Impactions by Roland Kayn

The publication of ‘Impactions’ marks 11 years since Roland Kayn passed away, and this piece numbers 100 on the composer's own list of his works. It can be seen as a model example of the electronic works he was compiling at his home studio in the mid 2000s, opening with stretches of creeping pastoral analogue beauty, before a series of cavernous reverb-laden textural episodes unfold. Finally, some form of equilibrium appears to be found as the near-percussive elements reverse and transform themselves.

"The mystery, the grace, the boundless invention – Kayn’s machine music is a vast catalogue of very human wonder." -The Guardian

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