{"product_id":"haiku-garden-loose-contacts-tense-present-cd","title":"HAIKU GARDEN – Loose Contacts \/ Tense Present - CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this 43 min long sonic joyride, Haiku Garden sound more confident than ever before with a clear, direct sound that punches you in the face and yet manages to stay articulate and refined.\u003cbr\u003e\nLoose Contacts \/ Tense Present is an album that is wide awake and more present in the now. It shows the band in a new light, where the album serves as a medium showcasing the duality of modern day reality. With lyrical themes of ever changing relationships and division, it seeks for answers while remaining hopeful and positive.\u003cbr\u003e\nNine songs, which boldly explore diverse noise \u0026amp; pop subgenres of shoegaze, post-punk, kraturock and even acoustic psychedelia paint a sonically rich picture of a modern world filled with contrast in which the band invites the listener to follow them on their path of (re)discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\nLoose Contacts \/ Tense Present by Haiku Garden\u003cbr\u003e\nHaiku Garden are:\u003cbr\u003e\nAnže Knez – drums\u003cbr\u003e\nMatevž Bitenc – bass guitar\u003cbr\u003e\nKlemen Tehovnik – electric guitar, vocals, synths, bass guitar (on track 6), drums (on track 8)\u003cbr\u003e\nLuka Flegar – electric guitar, vocals, acoustic guitars, 12-string guitars, organ (on track 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nGuest musicians:\u003cbr\u003e\nKristina Kokalj – violin\u003cbr\u003e\nGašper Povše – violin\u003cbr\u003e\nEma Kobal – cello\u003cbr\u003e\nAndrej Tomazin – percussion (shaker, maracas, bongos, claps, chimes and wooden frog)\u003cbr\u003e\nAll songs recorded live at Gala Hala, Metelkova in april 2021. Additional recording was done in Kulturni dom Kamnik and various home studios from May 2021 to February 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\nAll songs written, arranged and performed by Haiku Garden with additional arrangement help from Vitja Balžalorsky. String arrangements (on track 8) by Luka Flegar. Track 9 was co-written with Štefan Cerjak.\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed by: Blaž Flerin, Klemen Tehovnik and Luka Flegar with additional help from Vitja Balžalorsky\u003cbr\u003e\nProduced by: Haiku Garden\u003cbr\u003e\nCo-produced by: Vitja Balžalorsky\u003cbr\u003e\nMastered by: Jernej Černalogar\u003cbr\u003e\nLyrics by Klemen Tehovnik and Luka Flegar\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign \u0026amp; cover art by Sven Sorić\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KAPA Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53937723408730,"sku":"KAPCD028","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/2589\/9354\/files\/KAPLP012_0.jpg?v=1775395609","url":"https:\/\/pdv.com.hr\/products\/haiku-garden-loose-contacts-tense-present-cd","provider":"PDV Records x Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}