About Kraus

Kraus (aka Pat Kraus) (he/him) is a producer of psychedelic music from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Since the turn of the millennium he has released 20 solo albums on labels such as Ultra Eczema and Soft Abuse, and performed in a dozen bands. His recent work melds hypnotic rhythms and day-glo sci-fi sound-design into new forms of experimental and ambient electronics.

Kraus has also 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, and Gogg aka Clannad (NZ).

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April 2023

May 2022

May 2021 by Damian Golfinopoulos

August 2020 by Kraus

July 2019 by Kraus

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