NITE KITE - Debütalbum "Erratic Erosion" veröffentlicht
Debut Full-Length "Erratic Erosion" from Brussel based Neoclassical ACOUSTIC/AMBIENT/JAZZ Collective OUT NOW and STREAMING.
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Note from artist: “The making of this album has been a many-sided adventure, alternating regular forest walks with eating pasta arrabiata, and when there was time, playing some music. And so while most of the musicians involved had no experience in making or recording music at all, when listening back to the complete album a smile appears on my face, hearing that the final results encompasses our musical friendship and our playful interplay. There’s even a 3D printed toy octopus audible in one of the tracks; a joke that ended up being an instrument (First one to spot it gets a vinyl).”
Press:
"A warm, deeply relaxed sound is brought to us by the debut album of Belgian Electronic artist turned Acoustic/Ambient/Jazz collective Nite Kite." Der Ohlsen (DE)
"(...) The interweaving of electronic (club) music and jazz elements is also the aim of the self-released CD "Erratic Erosion" by the Brussels "neoclassical/acoustic/ambient/jazz" formation NITE KITE." Westzeit (DE)
"Erratic Erosion comprises nine songs that are in rather in the jazzy spectrum. Most of them instrumental though it is the non-instrumental tracks like The Dancer (featuring Kennivé's lovely voice) or Leave Me Behind (featuring Stoomboot) that impressed us the most." Luminous Dash (BE)
Confirmed shows:
23.05.2025 – Brasserie Illegaal, Bruxelles
24.05.2025 – Popmomunent (Ambitus presents), Oss (NL), tickets
05.09.2025 – Indian Summer Fest, Grupont
24.10.2025 – Silencefestival, CC Felix Sohie, Hoeilaart
Brussels-based artist Nite Kite presents Erratic Erosion, the first full-length album and a refreshing new chapter in his musical journey. Moving beyond the solo-recorded and produced EPs of the past, this record is a collective effort, shaped by more than ten people. Erratic Erosion will be released on April 11, 2025, on vinyl and all streaming platforms.
After working in solitude on his first two EP’s and music in general, Nite Kite felt the strong necessity of playing music with others. Alongside the weekly electronic explorations that led to the previous EP ‘En Plein Air’, jazz jams were organised as well. From those jams, a fusional friendship emerged, and the idea of involving these friends with Nite Kite rose.
The Nite Kite Collective
Performing his signature melancholic yet hopeful compositions with double bassist Emma Bierens, drummer Joannes Van Duffel, and live electronic artist Léo Gaucher created an infectious interplay—one that quickly became integral to the creative process. To deepen the involvement and allow everyone to move in their own creative way the new musicians were invited to add their personal input, strongly diversifying the introspective universe of Nite Kite. The collaborative aspect was so enriching, that he also challenged himself to co-write songs with close friends Ruben Lefever (Float Fall), Niels Boutsen (Stoomboot), singer Ruth Kennivé and Hungarian saxophone/bansuri player István Fazakas.
The imperfect live-tracking
Through all this playing and writing together, Nite Kite fell in love with the playful and unexpected twists. Somehow the beautiful human imperfections have disappeared from a lot of music due to a powerful production process, and maybe also because of a high level of schooling in musical performance. Determined to preserve some of the imperfections connected with our human nature, Nite Kite decided to live-track the songs on the album, a rather unusual and risky choice within the cross-over electronic genre. To accentuate the close friendship within the music, they went for a recording residence in a studio in nature. And the choice seemed right: the many contributors to the album resulted in diverse songs, but they all beautifully came together by the charming imperfect, yet coherent live-tracked recording.
Erratic Erosion comes alive through these new approaches, defining a new refreshing chapter for Nite Kite. The album will surprise listeners by taking them on a journey from a dark jazz bar with a burnt out trumpet player (Innuendo) to the highlands of Afghanistan with a bansuri flute player (Doelloos), then again to a club night in Berlin (Our Ornery Nature) and even to the Flemish clay with a surprising Belgian blues (Laat me achter), but always built around Nite Kites’s intimate piano and synthesizer performance and gloomy but reassuring compositions.
Credits/Facts:
Artist: Nite Kite
Hometown: Brussels, Belgium
Musicians: Dieter Boels - Piano / Synths
Emma Bierens - Double Bass
Léo Gaucher - Drum machine
Joannes Van Duffel - Drums
Ruth Kennivé - Vocals
Niels Boutsen - Vocals
István Fazakas - Saxophone/Bansuri
Ruben Drenth - Trumpet
Production: Dieter Boels - Production and mixing
Lukas Raport - Recording engineer
Justine Picard - Recording assistant
Marco Spaventi - Mastering engineer
Tracklist:
1. Rust Roest (written by Dieter Boels)
2. The Dancer (written by Dieter Boels & Ruth Kennivé)
3. Innuendo (written by Dieter Boels)
4. Doelloos (written by Dieter Boels)
5. Shy away (written by Dieter Boels)
6. Our ornery nature (written by Dieter Boels & Ruben Lefever)
7. Laat me achter (written by Dieter Boels & Niels Boutsen)
8. Fougue Enfouie (written by Dieter Boels & István Fazakas)
9. Inktvis (written by Dieter Boels)
Genre: Acoustic ambient, jazz, neoclassical, electronic
Quelle: CZ! Promotions