S.D.E.K.

EP Overview

Running Time: 20:40
Release Date: 5th April 2011

The music of Super Death Explosion Kittens matches the title, being hectic, dense and vicious, but above all: absurdly fun. Taking cues from technical metal bands, the EP represents a more stripped down and direct version of the Achenar sound, but also a compositionally more complex one.

Shunning traditional notions of scale and melody, the riffs and structures are instead created by arranging various industrial textures in conjunction with more traditional, though still frantic, percussion. This is however reconciled for the final song, where harmony and discord embrace.

About Achenar

Based in Aviemore, in the Highlands of Scotland, Achenar was formed in 2003 by sole member, Duncan Hemingway. Not tied down to any particular style, inspiration is taken from a wide variety of influences. Genre restrictions are ignored while utilising whatever various elements are appropriate for the music, which is often a combination of traditional organic instruments with modern electronic sounds.

Music composition first started on the Amiga computer in 1990, using the program Protracker. When technology finally caught up to ambition in 2003, allowing for absolutely everything to be handled by a single person, the music inevitably turned more serious and professional. The skills of sound creation and intricate effect use, learnt during the old tracking era, were carried forward and combined with modern audio capabilities.