Ki

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Comments Devin Townsend: "Ki" is the first in a series of four albums under the moniker "Devin Townsend Project". Each album is essentially a different band or collection of session musicians playing my music. They were chosen based on what the theme of the album is and the vibe that the album is trying to project. The album 'Ki' is very specific in this quartet of albums in that it controls its anger throughout, barring one song — 'Heaven Send' — and really is an exercise in having little to prove." Devin add, "'Ki' is a subtle, severe album. A challenge in some way. As the 'intro' to the story (the story being the four records) it needs to set the stage. The point to the music is that the whisper is louder than the roar in many way. 'Ki' is (on the surface) quiet and unassuming. Whenever it begins to lose its temper, it stop. It does not let it go, it is avoiding that temptation, as that sort of anger is really gratifying but ultimately just leaves me unhappy. 'Ki' is about control, and although it is not an overtly 'heavy' album, it is heavy thematically. On these four record, it starts with 'Ki', which is essentially a cross section of all the album, but the idea is that it is not here to impose itself. It just does it's thing. Like a little a.m radio playing in the corner. .

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