Mount Kimbie just keeps evolving. Instead, they explored and experimented, looking for the next spark of inspiration and the freshest ideas. 13 years on, the search has brought them somewhere new. Over the past half-decade, the pair have taken parallel paths: Kai Campos dove deep into avant-garde club and electronic music while Dom Maker has collaborated with world-renowned vocalists in the fertile LA scene.

Coming back together for this double album, they offer new insight into the two sides of their sound. MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning is an engrossing yin-and-yang exercise that infuses Mount Kimbie with a vivid new palette of sounds and influences, setting the stage for their future collaborations.

Kai’s story begins after the last Mount Kimbie album in 2017. The duo’s finest record yet, Love What Survives, led to a period of extensive touring. Back home, he was hungry for fresh inspiration. He embarked on a project of ""intense listening and thinking about listening,” digging deeper into the roots of dance music and savouring the futuristic essence of the classics.

Then he encountered an exhibition of mid-20th century kinetic sculpture. These imposing, physical assemblages, which made art from machinery and foregrounded their raw materials, gave Kai a new perspective on the classic techno he was listening to. More than just classic sounds to be admired, this music could be raw material, to be broken down and sculpted into something new.