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The Art of Music

Album artwork for K-Hand's ‘The Art Of Music’ on !K7 Records

Brimming with intricate synth patterns and serpentine drums, ‘The Art Of Music’ is perhaps K-Hand's most straightforwardly beautiful and coherent recording. Its 10 tracks are minimal in their way, with little more to them than a handful of elements, but each layer is its own miniature work of art, honed to perfection. As part of our Solid Gold series, Ben Cardew remembers a standout album from Kelli Hand, a fiercely independent artist named the First Lady of Detroit by the city’s council

In the hands of some producers, techno can be a horribly solid thing — a leaden, grid-based, efficient excuse for music — with little in...