From a club-friendly chrysalid onto deploying his wings as a full-fledged pop artist in recent years, Saint Petersburg’s Kito Jempere has enjoyed a journey unlike any other and his newest album, ‘Part Time Chaos Part Time Calmness’ live-documents the chameleonic changes / game-changing paradox experienced this year between his life both as a musician and as a family man.
Better known for his work as a house producer which has earned him accolades from prominent dance music outlets throughout well over a decade of intense work both into and outwith the limelights, Kito has for all that never been focussed on writing solely discoid material, throwing as much effort over the years into multi-faceted parallel ventures, far and apart from strictly dance floor-oriented functionality. Yet, from this partition between various projects and mindsets, this is through a radical shift towards downtempo pop and out of the 4x4 loop that Kito got to fully assert himself as a musician, embracing the rejoicing variety of tone and mood of his tender loves, secret and not.
Better known for his work as a house producer which has earned him accolades from prominent dance music outlets throughout well over a decade of intense work both into and outwith the limelights, Kito has for all that never been focussed on writing solely discoid material, throwing as much effort over the years into multi-faceted parallel ventures, far and apart from strictly dance floor-oriented functionality. Yet, from this partition between various projects and mindsets, this is through a radical shift towards downtempo pop and out of the 4x4 loop that Kito got to fully assert himself as a musician, embracing the rejoicing variety of tone and mood of his tender loves, secret and not.
The "movie I’ve never made but have the soundtrack for", ‘Part Time Chaos Part Time Calmness’ is the fruit of change as much as change itself. A return to the simple means of his young self, his old trusty guitar from his late teens serving as the backbone to ‘Killer Line’ and ‘Love Myself But I Can’t Make It Love’, and the natural development to last year’s ‘Green Monster’, which initiated these deep tectonic movements in Kito’s approach to his art, ‘PTCPTC’ is an intimate trip down the kaleidoscope of his present life. Joined up by an impressive cast of artists, including Jimi Tenor, Adam Evald and Hard Ton, Kito didn’t just bin his old persona, he took it back to where it belongs.
From the low-slung emotional folk of the opener, ‘Killer Line’, to the eerie flamenco-jazz hybrid ‘Before Music Dies’, via the broken soulfulness of ‘Put Love Into Your Heart’ and anthemic 80s balearic breaks meets coastal synthwave vibe of ’Sounds of Love’, the album pulsates with a refreshingly genre-unbound vision. To the naive, laid-back sonic bokeh of ‘Footsteps’, succeeds the left-of-centre cinematic narrative of ‘In The Countryside’, which includes some fun nods to fictional brands taken from Tarantino’s imaginarium (Red Apple cigarettes) or other movies like ‘High Fidelity’, after Nick Hornby’s eponymous novel.
Freed from gridlocked programming and impersonal tropes, ‘PTCPTC’ showcases a wide array of songs, beats, grooves old and new, some dating back to 2018 and improvised sessions with his 9-people Kito Jempere Band, all of which were finished within the same timeframe and with this all-inclusive momentum in mind. Through the epic synths of ‘Absent Ascent’, in revamping the universal classic ‘Over The Rainbow’ with Celebrine, on the appeasing ballad ’Shorespotting’ feat. Evald or in the waves-ready closing cut ‘Lovers’, Jempere tells a tale of hard-earned emancipation and life-affirming freedom.
From the low-slung emotional folk of the opener, ‘Killer Line’, to the eerie flamenco-jazz hybrid ‘Before Music Dies’, via the broken soulfulness of ‘Put Love Into Your Heart’ and anthemic 80s balearic breaks meets coastal synthwave vibe of ’Sounds of Love’, the album pulsates with a refreshingly genre-unbound vision. To the naive, laid-back sonic bokeh of ‘Footsteps’, succeeds the left-of-centre cinematic narrative of ‘In The Countryside’, which includes some fun nods to fictional brands taken from Tarantino’s imaginarium (Red Apple cigarettes) or other movies like ‘High Fidelity’, after Nick Hornby’s eponymous novel.
