"TKDE (The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble) started off as an audiovisual project back in 2000, influenced by old silent movie directors such as Murnau and Lang, but also the animations of Jan Svankmeijer or the films of the Quay Brothers.
Jason Köhnen and Gideon Kiers, started creating soundtracks to old silent movies (Nosferatu, Metropolis) and progressively composed new music inspired by these images which eventually became TKDE."
TKDE is actually just on of the many side projects of Bong Ra, others are: Deathstorm (extreme hypergrind project with japanese noise / grind legend Maruosa). Glowstyx (90's rave revival album). White Darkness (uberdoom combining funeral doom with classical music). The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation (TKDE live improv sideproject). Köhnen vs Nottelman (improv hardcore electronica jazz core stuff). Check his Youtube channel fore videos of most of his projects.
