Hi Brian, as Anthony says, get hold of his first album Capitol K -
Sounds Of The Empire (Planet Mu : ZIQ008CD) which is just as good imo
but with less singing. Kristian is from a rock background btw. Check his
Capiyol K website:
http://www.capitolk.com/
and of course the Planet Mu website has mp3 clips of the Capitol K
albums and lots of other upcoming stuff too:
http://www.planet-mu.com/
Mike p
quoted 73 lines Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:04:45 -0800
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> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:04:45 -0800
> To: "'idm@hyperreal.org'" <idm@hyperreal.org>
> From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>
> Subject: short review: capitol k "island row"
> Message-ID: <8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A235569D8@sectorbase1.sectorbase.com>
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> This is good stuff. Guitars and electronics. This may put some of you off,
> but this is really reminiscent of some of the stuff Eno did with James on
> "Wah-Wah"...experimental and warbly at times, other times breathey and
> beautiful. Sometimes you get a good guitar riff and that captures your
> attention, other times it's a glitch, still other times I get a real My
> Bloody Valentine vibe from it...and now and then, silly-sounding vocals that
> just f*cking WORK with what he's doing.
>
> Radiohead tried to bridge some gaps between electronics and guitar with Kid
> A and this guy (Kristian Craig Robinson) seems to be exploring similar
> territory artistically, though not necessarily musically. I don't know
> anything about this guy, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he's
> classically trained. He's definitely doing something different and you
> should just find it and listen if you want to know more.
>
> On a tangent, I think of A Reminiscent Drive in the same way, especially
> with "What's Your Style?" from Ambrosia. There's something to be said for a
> 'scene' that trickles down from Aphex and Autechre, but this one is an
> example of someone coming at these sounds from a different direction and
> it's highly recommended from where I'm sitting.
>
> For those of you who have heard this one, what can you tell me about this
> guy? Is there more out there? Who else is doing similar stuff these days?
> I'm definitely curious now.
>
> ---brian
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> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:20:37 -0000
> To: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
> From: Anthony Richardson <ar9541@bristol.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [idm] short review: capitol k "island row"
> Message-ID: <029101c084c9$ee17bd40$2dd8de89@resnet.bris.ac.uk>
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> > For those of you who have heard this one, what can you tell me about this
> > guy? Is there more out there? Who else is doing similar stuff these days?
> > I'm definitely curious now.
>
> I agree with you, it's a great record, one of my favourites of last year.
> Island Row is his second album, the first is called Sounds of the Empire,
> plus there's the Roadeater EP which features 'Pillow' and three others. All
> on Planet Mu, all roughly in the same vein, all excellent. The closest
> references points I'd make are Windowlicker, Cornelius, Beta Band, maybe
> even some Beck... they've all got that skewed melody thing, and interesting
> instrumentation / production. The only tune I hate is Dance On, mainly
> because Prince always makes me retch...
>
> Anthony.
>
> ps. Whatever happened to Witchman?
>
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