05 Jan 2012 — Henning Lahmann
The thrilling cold-wave tunes of British citizen Klaus Von Barrel aka
The KVB are still mildly underappreciated, though now sadly defunct techno label/artist collective
Sandwell District showed some well-deserved love for his classic
"Into The Night" in their latest (and last) mix that was dropped
on New Year's Eve. However, for the time being we may only hope that more folks will cherish the subdued, 80s-dripping synth madness of The KVB, but in any case I'd argue that the project's new ten-track effort
Always Then would be a good starting point. Listen to album opener "Captives" below and see for yourself. Highly recommended.
Always Then is available now on 12 inch vinyl via
Clan Destine Records.
In related news, Von Barrel is about to embark on a European Tour, playing at Berlin's King Kong Klub
on January 22. For the whole list of dates check
this site.
There's also a new video for album track "Leaning":
