The 7JK album "The United Sounds of Sheffield & Wroclaw" is near to completion. I'm proud to say that it'll be released on my label, Redroom Records. The release date is a vague "sometime 2012" at present, though it will be nearer the start of the year than the end.
Nearer to hand, however, is the first ever 7JK concert on Thursday 10th of November in a cathedral, at this year's Wroclaw Industrial Festival, Poland. I'll also be playing a full Sieben set too.
Here is some blurb for 7JK, hopefully to whet your appetite :)
Organics meets electronics in a clash of two radically different musical formations. The united forces of Sieben (UK) and Job Karma (PL) come to fruition as a new, unique project called 7JK.
After a series of concerts together over the years, this unusual sonic collaboration is finally happening – Sieben, neo-classical, based on acoustic instruments, and electronic, post-industrial Job Karma finally write new material together. This is the sum of these musician's experiences. Matt Howden, Maciej Frett and Aureliusz Pisarzewski create a universe of sounds, a rhythmic unison of synthesisers and generators, violin and voice. The result - a soundtrack for a movie yet to be made, merging many aesthetics and genres: Neofolk collides with industrial, electronics with krautrock, ambient with classical music.
Sneak previews of tracks from the album can be heard on Sieben's Soundcloud page, and Job Karma's Soundcloud page.
