After years of collecting ideas, demos, and unfinished tracks, Kurtis’s latest album finally brings them together in one place. Created alongside a number of close friends and collaborators, the album showcases a diverse blend of influences, sounds, and creative partnerships.
Envision the underwater levels of Super Mario 64 as directed by David Lynch. Or artificial schools of neon dollar store fish swimming through the ruins of Atlantis. Or Phillip Glass for the microplastic generation. Enter Crystal Sting, Kurtis Perrie's collaboration with multi instrumentalist, Bjorn Kriel. Their mesmerizing POW Recordings debut is an electro-acoustic soundtrack for exploration of the psychic deep seas. A whimsical, buoyant, and bright jetstream ride atop strange currents.
The product of most of the work Kurtis created in his personal practice during 2021 and 2022. A record full of fun vocal chops, unique rhythms, and bold drum sounds. 'All I Do Is Work' gained momentum after being featured on Four Tet's popular Spotify playlist and a Apple MacBook campaign in 2024.
This project focused on repurposing old forgotten files. Kurtis had a few voice memos of piano sessions from a while back that inspired him to see how far they could be cut up and mixed together until they were unrecognizable from the originals. Often, a completed remix was exported and then remixed again. This process forced Kurtis to get creative with how sampling was approached and taught him a lot about manipulating sounds using a computer. For the cover art, a similar approach was taken. There were some old photos taken earlier in the year of ice that were printed and collaged together. Just like the voice memos, they were cut up, copied, and pasted until something new emerged.