Freed from gridlocked programming and impersonal tropes, ‘PTCPTC’ showcases a wide array of songs, beats, grooves old and new, some dating back to 2018 and improvised sessions with his 9-people Kito Jempere Band, all of which were finished within the same timeframe and with this all-inclusive momentum in mind. Through the epic synths of ‘Absent Ascent’, in revamping the universal classic ‘Over The Rainbow’ with Celebrine, on the appeasing ballad ’Shorespotting’ feat. Evald or in the waves-ready closing cut ‘Lovers’, Jempere tells a tale of hard-earned emancipation and life-affirming freedom.
Produced by Kirill Sergeev
aka Kito Jempere
aka Kito Jempere
Mixed and co-produced by Roman Urazov at The MixRoom
Edited by Nick Afew and Vladislav Shulaev
Edited by Nick Afew and Vladislav Shulaev
Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven
Photography by @alexeykiselef
EVERY SINGLE ONE _MATTERS?
PTCPTC VISUAL WORLD BY @MILKHV AND @PECHONG
Available in all sizes 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
TRACKLIST
GREEN MONSTER
Forget, Forgive
ft. mishinuki
Light
ft. Fotiniya
Obey (Reprise)
ft. mishinuki
Magic Mystery Tour
ft. Adam Evald
Praise This
ft. SINDYSMAN
Kabwato
ft. Budūchi, Ni!, Lipelis
Track 04 (りんロゴ)
ft. Jimi Tenor, Fotiniya, Rich Thair
The Sun Is Still Up
ft. Noteless, Adam Evald, Saya Siiang, Alina Royz, Katya Panterrra
Ingen Förstår
ft. Adam Evald, Ni!
In The Mood For Dub (Memories Of Love)
[3]
ft. mishinuki
[5]
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
Green Monster, the 4th Kito Jempere studio album is a journey through love, interconnectedness and creative freedom, bound together by musical friendship that breaks through walls, borders, languages and shapes; accumulated over a celebrated twenty year career and ten years of Kito Jempere.
Over fourteen tracks Kito teams up with over 26 artists from all over the world: a range of talented artists including Warp records artist Jimi Tenor, Red Snapper drummer Rich Thair, Azari & III ex-vocalist Starving Yet Full, L.I.E.S. records Lipelis (on bass), Curly Castro and SINDYSMAN. The album blends hip-hop, free-flowing jazz and world-building soundscapes into a piece dedicated to Kito’s musical roots; marrying multiple artforms, cultural influences and international artists into a body of work that feels deeply personal, healing and detailed. The accompanying artwork is a world created by Kito made using Midjourney prompt, connecting the albums audio world with visible objects — both vinyl and CD will contain booklets with lyrics and the visual world of Green Monster.
Kito describes the album ‘like getting Ennio Morricone, Weezer, The Beatles, Oneohtrix Point Never, Eduard Artemiev, Jaga Jazzist, Massive Attack, Fugazi, Jimi Tenor, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead, John Cage and Aphex Twin all together, then collaborating with movie-directors Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Dziga Vertov and Andrei Tarkovskiy.’ Used as a metaphor to help create his album.
