{"id":11328,"date":"2012-08-02T07:14:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuartbuchanan.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=11328"},"modified":"2021-01-31T07:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T07:08:36","slug":"kucka-kucka-ep-wood-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2012\/08\/02\/kucka-kucka-ep-wood-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ku\u010dka – 'Ku\u010dka EP' (Wood And Wire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOff-kilter experimental electronica in the debut from Perth’s Ku\u010dka, the eighth release on Wood And Wire.
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Notes.<\/strong>
\nBetween mid 2011 and Early 2012 Laura Jane Lowther spent countless hours, verge collecting, sampling and gathering various natural sounds to be used for her electronic project ku\u010dka<\/strong>. With a love of synth tones and the human voice Lowther combined all of these elements to create a different kind of pop, not quite polished, not quite gritty. The result is her debut EP (self-titled), sometimes dark, a hint of glitch, some warped piano but always with her haunting voice floating on top of her inimitable arrangements.
\n\u201cThe Best Australian Bands You\u2019ve Never Heard Of<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0off-kilter experimental electronica from one Laura Jane Lowther\u2019s solo bedroom project turned ambitious, post-dubstep live act\u201d<\/em>
\nThe Guardian<\/a>
\n\u201ca post-dubstep miasma of deep bass, electric flickers, mutant samples and shifting time signatures \u2026 The influences flitter around, the combinations new and entrancing and her own personality stamped onto the whole in a way that establishes her own, individual and exciting voice\u201d<\/em>
\nCyclic Defrost<\/a>
\n\u201cintent on eschewing normal notions of electro pop, instead trying to colour the furtive outer regions, neither aggressive nor reticent; neither glossy nor gritty. These arrangements expand and contract like a psychotropic headswell; Alice In Wonderland in cyberpunk sound-byte form. Tying it all together is Lowther\u2019s plinking vocals, somewhere between Deerhoof\u2019s Satomi Matsuzaki and Alison Goldfrapp, a skittish yet ominous mist, a dark seduction threatening to swallow you whole.\u201d<\/em>
\nSonic Masala<\/a>
\n\u201cIf you\u2019ve seen her live or heard her on radio you\u2019ll know that Ku\u010dka \u2013 indelicate pseudonym for the delicate looking Laura Jane Lowther \u2013 gets every note right in her particular take on dark, glitchy electronica. They\u2019re complex compositions, with her unbelievably smooth, crystalline (and slightly disturbing) voice woven all the way through.\u201d<\/em>
\nThe Thousands<\/a>
\n\u201c\u2026the debut EP by ku\u010dka might well be one of the most intriguing and ambitious releases by a Perth artist I\u2019ve encountered\u201d
\n<\/em>Life is Noise<\/a>
\n\u201cwith abstract minimalism that would surely see her a comfortable fit on the Warp label, ku\u010dka\u2019s debut EP leads in with Rewind, the kind of spartan electonica that rewards a decent pair of headphones and a darkened room.\u201d<\/em>
\nDrum Media
\n\u201cThe music\u2019s synthetic sheen veils a sinister undercurrent which only surfaces occasionally in sudden, violent bursts. Lowther is a master of delaying these extroverted moments, at stretching out an uneasy calm until breaking point. It is this play between the suggestion of violence and its realisation that gives the EP its unique dynamic.\u201d
\n<\/em>X-Press Mag<\/a>
\n\u201cskillfully combines the electronic with the organic, and the pretty with the (slightly) menacing \u2026 strange and beautiful\u201d<\/em>
\nBandcamp Hunter<\/a>
\n\u201cAn artist of true vision, that tip toes through an eccentric, eclectic, electronic and experimental void of musical colours\u201d<\/em>
\nThe Holding Pattern<\/a><\/p>\n

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Biography.<\/strong>
\nku\u010dka<\/strong> began as a solo bedroom project for vocalist and producer Laura Jane Lowther. By carefully piecing together found sounds, layering her vocals and experimenting, she created a combination of delicate, ambient sounds, industrial glitches and captivating grooves. More structured tracks formed, resulting in her self titled debut EP, an eclectic mixtape with a unique textural avant-pop sound.
\nNow ku\u010dka has gained a reputation in her hometown Perth, for her interesting live shows, recruiting Jake Steele (Injured Ninja) on analog synths, Katie Campbell (Catlips) on live electronic beats and impressive percussionist Rosie Taylor (playing gongs, chimes and scrap metal!) to accompany her haunting vocals and mixed up sampling.
\nKu\u010dka has recently filmed a music video for Rewind directed by accomplished WA filmmaker Julia Ngeow.
\nku\u010dka on Facebook<\/a>
\nku\u010dka on Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tracklisting.<\/strong>
\n1. rewind (5:27)
\n2. the operation (4:59)
\n3. polly (serialkillersundays) (4:02)
\n4. sun moon blood night (4:24)
\n5. chinatown (4:24)
\n6. i (4:29)
\n7. rewind (fm remix) (4:13)<\/p>\n

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Credits.<\/strong>
\nAll tracks written and produced by Laura Jane Lowther. Mastered by Lee Buddle at Crank Recording. Track 7 remixed by fm.
\nku\u010dka thanks: Many thanks to Jake Steele, Katie Campbell and Rosie Taylor who give so much of their time and energy make the live show awesome. Also big thanks to Jess & Cal for giving me limitless visual inspiration and Eva for your continuing support.<\/p>\n

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Catalogue.<\/strong> WW8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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