Minimal synth duo from St. Gallen, Switzerland.

10″ / Digital Album

Julia Toggenburger is an author, musician, DJ, and organizes readings in Winterthur. She primarily writes poetry, but, driven by music, she also increasingly writes spoken word and stage texts.

Carlo Rainolter has gained international recognition through his solo project Carlo Onda and has recently been shaking up the local and international wave/synthpop scene as part of the duo Karl Kave & Durian (with Andrin Uetz).

LP / Digital Album

Glaring is an experimental, post-punk solo project from Hamburg, Germany.

Karl Kave is a minimal synth artist from St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Digital Album

“Wiener Linien” is the fourth studio album by the restless Swiss wave duo Karl Kave & Durian.

Musically close to the style of Neue Neue Deutsche Welle with elements of post-punk and darkwave, the lyrics tie in with personal experiences of arriving in the Danube metropolis of Vienna. They explore a field of tension between privilege and loneliness, between hope and resignation. KKD remain true to the principles of a certain ambiguity and openness for contradictions, but are not afraid to admit to doubts and existential fears. They hence achieve a balance between gentleness and bite, between punchline and poetry.

LP / Digital Album

Traurig schauen die Berge” combines a homerecording sound with sureal lyrics that reflect living in rural Switzerland. Diving into a odd walk of inner repetitions.

A friend called it Föhn Wave. A strangely warm Wind from the Alps. There are tales and studies about the Föhn driving people mad. Inducing headaches at least. Where I live is plenty of föhn.

I tried to get into a coherent world of phonetical thinking. All decorated by two neglected consumer class synths. The Yamaha TQ5, that looks like a telephone answering machine and the Korg DW6000, the last cheap analog polysynth from back in the days.

LP / Digital Album

Karl Kave’s Doomsday is a tale filled with white horses, abandoned castles and people.

Doomsday describes a certain feeling of fear paired with hope. Fear of loss and hope for renewal. Frei nach Hesse: Jedem Doomsday wohnt ein Zauber inne.

A poetic piece of hauntosonoric armageddon.

LP / Digital Album

Existential synthpunk from St. Gallen, Switzerland.

I spent a big part of my short life with guitars, pedals, synths, drummachines and melancholy. As Karl Kave I feel free to expose my music. As Karl Kave I don’t need to give a shit. Whenever it is possible, the first take is the last. I’m sure there’s some truth in this. [Discogs]

Digital Album

Carlo Onda (aka Karl Cave) is a solo darkwave project from Heerbrugg, Switzerland.

LP / Digital Album

Karl Kave makes his appearance on Lux Rec for their first release in 7” format. Four terse tracks influenced by his past experiences, high and low as they come, life events and tumultuous thoughts. The result is something of a sombre nostalgia for all that is not there anymore. Coming from Rheintal, a valley on the eastern part of Switzerland, he uses English, German and his native Swiss dialect to sing. Dive into it, meet sadness.

7″ / Digital Album

I spent a big part of my short life with guitars, pedals, synths, drummachines and melancholy. As Karl Kave I feel free to expose my music. As Karl Kave I don’t need to give a shit. Whenever it is possible, the first take is the last. I’m sure there’s some truth in this.

Digital Album