About Kraus
Kraus (a.k.a. Pat Kraus) (he/him), is a prolific, independent producer of psychedelic music based in Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Starting his musical life as a drummer in Ōtepoti bands such as The Futurians and The Aesthetics, Kraus has produced over two dozen solo releases since the turn of the millennium, most recently "Water Music" (2026), "Crystal Motors" (2024), and "Seahorse Wedding (Music for Float Tanks)" (2023). He has toured widely in Aotearoa, Australia and Europe, performing with several legendary figures in New Zealand contemporary music, including Shayne Carter, Peter Stapleton, Jeff Henderson, and Stefan Neville.
In 2014 he founded the Musical Electronics Library, a free lending library of electronic musical instruments housed at The Audio Foundation.Kraus has been a member of the following bands: The Murdering Monsters, The Aesthetics, The Futurians, The Maltese Falcons, Olympus, Pouffe, Mahoney/Kraus, Magic Mountain, Centre Negative, Peak Brain, The Family, Zool, and Gogg aka Clannad (NZ).
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Album Cover Art
Fire! Water! Air! Kraus! cover image
Cover design by Callum Rooney
Chocolate, Candy, Love and Dreams cover image
Cover photograph by Jerry Cone
A Golden Brain cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Cover image by Kraus
Pudding Island cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Cover image by Kraus
Grip the Moon cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Interior Castle cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Cover image by Ducklingmonster
Supreme Commander LP cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Cover image by Clementine Nixon
Faster Than the Speed of Time LP front cover image: 6" x 6" 300dpi jpeg
Cover image by Florian and Michael Quistrebert
