Kjostad
Kjostad is the noise and electronic project of Stefan Aune, an artist based in New York City who also runs the noise label New Forces. Kjostad builds its pieces from Aune's own field recordings of northern Minnesota, layered with electronics and magnetic tape, and has released its work since 2014, mostly on small-run cassettes. Aune also records as Breaking The Will and plays in Form Hunter.
Aliases: Breaking The Will
Vigilant New Forces
Vigilant New Forces is a compilation celebrating fifteen years of label activity. Featuring all new tracks from New Forces artists - past, present, and future. The finest noise and experimental sound, offered with gratitude to all those who have supp…
Music For Organic Performance
New Forces presents Kjostad's Music For Organic Performance. These six new recordings emerged from solitary performances conducted on-location in northern Minnesota. An attempt to rethink the collection of "source sounds" and invite the listener into…
Warlord
Warlord is the latest full-length album from Kjostad, the follow up to last year's Extinctionist released on Chondritic Sound. This is the evolution of Kjostad's approach in every aspect, an attempt to distill 7 years of development into the project'…
Music For Organic Performance
*2023 stock* New Forces presents the latest full-length CD from Kjostad, Music For Organic Performance. These six new recordings emerged from solitary performances conducted on-location in northern Minnesota. An attempt to rethink the collection of "…
Captive
*Limited, numbered edition of 100 copies.* New York City-based Kjostad is the moniker of Stefan Aune, who is also involved in Form Hunter and Breaking the Will, in addition to running the New Forces label. Capturing highly personal sounds focusing on…
Overgrown
First vinyl offering from both Kjostad, and Ligature. FFO: Crude tape manipulation, field recording, harsh noise, spoken word, sound collage. Macronympha meets Yeast Culture.
Mortal Terrain Incendiary
Human terrain systems. Operational art. Combat maneuver. Unrelenting harsh electronics exploding at a breakneck pace. The first Breaking The Will full-length since 2015's "Choosing Death" is faster, rougher, and far deadlier. Tactical innovations dri…
