King Midas Sound consists of
Kevin Martin,
Roger Robinson, and Kiki Hitomi.
Edition 1 is a collaborative studio album by King Midas Sound and
Fennesz. Martin and Fennesz knew each other since the 1990s. The album features "improvised guitar tracks, samples, and unreleased material from Fennesz's archive." They recorded Robinson's part at Martin's studio in
Berlin, Hitomi's part in
Leipzig, and Fennesz' part in
Vienna.
Edition 1 was, upon release, intended to be the first installment in a series of four King Midas Sound albums, each with a different collaborator. However, no further albums have been released by the King Midas Sound project in this series, making it a standalone.
Edition 1 was released on 18 September 2015 through
Ninja Tune. It comes with the instrumental version released in conjunction on the digital and CD versions.
Edition 1 Instrumentals was later released on its own, on 13 November 2015. ==Critical reception==