While on a recent tour of the
Western United States, London-based The
KVB moved heaven and earth to make this wonderfully meditative 3-part episode possible.
Working with award-winning documentary filmmaker
Alix Lambert (
The Mark of Cain), cinematographer Conor
Simpson, engineer
Griffin Rodriguez and editor
Forrest Borie, the episode employs a simple set of colored gels, soft shadows, playful synth melodies, one cranky drum machine, one enormously loud
Jazzmaster, and two unflinching performers.
Welcome to the bracingly Zen-like inner-world of The KVB.
BIO
The KVB is the prolific
A/V outlet of artists
Nicholas Wood and Kat Day. Combining goth-tinged, abstract imagery with a love of shoegaze guitars, minimal synths, reverb-drenched vocals and rigid beats,
Nicholas initially started The KVB as a solo project. After frequent collaborations throughout
2011, Kat Day joined permanently on synths and visuals.
Fast on the heels of several EPs and limited-edition cassettes,
2012 saw the release of the band's acclaimed first LP,
Always Then, soon followed by tours of the UK, EU, and
Western US. In early
2013, The KVB released Immaterial
Visions via
NYC's Cititrax imprint. If your musical tastes veer toward hypnotic minimal wave and snarling post-punk, The KVB will definitely satisfy your darkest Psychocandy-esque cravings.
COMPONENTS
Video
• YouTube:
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4EEUwd7e4lP9GLCz-Zo-EQGmsPberDm
• Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/
album/2365481
Photos
• Flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEPXt9k
Music
• SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/goincase/sets/the-kvb-at-room-205
CREDITS
Executive Producer
• Incase: http://goincase.com
Producer
• Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com
Director
• Alix Lambert: http://pinkghettoproductions.com
Cinematography
• Conor Simpson: http://vimeo.com/likeamaniac
Set Designer
• Tamarra Younis: http://union-of-art.net
Set
Assistant
•
Katie Risinger: http://facebook.com/katieferne
Editor
• Forrest Borie: http://vimeo.com/forrestborie
Audio Engineer
• Griffin Rodriguez: http://linkedin.com/pub/griffin-rodriguez/1b/599/2a
Camera
• Alix Lambert: http://pinkghettoproductions.com
• Conor Simpson: http://vimeo.com/likeamaniac
Photos
• Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com
Performing
Artist
• The KVB: http://facebook.com/thekvb1
Label
• Cititrax
Records: http://cititrax.com
Room 205
Theme Song
•
Cora Foxx: http://corafoxx.com
- published: 29 Apr 2013
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