“My music has always been short in form, rhythmic and melodic, modal and often pentatonic,” says Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland composer Pat Kraus, speaking to Kiran Dass in The Wire 467. “I prefer focused, vivid, in the face sounds rather than washed-out impressionistic things.” Kraus has largely created his succinct electronic productions on instruments he's built himself – gear which he then makes publicly available via a lending library housed in Tāmaki Makaurau’s experimental music and sound art venue and community space the Audio Foundation.

This playlist, compiled by Kraus, features some older self-released productions as well as more recent tracks released by labels such as Soft Abuse and Ultra Eczema. The selection opens with “Into The Mirror” from Fire! Water! Air! Kraus! – his 19th solo album, which features a modular synth he built in 2010.

Read more about Kraus's future plans and releases in The Wire 467. Subscribers can also read the article via the online magazine library.

Full tracklist

“Into The Mirror”

From Fire! Water! Air! Kraus!

(Soft Abuse) 2022

“Dish Of Silver Full of Blood”

From A Golden Brain

(Ultra Eczema) 2020

“Why Oh Why”

From Grip The Moon

(Soft Abuse) 2017

“A Golden Brain”

From A Golden Brain

(Ultra Eczema) 2020

“Eat, It Is Good”

From Interior Castle

(Moniker) 2014

“Stalking Horse”

From Faster than the Speed of Time

(Dilletante Courtoisie) 2010

“Crystal Palace”

From Prince Krauss

(Self released) 2003

“Taped Sounds”

From Supreme Commander

(Moniker) 2012

“Nietzsche's Candy”

From Grip The Moon

(Soft Abuse) 2017

“Flamingos In Snow”

From Pudding Island

(Self released) 2019