AKSK .Things We Do.

Label: Running Back ‎– RBINC006LP
Series: Running Back Incantations –
Released: Jul 2020Genre: Electronic, PopStyle: Synth-pop

When I first heard the music that the collaborative efforts of Adda Kaleh and Diego Herrera alias Suzanne Kraft brought to life, I was immediately smitten by it. During a car ride through Los Angeles soundtracked by new age music and Australian melancholics The Reels, „Breaking“ by AKSK fit in perfectly. The voice of Adda and the harmonies and groove of the music made it seem like a part of film score that could have worked in a John Hughes movie as well as in a Michael Mann one. The ear of the beholder.

Still, I cannot really remember, if it formed the concept for „Musik for Autobahns“ or just fit in perfectly (again!). It made it on that compilation for Rush Hour anyway and up until Public Possessions managed to extort another song from the elusive musical pairing, I gave up all hope to ever see them on a long-player together. That might partly be due to their physical separation with them living in different cities and countries, partly with their other projects and I guess partly just with the fabrics of time and the ongoing search for sonic perfection.

Anyway, almost seven years after they first met „Things We Do“ can finally be heard. An eight track long player that features the skills of The Coober Pedy University Band aka CPUB (Tornado Wallace and William Paxton) on dub duties for two songs and to complete the magical musical mysteries of AKSK and their unique print of crystalline chansons and pastels pop. Let me stop my love letter here and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I do.

Sincerely,

Gerd Janson

credits

WRITTEN, PRODUCED & PERFORMED
BY A. PIRICI AND D. HERRERA
CREATED BETWEEN 2013-2019. BUCHAREST, LOS ANGELES, AMSTERDAM B1 ADDITIONAL GUITAR AND KEYS
BY ALEJANDRO COHEN
B3, B4 ADDITIONAL REMIX & PRODUCTION BY COOBER PEDY UNIVERSITY BAND
℗+© 2020 RUNNING BACK INCANTATIONS MASTERED BY LOPAZZ

Tracklist

A1 Breaking 4:18
A2 Four Lonely Words 4:12
A3 Work 4:05
A4 Special Times & Places 5:25
B1 Strong Like Nature Guitar [Additional], Keyboards [Keys] – Alejandro Cohen 5:16
B2 Breaking (Instrumental) 4:18
B3 Four Lonely Words (CPUB Dub) Remix [Additional], Producer [Production] – Coober Pedy University Band*4:21
B4 Strong Like Nature (CPUB Dub) Remix [Additional], Producer [Production] – Coober Pedy University Band*5:16