lokai

Lokai is the Austrian-based duo of guitarists Florian Kmet and Stefan Nemeth. The pair released the avant-garde and electro-acoustic 7 Million on their own Mosz Records label in 2005 before splintering into an assortment of side and solo projects, reconvening four years later to record a follow-up, Transition, which was released by Thrill Jockey in 2009. The duo takes a found object approach to composition at times, building rhythmic bases out of anything from heating ducts to orphaned snare drums, and their guitars are often looped through synthesizers and samplers, but the m...