Author & Punisher is Tristan Shone, Tristan Shone is Author & Punisher. More a project than an actual album, Krüller is Shone’s ninth piece of work under the A&P name and, again, sees Shone shredding the limitations of conventional sound. The pandemic gave Shone the time to really explore the machines used to create his work which, along with two friends, resulted in the launch of Drone Machines. What the end result ends up being is industrial music in the truest sense of the term. Coupled with synths and electronica lifted straight from the ’80s, you get a clinical, gloomy collection of compositions. The tone for Krüller is set with “Done Carrying Dread,” where the crashing sounds of industrial metal collide with the droning gloom that is prevalent throughout this record. The ...
