Knas

Also known as: Knas Music, Knas Instruments

Knas is a small electronic instrument company founded in 2009 by Karl Ekdahl, a Swedish-born designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. The project was started with help from Martin Schmidt of Matmos and operates as a one-person workshop that hand-assembles and ships its products to distributors in Europe and the United States. Ekdahl describes Knas as an art project, political vehicle, and company...

2 Products · Used by 23 Artists

Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer Effects Processors

$519.95

1 available store

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23 artists using

Knas The Ekdahl Polygamist Synthesizers

The company's output focuses on tactile, hands-on instruments and effects that sit outside mainstream categories. Its debut product, the Ekdahl Moisturizer, is a desktop spring reverb with exposed springs that can be struck, scraped, or manipulated by hand, paired with a multimode filter and an LFO that can be routed internally or via CV and expression control. Other releases include the Ekdahl Quad Massager (a VCA, mixer, and LFO utility), the duophonic ribbon-controlled Ekdahl Polygamist synthesizer, and the Ekdahl FAR.

Knas instruments are sold through specialty retailers such as Perfect Circuit, Big City Music, SchneidersLaden, and Signal Sounds, and have developed a cult following among experimental and electronic musicians for their quirky, playable sound design.

Knas has 2 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Effects Processors and Synthesizers. Their gear is featured by 23 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Rock, and Pop. Notable users include Mick Gordon, Jack Antonoff, and Carlos O'Connell.