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Thee Koukouvaya, Mind Brains at Stereo Embers

Thee Koukouvaya An absolute mind-fuck of seductive electronic imagination, nothing much prepared us for this release in August on Saint Marie Records. Plumbing the depths of time while skimming along on the visceral edge of the modern, this Greek band came out of a kind of cosmic left field and left us flattened and exhilarated.… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya, Mind Brains at Stereo Embers

Thee Koukouvaya at Stereo Embers

Released in August, “This is the Mythology of Modern Death” by East Coast post-rock illusionists Thee Koukouvaya (John O’Hara, Brian Wenckebach), despite its gothy title, is an album of soaring, shimmering, sometimes sobering soundscapes that rather demands, forthwith, sole possession of the word ‘mesmerizing.’ Doesn’t matter if it sounds like ancient Sumerian drum ‘n’ bass… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at Stereo Embers

Thee Koukouvaya at Indiessance

As a kid, I learned homekeys from a typewriting textbook. Then wrote some sci-fi shorts inspired by pulp fiction featured in Omni Magazine and Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. One of my stories was published in the high school’s literary magazine. The previous year, I wrote Don’t Underestimate Sour Meat, which was shown to the… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at Indiessance

Thee Koukouvaya at God is in the TV

Thee Koukouvaya is the conceptual aural sister city to Vilandredo, Rethymno, on the island of Crete. The group’s architects are based on the East Coast of the United States and craft beguiling sci fi- techno garnished with a psychedelic flourishes and post-rave embellishments, it possesses a elliptical genreless shape shifting quality. We have the video premier for their… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at God is in the TV

Thee Koukouvaya at This Is Books Music

John O’Hara and Brian Wenckebach are the two men behing Thee Koukouvaya and what they create, at least with This Is The Mythology Of Modern Death(Saint Marie) is a collection of music that brings you deep into your own feelings and solitude, to make you feel what you need to feel but it will immerse… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at This Is Books Music

Thee Koukouvaya at Collapse Board

People can disappear behind their creations. I used to – all day long, I’d run a story in my head, and act out the dialogue under my breath. Long walks shifted into expeditions to far away kingdoms and alternate dimensions; the playground transformed into an alien planet; my mom’s bed (never mine) was a prime… Continue reading Thee Koukouvaya at Collapse Board