Kling - Kling EP

Zero 7’s Stunning New Side Project! Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker have been crafting exquisite ambient beats and downtempo pop for the last decade as Grammy-nominated producers Zero 7. Ahead of Zero 7’s fourth studio album, 2009 sees them take an unprecedented step with the Kling EP, the first record the duo have created without the Zero 7 moniker. Kling is a far more underground proposition than their past releases, all erratic glitches, mesmerising chords and crystalline embellishments, touched with more fuzz and distortion than they’ve dared use before. ‘Interruptions’ proves an apt name for an opening track that stutters and starts amidst rousing Eastern elements. The stand-out 9 minute epic ‘sYMbAL’ melds spine-stroking tribal beats with vocal distortion redolent of The Knife and Fever Ray. Synthesized atmospherics and rhythmic lyrical refrains characterise ‘Methods’, the EP’s final track.Joining Binns and Hardaker on Kling, very much a collaborative effort, are Robin Mullarkey on bass, Eddie Stevens on keyboards and Tom Skinner on drums, all of whom having been playing with Zero 7 for many years. The Kling collective emerged following Henry, Sam, Rob, Eddie and Tom’s mini European tour in 2008 as Ingrid Eto (the Zero 7 Instrumental Project) after which they went into the studio and recorded what has since metamorphosed into the EP. Zero 7’s forthcoming album Yeah Ghost is released by Atlantic Records on September 7th 2009.

Tracklisting:1/Interruptions 2/sYMbAL 3/Methods

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