Who said “will-they-won’t-they” storylines could only work in sitcoms? The Berlin-based producer Felix K has finally confirmed his long-awaited Blackest Ever Black debut: Tragedy of the Commons, a 12-inch EP due out in February. After a bunch of releases put out through his own label, Hidden Hawaii, and myriad other DIY ventures (including his acclaimed 2013 debut LP Flowers of Destruction), Krone (that’s what that K stands for) has decided to trust his bleakest work to date to a label where it’ll find itself most at home, rubbing elbows with Dominic Fernow (Prurient, Vatican Shadow), Stefan Jaworzyn, William Bennett (Cut Hands), Pete Swanson, Raime, and a very illustrious/frightful etcetera.
A true journeyman of all things techno, Felix K started out in the late 90s, taking his hometown’s underground electronic scene by storm. Soon he became a central player of the hard-to-pin German drum-and-bass movement; with his roots firmly planted there, Krone reached out and incorporated dub, techno, and minimalist turns to his highly personal style. However, true to its Blackest Ever Black lineage, Tragedy of the Commons offers a good dose of the grim, hypnotically slow moving, dubbed-out drones we’ve come to expect from Krone in recent times, just slightly accentuating the menace factor over his usual deep techno leanings. The EP’s three songs promise to be lengthy forays into a schizophrenic maze of moodiness Krone has baptized “Berlin noir.”
Tragedy of the Commons will be out on February 16 in a 500-copy vinyl edition, and a digital version of the album is expected to become available later in the year. You can sample segments of the three tracks below.
Tragedy of the Commons tracklisting:
A1. Tragedy of the Commons
B1. Silent Money
B2. Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
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