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Kinski

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While debating the merits of analog vs. digital recording in a Seattle pub, guitarist Chris Martin and bassist Lucy Atkinson were interrupted by the bartender, drummer Dave Weeks. He said, definitively, that analog was superior; thus Kinski came into being. This same spontaneity would come to define their multi-layered noise-rock, reminiscent of Sonic Youth at their most experimental. Kinski began playing live in 1998. By the summer of 1999, the trio had released its first record, Space Launch for Frenchie. With six songs clocking in at 45 minutes, it inevita...[more]

 

 

This specially-priced collaboration between Seattle's Kinski and Japanese psych-monsters Acid Mother's Temple was fueled by cheap shochu, which apparently leaves a stunning hangover. The two collaborative tracks, "It's Nice To Hear Your Voice" and "Planet Crazy Gold" are bookended by Kinski's "Fell Asleep On Your Lawn" and AMT's "Virginal Plane," both new and exclusive. Limited edition of 500 LPs.

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Kinski's relentless drive to the next level -- via being louder than everything on the planet on the one hand, and on the other having a rigorous structure to their efforts that practically compels listeners -- takes an interesting turn on Down Below It's Chaos for a variety of reasons. First, having always sounded very futuristic just by being clean and hot-wired, the album is as close to a tribute to early-'70s fuzz worshipers as the quartet's yet made since its very earliest days -- Chris Martin   [ read more ]

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