The Layers collections showcase compilations by 7K! Records, supporting a range of contemporary classical music. ‘Duet Layers‘ pays tribute to the first editions of Piano Layers, String Layers, Ambient Layers and Wind Layers, honoring the layers thematic template, and challenging the artists to work together to find a common ground. The results of this are […]
AMBIENT LAYERS VOL.II
/in News‘Ambient Layers Vol. II’, part of 7K!’s Layers series, presents 21 unreleased and exclusive compositions from a wide-ranging cast of international artists.Established figures inside the ambient scene such as UK’s Marconi Union and Canada’s Loscil pair up with emerging artists resulting in a compilation spanning across 12 different countries – from the India-based Bios Contrast, […]
Vetle Nærø – From Moments
/in NewsVetle Nærø‘s third album From Moments arrives on 7K! in April 2023. The 12-track record is his most personal work yet and an invitation to empty your mind and focus only on the present. Norwegian pianist and composer Nærø grew up in the quiet coastal town of Ålesund. It is there that he first started […]
Niklas Paschburg – Panta Rhei
/in NewsNiklas Paschburg‘s third album Panta Rhei arrives via 7K! on March 17th, 2023. The title and the music are inspired by Heraclitus’s Greek philosophy that “everything flows” and finds the Hamburg-born artist exploring an unrestricted world of electronic and post-classical music drawn from deep within himself. Across two previous albums, the now Berlin-based Paschburg has […]
Jonas Colstrup – At The Crest
/in NewsThe eight-track record ‘At The Crest’ by acclaimed Danish composer and musician Jonas Colstrup is out now on 7K! Records. Colstrup is an accomplished composer, musician and producer who has mostly written for film. He has released several soundtrack albums, including two with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. He also recently scored Tigers, a true-life tale about […]
Duet Layers
/in NewsThe Layers collections showcase compilations by 7K! Records, supporting a range of contemporary classical music. ‘Duet Layers‘ pays tribute to the first editions of Piano Layers, String Layers, Ambient Layers and Wind Layers, honoring the layers thematic template, and challenging the artists to work together to find a common ground. The results of this are […]
String Layers Vol. II
/in NewsFollowing the release of “String Layers” in 2020, we are back with a second edition in our series with 21 previously unreleased tracks to celebrate the variety and diversity of string instruments. The series is put together to highlight music which exists between the avant-garde, contemporary-classical and instrumental worlds. As with the previous editions of […]
Rubin Henkel – Restless
/in NewsRubin Henkel announces his new album ‘Restless’ on 7K! Records along with his brand new single ‘Ruhelos’! Rubin Henkel is an artist who reconfigures memory throughout his music. In his debut album Ruhe (2018) Rubin collected the first melodies he ever recorded around his childhood and early teens. Back then he captured the music […]
Piano Layers Vol. II
/in NewsThe 88 black and white keys of the piano provide the basis for the next of the 7K! Records’ “Layers” series, the part of the !K7 label group which is dedicated to avant-garde and instrumental sounds. The series is put together to highlight music that exists between the avant-garde, contemporary-classical and instrumental worlds. As with […]
Kansas Smitty’s – Plunderphonia
/in NewsOn this essential new collection of forward-looking jazz reinterpretations, Kansas Smitty’s bandleader Giacomo Smith delves deep into the catalogues of celebrated yet often overlooked artists that inspire his work with Kansas Smitty’s; Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbeck, even Maurice Ravel Created for the ‘Plunderphonia’ series for 7K!, itself a reinterpretation of the acclaimed !K7 DJ-Kicks […]
Tomat – Diistemi
/in NewsDiistemi is a Greek verb that means to place separately, to put asunder, to disjoin. Diistemi EP. was conceived and produced during the first pandemic lock down, between March and May 2020, at home with analog synthesizers, a modular system and a bunch of Max MSP and Reaktor patches. “As a collection of photographs of […]