Kinski

Combining avant-garde experimentalism picked up from their interest in composers like Terry Riley and Steve Reich with a fondness for '70s Krautrock pioneers like Ash Ra Tempel, and the gut-level thrust, heft and swing of Black Sabbath, the Groundhogs and legendary '60s/'70s Mexican band Los Dug Dug's, Kinski have established themselves as Seattle's foremost psych rock explorers. They have toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan, including tours with Mission of Burma, Oneida, Comets on Fire, Acid Mothers Temple, and ...Trail of the Dead. Blender magazine on their last album (2003's Airs Above Your Station): "...they follow measured guitar burn with bone-rattling explosions, and roll mesmerizing tension into colossal release." With Alpine Static, their second Sub Pop release, Kinski tap directly into their explosive live energy, adding it to the expansive and dramatic drift heard on previous releases. Heavy/heady rock melodies mix with surprising changes in pace, volume and structure. Driving power combines with experimental noise. Of the Kinski approach, The Stranger writes, "They reconcile the tension between sonic experimentation/improvisation and song structure with grace and cunning." Alpine Static contains some of their most direct and immediate songs yet; songs that wage an unreservedly primal attack with bared teeth and claw. Alpine Static and Kinski are about the power, range and outright thrill of the guitar as vehicle. As with their previous releases, the new album takes you on a journey. Kinski's guitarists create a range of feeling through their mixture of improvised sound exploration and solid distorted rhythms; from euphoria to melancholy; from excitement to introspection. They manage to infuse experimental music with emotion, fun and a sense of wide-eyed adventure. Alpine Static opens with an exhilarating ride, calms to an underwater exploration, and then brings the listener back to the surface again. Over-driven and raw, countered with moments of eerie tension, Alpine Static hits you in the stomach, ties you up in flowing '70s scarves and throws you in the trunk with Catherine Deneuve and Steve McQueen. In other words: in here (points to head) or out there (points to rest of world), this thing will move you. Kinski: Lucy Atkinson, Chris Martin, Matthew Reid-Schwartz, Barrett Wilke Alpine Static was recorded in Seattle by Randall Dunn in January and February of 2005. PREVIOUS RELEASES: - Don't Climb On and Take the Holy Water CD (Strange Attractors Audio House, 05/04) - Guess I'm Falling in Love / Hiding Drugs in the Temple 7" (The Great Pop Supplement, 2004 - out of print) - Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple - 4 song split release...one Kinski track, one AMT track, and two collaborative pieces CD/LP (Sub Pop 10/03) - Airs Above Your Station CD (Sub Pop Records, 1/03); LP (Strange Attractors Audio House) - Crickets and Fireflies CD 3-way split "Keep clear of me, I am manoeuvering with difficulty"... 20 minute Kinski improv track . Includes tracks by Paik & Surface of Eceyon (Music Fellowship 12/02) - Semaphore CDEP (Sub Pop Records, 10/02) - "Please Remain Seated" b/w "Penthouse Suite" 7" single (Sub Pop Records, 9/01) - Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle CD (Pacifico Recordings, 3/01) - SpaceLaunch for Frenchie CD (self-released, 11/99) COMPILATIONS: Hall of Mirrors - "Teen Center" - Emperor Jones (2005) ..... What's Your Function - A Tribute to Franco Battiato - "Propiedad Prohibida" - Sillyboy (2005) .... Million Tongues Festival Compilation - "Untitled Space" (Collaboration with Kinski and Kawabata Makoto) - Bastet (2004) ..... Shanti Project 3 - "Semaphore" (Live KEXP version), "Schedule for using Pillows and Beanbags" (Live KEXP version) - Badman (2004) ..... Rough Trade Shops - Best of 2003 "Rhode Island Freakout" (album version) - Mute Records (2004) ..... Rock Sound (Volume 48) - "Semaphore" (album version) - Rock Sound (2003) ..... Rock Reborn - Diesel/Insound Promo Compilation "Semaphore" (album version) - Diesel/Insound (2003) ..... Climax Golden Twins/Live in the 21st Century - Chris, Lucy and Matthew guest on the 20 minute track "Steamy Column". Kabukikore (2003) ...... Sirhan Durhan - Chris guests on 2 tracks of this ambient project featuring members of Voyager One. Also includes an Ampbuzz remix of the Sirhan track "Back to Berlin". Lucky Pierre (2003) ...... Infecting the galaxy one planet at a time - Sub Pop Compilation - "Semaphore" (album version)SubPop (2002) ...... Don't shoot the toy piano player - Live from WFMU Kinski live in WFMU studios ... "I Wouldn't Hurt a Fly" - WFMU (2002) ...... Get Yer Pots Out - Ptolemaic Terrascope ..31 - "My New Worry" (UK album version) - Ptolemaic Terrascope (2002) ...... Monster in the Garden - KFJC 89.7 FM - Live from the Devil's Triangle - Kinski live in KFJC studios - "Snowcat" aka "Semaphore" - KFJC (2001) ...... Symphony for Heartbreak - U.S. Pop Life Vol ..9 / Seattle - Portland - "One Ear in the Sun" (album version) - Contact Records (2001)