Norwegian EBM duo Kant Kino have issued the seven-track EP “Rodney: End-State Variations” on 13 February 2026 through Alfa Matrix. Centred on the single “Rodney,” it keeps to the duo’s EBM and dark electro formula, runs just past the 35-minute mark and pairs an alternate cut of the title track with six remixes by other acts.
“Rodney: End-State Variations” is available now on the Alfa Matrix store, and you can stream the whole EP on Bandcamp.
A song about drifting toward end-states
According to the band, “Rodney” is about life inside a synthetic world that keeps growing, one in which personal bonds and social structures come to look like systems sliding toward a final state, emotional as much as structural. They tie that idea to Thomas Seltzer’s documentary series “UXA,” in which gradual decay turns into routine and unsteadiness starts to feel ordinary instead of alarming.
Musically the song stays on home ground, with locked-in basslines, blunt programmed drums and vocals treated with effects that alternate between chanted rhythms and melody-led refrains. It extends a style first shaped on “Father Worked In Industry” (2013) and polished on “Kopfkino” (2017).
The remixers behind the variations
Industrial Heads contribute three takes: a main remix, the “go oghr” remix and a re-work alongside One Dead Disco Dancer. Agregat opt for a leaner reading, while Mode Phaser, the Atlanta side project of Matt Echo that spans industrial, EBM, drum & bass and dark elektro, brings sharper, angular synths and broken beats. Elektro Ferret closes the record and is a familiar name to the duo, having appeared on the “Kopfkino” remix of “Third Down”; here the song is set against a richer, moodier backdrop while keeping its tempo and dancefloor aim.
About Kant Kino
Kant Kino are based in Oslo, where Lars Henrik Madsen handles the vocals and Kenneth Fredstie plays keys and programs the synths. Their debut album, “We Are Kant Kino – You Are Not,” was released by Alfa Matrix in 2010, and the label then put out the EP “LRSBSS” (2012), the album “Father Worked In Industry” (2013) and two download-only EPs from 2013, “Just For The Comfort Of Sleep” and “Ich Liebe Katarina Witt,” which each appeared in a pair of editions.
In 2016 the duo offered their Motörhead cover “We Are The Roadcrew (Robots)” on a pay-what-you-want basis, and “Kopfkino” became their third album in 2017. The same year they put together and led a digital remix project, “Matrix:Reb00ted – The Kant Kino Guerrilla,” on which they rework Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Leaether Strip and other Alfa Matrix artists.
A joint EP with Coldkill, “Silent Morning,” came out on COP International in 2018, and 2019 saw the Depeche Mode cover “Pimpf and Touch Faith,” which was also placed on the Alfa Matrix tribute “Re:Covered Vol. 3.” In 2022 they self-released “Enough! (Demo)” through Bandcamp, their first new studio recording since “Kopfkino.” In the meantime they stayed active through remixes and charity projects on compilations tied to Alfa Matrix and Side-Line, and reworked Front 242’s “Detox Static EP.” The 2026 EP is their newest release, and more of their news is gathered on the Kant Kino tag page.