8 (Kekal album)

8
Studio album by Kekal
Released December 15, 2010
Recorded Compiled 2009-2010, Northern Isolation Station, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Genre Avant-garde metal, electronic, interference, noise, progressive, pop, sampling
Length 56:26
Label Whirlwind Records
The End Records
Producer Jeff Arwadi
Kekal chronology
Audible Minority
(2008)		 8
(2011)
Music sample
"Tabula Rasa"
The song "Tabula Rasa" was released as a music video and for streaming on February 15, 2010, and was included on Kekal's eighth studio album 8.[1] At the time of the song's release, the album was still in development and was untitled.[2]
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Cross Rhythms [3]

8 is the eighth full-length studio album by Canadian/Indonesian avant-garde metal band Kekal, announced on June 23, 2010,[4] and made available for purchase on January 23, 2011.[5] While the band has no officially active members, former members Jeff, Leo, and Levi all contributed to the album.[3][6][7][8] The album was set to be released by Whirlwind Records during December, 2010, on CD and as a digital download,[9] and on December 15, 2010, the album was available for pre-order, which included an offer of free shipping within Europe up to December 24.[10]

On February 19, 2010, Jeff announced that he had posted a music video on Youtube [1] for a song entitled "Tabula Rasa". At that time, the new album was still untitled.[2][11] On March 24, 2011, it was announced that Tabula Rasa was included on a compilation/sampler album by Sonic Seducer Magazine.[12][13]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Track One
  2. Gestalt Principles of Matter Perception
  3. A Linear Passage
  4. Tabula Rasa
  5. Private School of Thought
  6. The Regulars
  7. Departure Gate 8
  8. Heartache Memorial
  9. Let Us Blend
  10. Open World
  11. End Unit of The Universe

Guest contributors

Production credits

References

  1. ^ spitonself (a.k.a. Jeff Arwadi) (Feb 15, 2010). "KEKAL - Tabula Rasa (new official video 2010)". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-jL4t1ZMBw. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  2. ^ a b Van Pelt, Doug. "Kekal release new video". HM Magazine. http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/02/kekal-release-new-video/. 
  3. ^ a b Webber, Ian (8 August 2011). "Kekal - 8". Cross Rhythms. http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Kekal/8/109861/. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Kekal (June 23, 2010). "Latest News - Press Release: Upcoming KEKAL Album Title, Cover Art, and Track Listing announced!". Kekal.org. http://www.kekal.org/home.php. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  5. ^ Whirlwind Records (2011-01-23). "Kekal "8" erschienen!". Whirlwind Records. http://www.whirlwind-records.com/en/about/news/news-einzelanzeige/article/168/kekal-8-erschienen/. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  6. ^ Kekal (August 12, 2009). "Press Release: Jeff and Leo are leaving Kekal, but the band remains exist without band-members". Kekal's Blog. Myspace. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=57746737&blogId=505169650. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  7. ^ Kekal (January, 2010). "Press-Release: New KEKAL album is being planned for 2010!". Kekal's Blog. Myspace. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=57746737&blogId=525712719. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  8. ^ Van Pelt, Doug (January 2010). "Kekal pulls a Brett Favre". HM Magazine. http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/01/kekal-pulls-a-brett-favre/. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  9. ^ Arwadi, Jeff (spitonself) (October 16, 2010). "Preview of upcoming 2010 Kekal album "8" (10 songs)". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCIJQTGtmNs.  Note: This is a Youtube video, in the description bar for the video it gives information about the album's release.
  10. ^ Whirlwind Records (2010-12-15). "Whirlwind Records Mailorder - Kekal - 8 (preorder) 2010A811". Whirlwind Records. http://shop.whirlwind-records.com/product_info.php/info/p1771_Kekal---8--preorder-.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02. 
  11. ^ Kekal and Arwadi, Jeff (February 19, 2010). "New Song of the Month (February 2010): Tabula Rasa". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/notes/kekal/new-song-of-the-month-february-2010-tabula-rasa/311034049762. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  12. ^ Kekal (24 March 2011). ""Tabula Rasa" is...". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/kekalofficial/posts/187503384626020. Retrieved 25 March 2011. 
  13. ^ (in German) CD-Beilage: Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 117 - CD. Sonic Seducer Magazine. 

External links

Kekal
Jeff Arwadi · Azhar Levi Sianturi · Leo Setiawan
Harry · Newin Atmarumeksa · Yeris ·
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Introduce Us to Immortality · Spirits from the Ancient Days
Extended plays
Futuride
Demos
Demo · Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae
Live albums/DVDs
Kekal Live in Europe · Road Trip to Acidity
Contributions/Split albums
Living Sacrifice tribute · Chaos & Warfare · Covered in Filth: A Tribute to Cradle of Filth · Self Krusher compilation: 5th Anniversary THT Productions · A Brutal Christmas - The Season in Chaos