, cold Canadian winter. For more information about Kalte, please visit KalteMusic.com »

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