Album Notes

Kadet's electronic music is composed of ambient layers and percussive, glitchy textures. Her compositions are built from her extensive library of field recordings, sound effects and Gibson electric guitar samples which she processes beyond recognition using MAX/MSP and FM synthesis. Kadet has two solo CD releases, SEISMIC and THIN AIR, and is featured on numerous compilations including WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE (ubuibi.org) and MONO:POLY (Asphodel and Gench labels).

The tracks on THIN AIR are comprised of the sounds in 'Sensorium,' an interactive, audiovisual installation created in collaboration with Reto Schmid/testrun. Each track is associated with one of the virtual rooms in Sensorium which are based on the RGB color spectrum. 'Sensorium' has been exhibited at the Museum of Art Lucerne, Galerie Oxyd in Switzerland, Platinum Oasis and Spiral Gallery in LA, and at the Transcinema Festival in San Francisco -curated by testsite & Blasthaus. To download 'Sensorium' to your desktop> http://www.testrun.to/sensorium

REVIEWS>

Check out the feature article in the Jan/Feb 2005 issue of XLR8R magazine that covers THIN AIR, along with audiovisual installations, past works and future projects: XLR8R interview, issue #84

"Here is Kadet Kuhne's follow-up to Seismic, her fine IDM album from 2001. Since then she's relocated to LA, but she hasn't made any radical departures in her music. That's a good thing 'cause her past endeavors have been pretty darn great, wholly enveloping listens. Now, whether the "thin air" of the title is in reference to that which you might "vanish into" or that which you find at high altitudes, we do not know. But we can say that regardless, the title suits this album well. Some of her sounds can be fleeting and ghostly, while the more severe and imposing ones may leave listeners a wee bit out of sorts or short of breath. Characterized by swishy, cricket-y textures, gentle cloudy drones and rounded deep bass thuds, This Air is a considerably more subdued ambient affair overall than its kinetic, glitchy predecessor. Also, although these sounds were originally part of Sensorium, her audiovisual installation collaboration with Reto Schmid/testrun which showed in Switzerland, LA and here in SF, Thin Air may be best listened to on headphones in isolation. Nice!"
- Aquarius Records