Share / Embed Wishlist
supported by
The StarShip thumbnail
Starvation 00:00 / 05:56
Digital Album
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of LAPLAND. You get 4 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
releases October 10, 2023
Pre-order Digital Album $10 CAD or more
Send as Gift
LAPLAND
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
package image package image package image
Limited first pressing of 200 (180 gram) vinyl records
Includes digital pre-order of LAPLAND. You get 4 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around October 10, 2023
Pre-order Record/Vinyl $35 CAD or more
Send as Gift
1.
Such Filth 05:14
2.
Starvation 05:56
3.
Remembrance Day
4.
Mouth
5.
Mind In Stasis feat. Carrellee
6.
Northern Lights 05:38
7.
Wreckage
8.
Red State feat. Devours 06:20
9.
Black Moon
10.
Don't Look Back feat. Kellarissa
about
From the frost-kissed expanse of the North, an album named "Lapland" emerges from Katerwol's creative sanctum, an
exploration of his Sami lineage. The Sami, for those unacquainted, are the indigenous denizens of the Arctic, a people whose
song has echoed across the icy plains, fjords, and tundras of Scandinavia and Russia for millennia, and whose history, like the
labyrinthine forests of the North, is both rich and shadowed.
With every note, Katerwol delves deeper, and as he descends, the narrative grows increasingly somber. We're led on an odyssey,
not just of a people's extermination of culture but a reflection of Katerwol's own metamorphosis. The track "Such Filth"
becomes an anthem of cyclical birth, echoing the ethos that from the murk and mire, radiant beauty can ascend. It's a chant, a
hymn to origins and the phoenix-like rise from desolation.
On the subject of "Starvation", Katerwol muses:
This song, though cloaked in fiction, unveils a tale of love once effervescent, now dulled post the 'honeymoon phase'. Both souls,
parched for each other's touch, find themselves trapped in a vortex of unsaid emotions and suppressed needs. Their dance,
though yearning for connection, is marred by a cyclone of misunderstandings and perpetual discord. In this ballad, the lovers find
themselves lost, yearning, and ensnared in a web of their own making.
Sonically Lapland’s auditory palette is rich, coloured with the gritty hues of post-punk, the electric vibrancy of synth-pop, the
pulsating rhythms of EBM, and the melancholic undertones of minimal wave. It's an alchemy that Katerwol has mastered,
creating tracks that resonate deeply, echoing both the icy vastness of the North and the warmth of human emotion. Each song
becomes a journey through time and self, a testament to Katerwol's prowess as an artist and the timeless resonance of the genres
he so deftly melds.
credits
released October 10, 2023
Mixed by Jordan Koop
Track 2 (Starvation) mixed with Jesse Taylor
Mastered by Daniel Karrasch
Total Chroma is solo Minimal synth artist Robert Katerwol (Weird Candle. God
Tongue).
Inspired by Italo disco, classic EBM, minimal wave, and post-punk, Katerwol bridges his inspiration(s) into a genre-smashing cocktail of sweaty dance floor catharsis!...more
Dark post-punk with irresistible melodies, big synth washes, and punchy rhythms, designed for the modern goth club dancefloor. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2018