DJ Koze- Knock Knock (Deluxe Box Set) (SOLD OUT)
“I ALWAYS AIM FOR A KIND OF TIMELESSNESS AND IN MY SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION TIMELESSNESS MEANS AVOIDING THINGS AND SOUNDS. THIS IS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TASK THAN VICE VERSA.” Like its predecessor Amygdala, Knock Knock sports a lot of vocalists, but each player is deployed at just the right moment, lending their talents to round out DJ Koze’s grand vision. The result is somewhere on the spectrum near Massive Attack’s Mezzanine or UNKLE’s Psyence Fiction; both overly ambitious albums with long lists of collaborators, but timeless. The album credits cite Bon Iver as a featured vocalist on “Bonfire,” one of the album's most sublime moments. But truthfully, Koze just sampled some of Justin Vernon’s vocals from Bon Iver, Bon Iver standout “Calgary” - not that it takes anything away from the track; if it were simply a Kozeremix of “Calgary” we’d be thrilled to have it on wax either way. Róisín Murphy’s vocals lend a delicate and soulful counterweight to Koze’s breakneck sample cutups on “Illumination” (she also appears on the downtempo palate cleanser “Scratch That”). José González, Mano Le Tough, Eddie Fummler, Kurt Wagner of Lambchop and Pampa Recordssignee Sophia Kennedy also feature, plus (perhaps most surprisingly) Speech from Arrested Development. As always, Koze makes it abundantly clear he’s not pandering to DJs or tailoring his tracks to neatly fit into the Tetris block rigidity that often defines a techno set… he deploys broken beats, abrupt changes and beat switches with a playful wave of his wand. Although we’d love to hear what some of these tracks would do on a rig to a packed room, Knock Knock seems best suited for introspective listening sessions at home. This deluxe version includes the full album on gatefold double vinyl, plus a bonus 7” containing two additional tracks, bonus 10” containing 3 additional tracks, bonus LP containing instrumental versions of all the vocal tracks from the album, plus the full album on CD and a foldout poster, all housed in deluxe hardcover box with full color printed inner sleeves. Extremely limited, don’t sleep (a pared-down deluxe double vinyl pressing of the album with the bonus 7" is also available). Recommended.
- deluxe hardcover outer box
- full album on double vinyl + CD
- full color gatefold sleeve
- bonus LP containing album instrumentals
- bonus 7-inch
- bonus 10-inch
- full color printed inner sleeves
- foldout poster
- limited edition
- music label: Pampa 2018
2x12" Album Track Listing
A1Club Der EwigkeitenA2BonfireA3Moving In A Liquid
Featuring – Eddie Fummler
A4Music On My Teeth
Featuring – José González
B1Colors Of Autumn
Featuring – Speech
B2This Is My Rock
Featuring – Sophia Kennedy
B3Illumination
Featuring – Róisín Murphy
B4Planet Hase
Featuring – Mano Le Tough
C1Pick UpC2Scratch That
Featuring – Róisín Murphy
C3Muddy Funster
Featuring – Kurt Wagner
D1Baby (How Much I Lfo You)D2JesusD3Lord Knows
D4Seeing Aliens
7" Track Listing
A1Drone Me Up, Flashy
Featuring – Sophia Kennedy
B1Take A Run
Featuring – Ada
12" Instrumental LP Track Listing
A1Moving In A Liquid (Instrumental)
A2Colors Of Autumn (Instrumental)
A3Music On My Teeth (Instrumental)
A4This Is My Rock (Instrumental)
A5Illumination (Instrumental)
B1Take A Run (Instrumental)
B2Scratch That (Instrumental)
B3Muddy Funster (Instrumental)
B4Lord Knows (Instrumental)
B5Drone Me Up (Instrumental)
10" Track Listing
A1Timber
Featuring – Lali Puna
A2Lullaby4:28
B1Planet Ambient
CD Album Track Listing
1Club Der Ewigkeiten
2Bonfire
3Moving In A Liquid
Featuring – Eddie Fummler
Colors Of Autumn
Featuring – Speech
Music On My Teeth
Featuring – José González
This Is My Rock
Featuring – Sophia Kennedy
Illumination
Featuring – Róisín Murphy
Pick Up
Planet Hase
Scratch That
Featuring – Róisín Murphy
Muddy Funster
Featuring – Kurt Wagner
Baby (How Much I Lfo You)
Jesus
Lord Knows
Seeing Aliens
Drone Me Up, Flashy
Featuring – Sophia Kennedy
