{"product_id":"kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-ruin-its-not-just-music","title":"Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ruin: It's Not Just Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ruin: It's Not Just Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Someone Special - SPECIAL001 - 5051142053824\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2nd October 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Drum \u0026amp; Bass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003eAcross the past decade, KAS has established herself as a unique voice in experimental electronic\u003cbr\u003emusic, a composer and synthesist whose work dissolves the boundaries between ambient electronica,\u003cbr\u003econtemporary classical, composition, and immersive sound design. Her new album “Ruin: It’s Not Just\u003cbr\u003eMusic” arrives with a distinctive gravitational pull. The record moves with greater physical force,\u003cbr\u003eplacing rhythm and impact at the centre of its architecture, revealing a more confrontational and\u003cbr\u003eembodied dimension of KAS’s musical language.\u003cbr\u003eThe first single “Ruin” arrives May 22nd, with the full album released October 2nd via SOMEONE\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL the new label co-founded by KAS.\u003cbr\u003eWhere much of KAS’s earlier work explored harmonic environments, the forthcoming album is built\u003cbr\u003earound tension and release. Inspired by the sound of drum and bass, breakbeats fracture through\u003cbr\u003edense fields of synthesis, percussive patterns and her signature melodic fragments – motions that feel\u003cbr\u003ecloser to the kinetic language of club music than the meditative spaces often associated with her past\u003cbr\u003ecatalogue. The result is a body of work that feels both recognisably hers and newly charged, music that\u003cbr\u003emoves through the body as insistently as it engages the mind.\u003cbr\u003eFor listeners who first encountered KAS through the glowing synthesis of “Ears” (2016) or the intricate\u003cbr\u003eexperimental pop of “The Kid” (2017), this direction may feel initially surprising, yet the shift has been\u003cbr\u003equietly unfolding across the past several years. KAS’s practice has steadily expanded beyond the\u003cbr\u003eexpectations placed upon experimental electronic artists, moving between orchestral composition,\u003cbr\u003eaudiovisual installations, film scoring, and large-scale commissions while retaining the unmistakable\u003cbr\u003esonic signature that defines her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 albums “I Could Be Your Dog \/ I Could Be Your Moon” (2022) and “Let’s Turn It Into\u003cbr\u003eSound” (2022) explored a deeply immersive approach to composition, expanded her reputation and\u003cbr\u003einstinct for constructing detailed sonic ecosystems while continuing to blur the lines between\u003cbr\u003eexperimental electronics and contemporary pop structures. KAS’s most recent output has continued to\u003cbr\u003ewiden that field including the rhythm oriented electronic album “Gush” (2025) and her return to more\u003cbr\u003eorchestral roots with “Thoughts on the Future” (2025). Together these releases underscored the\u003cbr\u003ebreadth of her practice.\u003cbr\u003eHer prolific collaborators and creative partners have ranged from Patti Smith and Suzanne Ciani to\u003cbr\u003eDanny Elfman, Tycho, Glass Beams, RY X, Caribou, Four Tet, Reggie Watts, and Max Richter, while\u003cbr\u003eher compositions have appeared in projects with Apple, Chanel, Meow Wolf, the BBC Orchestra, and\u003cbr\u003emajor film and television productions.\u003cbr\u003eOn “Ruin: It’s Not Just Music”, that vocabulary becomes more kinetic than ever before. The record\u003cbr\u003edraws energy from jungle, drum and bass, and dance-floor focused electronic music while retaining the\u003cbr\u003eintricate synthesis and tonal curiosity that have defined KAS’s work from the beginning. The result is a\u003cbr\u003erecord that feels equally at home within club culture, contemporary composition, and the experimental\u003cbr\u003espaces that have long championed her artistry.\u003cbr\u003eOn May 27th KAS will present a major performance at London’s Barbican Centre alongside the\u003cbr\u003eLondon Contemporary Orchestra, marking the ten-year anniversary of her landmark album Ears. The\u003cbr\u003eevening will trace the arc of her creative evolution while also introducing material from the new album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide A1) Introduction A2) Ruin A3) GTP! 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