releases June 23, 2023
Breed
ft. Ÿorik
[6]
BUY
Press
Starring: R.J.Garcia
MUSIC VIDEO
The Language Of Love (ft. Adam Evald, Antoha MC)
Light Accent (ft. Curly Castro, SINDYSMAN, Lovvlovver, Fotiniya)
STARRING: LENA TRONINA
REMIXES
The Closing Shift At The Jazz Cafe
(Max Essa Remix)
(Max Essa Remix)
DATE: 08.09.2023
A Book
of Kito
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SELECTED VIDEOS
Let’s Hold Our Hands Together FT. ADAM EVALD & ANTOHA MC
18 NOVEMBER 2022
15 february 2014
Gas Station
Confusion 2020 Isolation Mix
18 MARCH 2014
by Alexander Letcius
01 may 2020
In The Midnight w/ Yana Blinder
Kusya
Never Been to Ibiza Beaches
by Kito Jempere & Anastasia Jilina
directed by Stepan Vladovskiy & Ilona Vladovskaya
Do You Know Me
16 audust 2017
05 MARCH 2015
A King Of Comets ft. New Composers & Lovvlovver
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE FT. ADAM EVALD, ANTOHA MC
18 june 2018
10 april 2021
23 DECEMBER 2023
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
I have started with "Confusion" EP on Freerange Records, first Kito record, Jacob's Korn mighty remix first aired on Boiler Room by Jimpster himself, RA review published on my birthday. It was A start. My most beautiful and first remix was remix for Causa, Glenview Records, where i was head of A&R, remix was placed between Young Marco and Kuniyuki Takahashi. Objects album 12" follower as Objects sampler includes remixes from Juju & Jordash and big changer for me "Gas Station". My remix for Red Snapper, Palms Trax remix for me.
2013—2015
First edits EP for Bahnsteig23, including my recut of Raimonds Pauls "Sherlock Holmes", Hell Yeah Recordings Sea Monster album remixes, when Fabrizio Mammarella & Lauer project Black Spuma really hit the hearts. My try on doing 1-instrument EPs only when i took Yamaha QY70 to the the whole 4-tracker "Super Sax Sounds" for Bordello A Parigi. 2015 formed Kito Jempere Band doing the only single "Lovers" and i'm having debut on DFA Records by remixing Wolfram and Haddaway.
2016 — 2018
Pandemic starts with "Isolation Parts", my ASMR try. "YAKJA" album journey launch: singles for "Time Traveler" and gorgeous Cable Toy and Errortica remixes, Hiro Ama remix for 思考気雲 — my collab with Jimi Tenor and Minako Sasajima, Andras remix for "Et Que Je Dorme" which i did with Miriam Sekhon and Lovvlovver. Alongside doing almost everything on own Kito Jempere Recordings and collaborating with Emotional Response i did System108 debut with Antoha MC, Adam Evald remixed by Lipelis and Eden Burns with lots of BBC airings.
2019 — 2023
Every 3 years i'm doing a full-lenght. Kinda to picture myself. 2014 was a debut year with album "Objects". 4x4 oriented Kito Jempere with small bunch of friends as Lipelis, Les of Poima, Sergey of Simple Symmetry, Lay-Far, Leo of my Uniquetunes band, Yana Blinder, Dima Midborn and percussionist Ricardo from Dominicana i have found online. "Objects" was released DIY, on my own, on imprint i made live only for this record — Fata Morgana.
With a trust and passon from Marco Gallerani, head of Hell Yeah Recordings, "Sea Monster" appeared. My collaboration with a friend Ruslan Gadzhimuradov and later on Kito Jempere Band cast was included to do "Ampa" track. First "monster" album where i stepped away from 4x4.
The longest long-play and huge work over 8 years became "Yet Another Kito Jempere Album", which was out in collaboration with Emotional Response. Huge cast including Jimi Tenor, Minako Sasajima, Rich Thair of Red Snapper, Miriam Sekhon, Maajo and many many more. Black and White Solid 4x4 work.
In january 2023, i came up to idea that it's album time again. Within 17 days of recording, 21 days of mixing by Roman Urazov and week mastering by Atjazz i'm here for you with new "monster" album which is Green Monster. No borders. No rules. Cast of friends from all previous three albums and new friends as Adam Evald, Antoha MC, mishinuki, Buduchi, Curly Castro and SINDYSMAN. Open album. Open mind.
What's next? Who knows
What's next? Who knows
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30 AUGUST 2018
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20 SEPTEMBER 2022
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31 DECEMBER 2022
STVOL.TV
25 FEBRUARY 2016
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