Thomas Köner
As half of techno-glitch outfit Porter Ricks, I was surprised when I heard Thomas Köner's solo work. This was music for the tundra, the soundtrack to the ice caps melting, a symphony for the movement of continents. This music is dark and slow; more doom than any of your favorite sludge metal bands with some of the loudest, glass-shattering bass sounds you will ever hear. Köner's music is at times so gloomy and cold that I get the chills just listening to it. You'll probably need to put a suit on! Difficult at times, some works border on silence and the use of drone is constant; but always rewarding.
I used to own all of his album's on CD before but sold them all to move Sweden back in 2003. "I'll just buy them back sooner or later", I thought. Unfortunately, most of this artist's discography has been out-of-print since then and the prices for albums have drastically jacked up. To get Teimo back, I paid three times what I originally paid when I got the Permafrost/Teimo double album CD! I do plan on getting everything I used to have since I love this man's work, but it'll be a while. Köner is also half of ambient noise duo Kontakt Der Jünglinge.
Nunatak GongamurLabel: Barooni Release: 1991 Format: CD Cat. no: BAR 002 |
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TeimoLabel: Barooni Release: 1992 Format: CD Cat. no: BAR 005 |
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PermafrostLabel: Barooni Release: 1993 Format: CD Cat. no: BAR 009 |
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AubriteLabel: Barooni Release: 1996 Format: CD Cat. no: BAR 0013 |
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KaamosLabel: Mille Plateaux Release: 1998 Format: CD Cat. no: MP CD 49 |
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Unerforschtes GebietLabel: Die Stadt Release: 2001 Format: LP Cat. no: DS43 |
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Unerforschtes GebietLabel: Die Stadt Release: 2001 Format: CD Cat. no: DS56 |
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DaikanLabel: Mille Plateaux Release: 2001 Format: CD Cat. no: MP 107 |
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NuukLabel: Mille Plateaux Release: 2004 Format: CD + DVD Cat. no: MPM 003 |
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