Karlrecords Announces March Releases: Simon Berz "Tectonic" and Saba Alizadeh "Rituals of The Last Dawn"

Karlrecords’ March pair reads less like a conventional release schedule and more like a study in how physical materials translate into sound pressure and spatial information. Simon Berz’s project operates on the premise that density, hardness and surface irregularity are audible parameters, not metaphors. Basalt becomes a resonant body with unpredictable overtone behavior, producing transient spikes that sit closer to prepared percussion than folkloric idioms. The resulting tracks privilege micro-dynamics and attack over harmonic comfort, with rhythms that feel carved rather than sequenced. Compared to earlier location-based experimental records, the emphasis here is not on picturesque ambience but on how raw acoustic impulses can be integrated with electronic processing without smoothing their edges. The album’s structure mirrors this approach, shifting focus between pulse-driven passages and near-static textures, inviting careful listening to decay tails, low-frequency coupling and the way room reflections are allowed to remain part of the signal.