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Benchmark Ridge

by Kjostad

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Released on Vienna Press. "Since debuting Kjostad on New Forces a few years back, Stefan Aune has gradually developed a rather unique aesthetic that draws as much from European tape composition as it does classic and contemporary harsh noise. Benchmark Ridge utilizes several of the key methods this project has heretofore employed and largely blackens them, almost beyond recognition. Location recordings are saturated with textural noise variations until the forest is simply static, barely there. This is uncomfortable material; an unrelenting tension with nothing in the way of release."

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released January 1, 2017

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Kjostad New York, New York

New York City-based Kjostad is the moniker of Stefan Aune, who is also involved in Form Hunter and Breaking The Will, in addition to running the New Forces label. Kjostad weaves together an organic tapestry of man-made and natural sonics. Capturing highly personal sounds focused on northern Minnesota, Aune takes these moments and introduces layers of electronics and magnetic tape. ... more

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