COLLARED

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"An eerie static load grates your ears, swelling like a tsunami far out to sea, building in destructive force. A noticeable click click holds its own until there is an explosive release, frenzied and consuming. A tension between the electronic elements threatening to rip at the seams and yet still holding together, joined by the rumbling vocals, just perceivable above the tumultuous mixture of textures." -Onyx Music Reviews

"Like the long wait fans endured between releases, 'Collared' slowly builds from a caustic distortion that’s being belted out across the speakers before propulsive beats swell like a chest rising and falling with each inhale/exhale. Add an atmosphere that’s ominous and all-consuming with scattered vocal lines exquisitely inserted into the dense framework and you have a new KPT track that is well worth the wait." -Rock And Roll Fables

"A vindictive mesh of hard techno and dark electro/industrial." -ReGen Magazine

"Collared" employs KPT's signature vocal sampling techniques, distorted synthesizers, and agitating drums into a crescendo so intense, it almost seems vindictive. In his first solo effort in two years, Minneapolis-based KPT continues the industrialized punishment expertly demonstrated on 2021 singles "White Crosses" and the eponymous "Obliterate."

Despite having no official releases over the past two years, they have been chock full of achievements for the artist. Including eight remixes for luminaries such as En Esch (KMFDM, PIG, Pigface), Mona Mur, Textbeak and more, an EP and even more remixes from his duo DEATHDANCE, and the day-to-day undertaking of operating visionary label GIVE/TAKE.

According to the artist, "Collared" represents the first single in a forthcoming diptych of releases exploring the psychosexual and power dynamics entitled Never, Forever; Nothing, Completely.

Obliterate

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“The album has a mesmerising pulse to it…truly draws you in on a subconscious level and holds your attention. It's that dichotomy of abrupt and subtly, hard and soft that makes the release so complex and captivating. One hell of an EP and some of my favourite electronic music so far this year.“ -Cave Dweller Music

“An industrial opus…The stark noise is drowning and a soundscape to that introvert within us all located between desolation and absolution. Best heard in a dark room with earphones and a cigarette.” -Jammerzine

"More Einsturzende Neubauten than the usual Metropolis Records suspects, unhinged darkwave gets taken over by pneumatic-drill pounding that's super cool if you like it rough and dystopian." -The Hippo

“"Obliterate" presents us with a darker facet than his previous works, with compositions that evoke dystopian soundscapes, futuristic and at the same time moving. KPT invites us to enter his unknown and captivating universe.” -Atomium Magazine

On the heels of DARK.HOUSE, Minneapolis-based KPT unveils his latest work, Obliterate.

Six songs in length, Obliterate plays like an anthology of KPT’s darker and heavier output to date. With a tracklisting touching on deeply personal themes of addiction, relationship issues, and ultimately, loss, the EP is also his most revealing and affecting.

Including two brand-new singles, “Absolution” and title track “Obliterate”, the remainder of the EP has been carefully curated from singles which have never seen an official release. Uniquely, each song traces back to an opportunity lost, which would have otherwise relegated the material to digital rot.

“Obliterate is a culmination of one-sided collaborations, lost remixes and releases, failed promoter partnerships and label signings. All of which have led to some of my absolute favorite material. I wouldn't change a thing,” says KPT.

Obliterate is an apex in the dark electronic artist’s evolving catalog, and a must-have for collectors of hard techno and industrial music.