Verstärker sign to Fuzz Club, new album coming soon
We're incredibly stoked to announce that Kentucky, US krautrock trio Verstärker have signed to Fuzz Club! Their debut album 'Aktivität' has got some heavy rotation from us over the years so we're really pleased to welcome them to the fold.
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For the uninitiated, Verstärker is a sound and a vision united in the quest for motor space exploration. Comprised of sonic cosmonauts J. Gibson (bass/synth/recording), J. Norfleet (drums), and J. Vitatoe (guitar/effects/visuals), the band coalesced in 2012 as a way of exploring their mutual love of music. Honed in on the sounds of krautrock, post-punk, no wave and drone, Verstärker stand ready for lift-off into the ether.
Their debut record, 'Aktivität', was recorded in their own Cosmere Studio throughout 2015 and released on their own imprint, SpaceLab Records. As critic Renato Malizia of The Blog That Celebrates Itself states, Aktivität is “forty-five minutes [that] lead you to hypnotic terrain, extra sensory sensations, cosmic spaces with repetitions, drones and loops in the service of the anti-song.”
Re-released by Tonzonen Records in 2018, the clear vinyl LP edition of 'Aktivität' quickly sold out and was soon followed by a second edition. Since then, and in between piecing together it's follow-up, they’ve also appeared on our sixth Reverb Conspiracy compilation as well as the Psych Against Cancer benefit comp. Known for their kinetic live performances, Verstärker has shared stages with such artists as The Telescopes, Camera, Majeure and Parlour, among others.
Now signed to Fuzz Club, Verstarker will release their new record ‘Jenseits’ later this year and a special reissue of Aktivität is also in the works. More news coming soon…
Their debut record, 'Aktivität', was recorded in their own Cosmere Studio throughout 2015 and released on their own imprint, SpaceLab Records. As critic Renato Malizia of The Blog That Celebrates Itself states, Aktivität is “forty-five minutes [that] lead you to hypnotic terrain, extra sensory sensations, cosmic spaces with repetitions, drones and loops in the service of the anti-song.”
Re-released by Tonzonen Records in 2018, the clear vinyl LP edition of 'Aktivität' quickly sold out and was soon followed by a second edition. Since then, and in between piecing together it's follow-up, they’ve also appeared on our sixth Reverb Conspiracy compilation as well as the Psych Against Cancer benefit comp. Known for their kinetic live performances, Verstärker has shared stages with such artists as The Telescopes, Camera, Majeure and Parlour, among others.
Now signed to Fuzz Club, Verstarker will release their new record ‘Jenseits’ later this year and a special reissue of Aktivität is also in the works. More news coming soon…
