K2 – Variation: Pianoise [7"]

"Kusafuka Kimihide's K2 project converts the sounds of a grand piano into a pulpy mess of abrasive noise on Variation: Pianoise. With his fiendish armament of feedback machinery and effects devices, as well as a trained ear for the absolutely blaring, Kimihide whiles away this slick seven-inch desecrating his source material. The real story here is the juxtaposition between the hushed tones of the piano and the razors edge of his evil implements of noise generation: there is nothing remotely pleasant or melodic to behold; instead, his motivation is entirely destructive. The two sides of this single are in some way interchangeable, although "Expansive Piano" is a smidgen more fretful, a tetchy Kimihide navigating its turns with expert imprecision. - Vital Weekly."

Dead Mind Records, 2013