Korven

Acoustic textures of terror

Stray from the path in the dark wood, or venture alone into the cellar in a strange house, and you'll hear these sounds. Mark Korven (The VVitch, The Lighthouse, The Black Phone) understands like no one else the organic roots of real fear, and has developed a signature style based on acoustic instruments. Korven captures Mark's vision in a vast, terrifying, and inspiring orchestra—for folk horror, primordial dread, tense underscoring, and any kind of music that creates unease and apprehension.

Sounds of mystery and imagination

Korven offers a vast array of genuinely fear-inducing sounds, all created acoustically. This focus on acoustic and organic audio sources, along with some careful effects processing and sound design, is a big part of Mark's signature sound.

This unique approach manifests itself in physical form as The Apprehension Engine—a complex instrument created by Mark and luthier Tony Duggan-Smith. But the same approach can be applied to other sources, such as strings, woodwinds, or traditional instruments. It's this vision that has captivated and terrified audiences, and it's this vision that we've captured in this collection.

Highlights

• 622 playable instruments and patches.
• Includes 49 layered instruments and 83 processed patches.
• Includes sounds from the Apprehension Engine.
• Includes specially orchestrated experimental strings and wind quintet.
• Includes the experimental 8-foot Symphonae instrument, hurdy-gurdy, oktav harpa, waterphone.
• Special selection of risers, downers, pulses, and plucks.
• 5 mic positions plus a mix for the processed patches.
• Designed and recorded by Mark Korven at Revolution Recording in Toronto, Canada.

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