“‘Assemblage Tremor’, the first track on Radness Method, the latest solo work from Dmytro Fedorenko, aka Kotra, is a relentless and fierce introduction and brings us back to the early days of the Ukrainian artist’s career. Ritual drum music and intense rhythmic techniques are referenced throughout this latest offering and are felt in the stomach… Continue reading Neural about Radness Methods
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Kotra “Radness Methods” review from In Your Eyes Zine
Kotra arriva dalla martoriata Ucraina, vive a Berlino e propone un’elettronica molto profonda e che scardina molti steccati di genere. Il suo ultimo lavoro Radness Methods esce per Prostir ed è un concentrato di techno, dark ambient, ebm e tanto altro. Il suono di Kotra è uno spazio fisico dove in una dilatazione spazio temporale… Continue reading Kotra “Radness Methods” review from In Your Eyes Zine
Radness Methods review from Bad Alchemy
Radness Methods von KOTRA ist der noch aus der Vorkriegszeit stammende Vorschlag von Dmytro Fedorenko, mit rhythmischem Brainstorming Erstarrtes zu erschüttern (‘Assemblage Tremor’) und eine Rite de passage zu Altered States zu bahnen (‘Phase Transitions’). Um dem Bewusstsein über sich hinaus zu helfen, um es zwischen Amboss und Schmiedehammer zu läutern, zu stählen, zu schärfen… Continue reading Radness Methods review from Bad Alchemy
A new Kotra album is out!
Writing of Radness Methods came up from the ancient ideas of ritual drum music and rhythmic meditation techniques, where a ritual sound performance appears as a series of abstract sonic actions, rather than musical events, provoking a journey to non-ordinary states and realities, drumming a way into silence. By layering deafening sounds into the patterns… Continue reading A new Kotra album is out!
FAZE mag reviewed Kotra
By layering deafening sounds with beats like sledgehammers, Kotra has mixed together a powerful salad of industrial and techno with “Radness Methods”. The opener “Assemblage Tremor” is a dark, distorted beast that slowly etches itself into a certain groove. “Phase Transitions” picks up right there and it quickly becomes clear that this is the idea… Continue reading FAZE mag reviewed Kotra
Kotra premiere at Industrial Complexx
Writing of Radness Methods came up from the ancient ideas of ritual drum music and rhythmic meditation techniques, where a ritual sound performance appears as a series of abstract sonic actions, rather than musical events, provoking a journey to non-ordinary states and realities, drumming a way into silence. By layering deafening sounds into the patterns… Continue reading Kotra premiere at Industrial Complexx
A great review from A Closer Listen on Radness Methods
Radness Methods is the right album at the right time, although the confluence was unintentional. Kotra, a Ukrainian artist living in Berlin, recorded the album in 2021, and now it is being released in the middle of an invasion. Dmytro Fedorenko intended the music as an extension of ritual drumming, a tribute to “asphalt sorcerers… Continue reading A great review from A Closer Listen on Radness Methods
Kotra at CDM zine
Meditation in a time of war: Ukrainian music innovator Kotra interview, premiere Extreme-distorted metallic surfaces buzz on the surface, but there’s deep meditation beneath. Ukraine’s Kotra, aka Dmytro Fedorenko, returns to CDM to tell us how he’s coping with the invasion of his home country and how we can respond – starting with keeping our… Continue reading Kotra at CDM zine
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Kotra
Out April 7 in CD and digital formats. Pre-order yours on Bandcamp: kotra.bandcamp.com/album/radness-methods
The Quietus about the upcoming Kotra album
Dmytro Fedorenko is one of the most distinguished artists on the contemporary Ukrainian electronic scene. He founded the Kvitnu label and formed the band Cluster Lizard with Zavoloka. As with Kotra on Radness Methods, he draws inspiration from ritual drumming and meditation techniques, which he translates into the language of dense beat-based electronics. In this sonic noise,… Continue reading The Quietus about the upcoming Kotra album