Published:
March 22, 2016
Vienna based VENTIL band are playing live in Bucharest on April 1st, 2016, in Control club.
Ventil is a new formed experimental/electronic group, combining different influences, from post-rock to electronic and industrial. The members are very well trained musicians, active for many years in the scene: Peter Kutin (electronics and guitar), Florian Kindlinger (electronics, guitar and bass synth), Michael Lahner (synthesizers and electronics), Katharina Ernst (drums) and Conny Zenk (light structures at live shows). The band played live during music festivals such as Wels (Unlimited Festival), Konfrontationen (Nicklesdorf), Tsonami festival in Chile, Soundsnoise Festival and more.
VENTIL was formed in 2014 by Peter Kutin and Florian Kindlinger. Having previously worked together in the drone ensemble DIRAC, releasing acclaimed records for labels such as the Japanese Spekk, Kutin & Kindlinger founded VENTIL to expand their musical aesthetic. Collaborating with instrumentalists (in this case, drums and synths), they create an intense form of music that places itself somewhere between industrial, techno and ambient.
Ventil is the German expression for ‘valve’ - a device that releases pressure when opened; ‘pressure’ being the resistance against a limitation of space. Feeling limited within the artistic environment of the Vienna experimental music scene, VENTIL was born in an isolated studio in the countryside, where the four musicians escaped to live and do primarily one thing: concentrate and create. As a result, the record is a unique sound that stands out from what is usually produced within the alpine nation of Austria.
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