AK/DK

Brighton-based multi-instrumentalists Ed Chivers and Graham Sowerby formed AK/DK as a conceptual arts project before going on to create melodic electronic music with a shared passion for synthesizers and the music and influence of Raymond Scott, Add N to (X), and Krautrock. As the band developed, their live performances encouraged people from the audience to come and perform with them, which enhanced the D.I.Y. approach to their recordings to match their live shows. The band released the EPs Dispatch #1 in 2011, Dispatch #2 in 2012, and Dispatch #3 in 2013, all staying true to their raw D.I.Y. approach to music recording. The debut album Synths + Drums + Noise + Space was released in 2014. ~ James Pearce