Kat

While on a recent tour of the Western United States, London-based The KVB moved heaven and earth to make this wonderfully meditative 3-part episode possible. Working with award-winning documentary filmmaker Alix Lambert (The Mark of Cain), cinematographer Conor Simpson, engineer Griffin Rodriguez and editor Forrest Borie, the episode employs a simple set of colored gels, soft shadows, playful synth melodies, one cranky drum machine, one enormously loud Jazzmaster, and two unflinching performers. Welcome to the bracingly Zen-like inner-world of The KVB.

 

BIO

The KVB is the prolific A/V outlet of artists Nicholas Wood and Kat Day. Combining goth-tinged, abstract imagery with a love of shoegaze guitars, minimal synths, reverb-drenched vocals and rigid beats, Nicholas initially started The KVB as a solo project. After frequent collaborations throughout 2011, Kat Day joined permanently on synths and visuals. Fast on the heels of several EPs and limited-edition cassettes, 2012 saw the release of the band's acclaimed first LP, Always Then, soon followed by tours of the UK, EU, and Western US. In early 2013, The KVB released Immaterial Visions via NYC's Cititrax imprint. If your musical tastes veer toward hypnotic minimal wave and snarling post-punk, The KVB will definitely satisfy your darkest Psychocandy-esque cravings.

 

 

COMPONENTS

 

Video

• YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4EEUwd7e4lP9GLCz-Zo-EQGmsPberDm

• Vimeo: vimeo.com/album/2365481

 

Photos

• Flickr: flic.kr/s/aHsjEPXt9k

 

Music

• SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/goincase/sets/the-kvb-at-room-205

 

 

CREDITS

 

Executive Producer

• Incase: goincase.com

 

Producer

• Arlie Carstens: disastercasual.typepad.com

 

Director

• Alix Lambert: pinkghettoproductions.com

 

Cinematography

• Conor Simpson: vimeo.com/likeamaniac

 

Set Designer

• Tamarra Younis: union-of-art.net

 

Set Assistant

• Katie Risinger: facebook.com/katieferne

 

Editor

• Forrest Borie: vimeo.com/forrestborie

 

Audio Engineer

• Griffin Rodriguez: linkedin.com/pub/griffin-rodriguez/1b/599/2a

 

Camera

• Alix Lambert: pinkghettoproductions.com

• Conor Simpson: vimeo.com/likeamaniac

 

Photos

• Arlie Carstens: disastercasual.typepad.com

 

Performing Artist

• The KVB: facebook.com/thekvb1

 

Label

• Cititrax Records: cititrax.com

 

Room 205 Theme Song

• Cora Foxx: corafoxx.com

 

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