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A dark trance / fusion one man outfit from Auckland, New Zealand’s North Shore combining traditional music techniques with modern ones combined in strong melodies and rhythms. Krackatoa isn’t a live act but produce music to distribute freely online and have been releasing tracks regularly since 1998 and in that time, built up their own unique ambient sound.

Influences are varied and wander all directions within the Electronica spectrum, Jean Michel Jarre, Herbie Hancock, Spacehog, Apollo 440, Moody Blues, Jean Sibelius and Satie.


Krackatoa Discography

Komodo Dodo released 1999 debut release is an experimental album with a mixture of synthetic sounds and eclectic samples combined together to form strange unorthodox music.

Komodo Dodo - Full Album 109MB vbr mp3 (click save as)

Monkies in the Temple released 2001, an atmospheric low key sounding album with dark haunting sound echoeing in the distance, orchestral instruments mixed with ambient electronica makes this a nice album to chill out and daydream to.

Monkies in the Temple - Full Album 114MB vbr mp3 (click save as)

Sun Dripping down the Stainglass released 2004 is Krackatoa’s 3rd album with a strange mix of tracks moving away from pure electronica to warmer acoustic tones. Keeping the melodies simple but using just enough variation as not to become too repetitive, a recipe for relaxed emotion.

Sun Dripping down the Stainglass - Full Album 80MB vbr mp3 (click save as)

Krackatoa is currently working on a 4th album to be released early in 2008… hopefully…


Music from Komodo Dodo Album also used on Sci-fi Audio Novel
This Pointless Thing Called Life - Sci-Fi Audionovel Soundtrack
(Two somewhat confused university students, Comma and Osta, tear off across the universe on twin missions to find the meaning of life, and to stop the evil University from dominating the galaxy. But between poverty, drunkenness, and kleptomania, can they possibly succeed at either one?)

This Miserable Thing Called Life - Sci-Fi Audionovel Soundtrack
The sequel to “This Pointless Thing Called Life”. This fresh, imaginative, and smart audio novel will appeal to fans of “Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galazy.”