Avant-garde jazz-metal trio Kilter has released a fascinating new playthrough video showcasing the original, high-speed version of “Weather Cycle”. And I do mean high speed.
Unlike the version featured on the album, this performance presents the composition as it was originally recorded before undergoing Kilter’s unique time-stretching transformation. The band explains that every track on Ten Billion Years began life as part of its companion EP, TEN, where one-minute compositions were later expanded into four-minute sonic landscapes.
“This video shows how we perform the original fast version of ‘Weather Cycle,’ recorded during the sessions that later became Ten Billion Years. The album was created by slowing down and transforming the material from our companion EP TEN, stretching one minute of music into four. What you’re hearing here is the source before time dilation.”
The playthrough highlights the intricate performances of Laurent David on electric bass and Ed Rosenberg III on bass saxophone as they perform alongside Kenny Grohowski’s dynamic drum track.
Even more intriguing, this version of “Weather Cycle” is not available on streaming platforms. It appears exclusively on the hidden 7-inch EP TEN, included only with the limited Collector Edition vinyl of Ten Billion Years, making this playthrough one of the few opportunities for listeners to experience the composition in its original form.
Gear used in this video includes:
- 1978 Fender Jazz Bass
- Adam Wolfaardt preamp
- Maxon OD-9 Tube Screamer
- Electro-Harmonix Lizard Queen fuzz
- Conn Bass Saxophone
Released on June 19 via Excursus Production, Ten Billion Years is an ambitious instrumental concept album chronicling the birth, evolution, and eventual death of our solar system through the imagined journey of a single water droplet. Get Ten Billion Years here.
