Colonial Patterns

Colonial Patterns has drawn many comparisons to Basic Channel. After all, both the native Kansan's debut album on the Software label and the work of the legendary German duo share a fondness for recordings that sound equally muddy and metallic. They really know how to get the most out of that murk, playing for ghostly absence and overwhelming physical presence in one fell swoop. But when did Basic Channel ever channel anything as freighted with historical significance as colonialism, as hea...

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