Kraus Shares New Album 'Water Music'

"New Kraus album / Me listen", it really is that simple. Aotearoa's foremost conjuror of hitherto unimagined sound-shapes, Kraus dived further into the famed 'Elektron workflow' to bring you the eleven track voyage of Water Music, a hi-fidelity black box methodology explored on 2024's Crystal Motors as well as the Tāmaki-based artist's senses-engulfing Alien Soundtrack performances. Liner notes scribe Jon Bywater puts it better than any rock news hack could dare to dream, describing Water Music as evoking "worlds in which nature is miniature and intimate, technology soft and fluid, and the uncanny gentle rather than frightening. In this enchanted ecology, solitude becomes a habitat for creativity and folklore bleeds into domestic life... Another wonder from a true original. Kraus is grouse!"

Home to adventuresome sonics of all stripes, Audio Foundation are hosting a release event for Water Music on 19th September, featuring a live performance by Kraus and special guests Half Sister (Hermione Johnson, Gary Sullivan and Greta Anderson). We shall see you there — order the cassette edition via Bandcamp, listen up and schlep along...

"Here are some things I was thinking about during the making of the Water Music album: traditional Japanese story "The Bamboo Cutter's Tale"; Enya's castle; Francesco Cavaliere's album "ALATA ONDA"; the sparrows in my bird feeder; Finland; synthetic flutes and bongos; George A. Romero's "Martin" (1977); Planetary Peace; this album's cover painting with its mysterious blue dome; Japanese gardens; "Puzzle Music" by Madalyn Merkey; and my desire to live in the forest with the elves." - Kraus

Kraus 'Water Music' Album Release
with Half Sister
Saturday 19th September - Audio Foundation, Auckland
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR