Valis

First things first: Christian Kleine, Berlin-based multi instrumentalist and software crack, prefers music as a means of communication. Following two 7', remixes for Bomb the Bass and Mum, forays into the great unknown with Herrmann & Kleine as well as his debut album 'Beyond Repair' on allied label City Centre Offices, for 'Valis' Kleine has now rediscovered his love for analogue instruments a move that shouldn't really come as too much of a surprise considering his diverse musical background. As a subtle homage to heroes from Eno to Boards of Canada, from Seefeel to Pan American, on “Valis' Kleine exploits his extended range of instruments to refine delicately layered beats, to breathe a little soul into chilly electronics and coalesce melancholic fragility with persistent melodies, folky electronica gliding past us like a wintery landscape. But definition doesn't suit Kleine, his work defies any categorisation according to genres or arrangements. Though computer-programmed 'Valis' does not address our head or legs, but unfolds its hidden warmth only in the heart to lure out the autistic in us.