In May 2025, electronica musician KPT shared the ‘Claw’ EP. Taking a massive sidestep from some of KPT’s more “pulse” oriented sounds and tracks with a distinct melody, the EP’s trio of tracks ventured into bleaker territory. With one number presenting six minutes of industrial noise, one blending drone with a collection of found sounds and field recordings, and one splicing dark ambient elements with unforgiving, machine-like industrial sounds (taking industrial right back to its origins) it certainly wasn’t a lightweight listen.
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KPT – Claw EP
During 2020, when the world was in turmoil and a lot of musicians and gig goers were feeling socially lost, KPT (pronounced “Kept”) delivered a record that felt suitably dark and befitting of the time. ‘Big Witch’ jumped between electronic genres, sharing soundscapes that blended deep drone (‘Lament’), heady beats (‘Untamed’), and even ventured into into industrial sounds (‘Second Thoughts’). The relatively minimalist album really came into its own, though, when KPT explored some wonderfully bleak soundscapes that evoked ominous sounding film scores. It wasn’t the kind of album you’d necessarily pull off the shelf every day, but within its half hour playing time, it offered some enjoyable instrumental noise when approached in the right – suitably detached – frame of mind.