Created at the footstep of Mount Victoria, Groeni present the next teaser of forthcoming album ‘Nihx’ with the delicately meditative single ‘I Don’t Hold Knives’. Challenging themselves compositionally and sonically, Nihx explores the characteristics of points of conflict between opposing forces. As in the past, and as with many electronic outfits, the music had been written ‘in the box’, so to speak. To counter this technique the three members of Groeni (Al, Mike, and James) each wrote numerous compositional sketches that were more or less complete as frameworks before entering them into the digital realm.
With similar inspiration, the band wanted to create unique and personalised sounds away from the computer to sample and use with most of the sonic treatment happening also away from the computer. The vast majority of the drum sounds are made from samples of Mike’s ever-expanding synth collection, numerous sounds are manipulated feedback from guitars or vocals among other things. The entire record was written and recorded across three home studios in Wellington, NZ and has been almost 2 years in the making.
‘Nihx’ comes out worldwide on limited black, white marbled vinyl (including download code) & digital, March 30th 2018 via Project Mooncircle
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