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Kaki King (born 24th August 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitarist and singer from Atlanta, Georgia.
When Kaki King went into the studio in upstate New York to record the tracks for her fourth album, Dreaming of Revenge, her producer, Malcolm Burn, had one condition: “He said, If someone can’t be sawing a log in half and whistling along to the song, I don’t want it on the record,” King recalls with a laugh.
And so the bar was set. Burn’s mandate was just the push King needed to make her most accessible CD yet. “Even though half the tracks are instrumentals, I feel like I’m writing pop songs”, she says. “We really concentrated on the melodies. Everything I write tends to be dense and chordal, but this time the idea was to layer the challenging guitar work under very simple, beautiful melodies. I really wanted them to be memorable.”
That strict attention to song craft is a logical step for King, whose previous album, 2006’s …Until We Felt Red propelled this dazzling young guitar player and composer, known to instrumental music fans for her finger-picking, fret-slapping, and percussive thumping style, into previously uncharted indie-rock territory. Produced by post-rock kingpin John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and Cake), Red was filled with lush, ambient soundscapes that “sound like the abstract, dreamy, and hypnotic end of alternative rock” as the New York Times noted in its review.
When Kaki King went into the studio in upstate New York to record the tracks for her fourth album, Dreaming of Revenge, her producer, Malcolm Burn, had one condition: “He said, If someone can’t be sawing a log in half and whistling along to the song, I don’t want it on the record,” King recalls with a laugh.
And so the bar was set. Burn’s mandate was just the push King needed to make her most accessible CD yet. “Even though half the tracks are instrumentals, I feel like I’m writing pop songs”, she says. “We really concentrated on the melodies. Everything I write tends to be dense and chordal, but this time the idea was to layer the challenging guitar work under very simple, beautiful melodies. I really wanted them to be memorable.”
That strict attention to song craft is a logical step for King, whose previous album, 2006’s …Until We Felt Red propelled this dazzling young guitar player and composer, known to instrumental music fans for her finger-picking, fret-slapping, and percussive thumping style, into previously uncharted indie-rock territory. Produced by post-rock kingpin John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and Cake), Red was filled with lush, ambient soundscapes that “sound like the abstract, dreamy, and hypnotic end of alternative rock” as the New York Times noted in its review.
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Dreaming of Revenge
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...Until We Felt Red
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Legs to Make Us Longer
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Everybody Loves You
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Shoutbox
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OmgItsBeto wrote:
When i readed the "Guitar god" words i imagined something Joe Satriani - Steve Vai style, but this is sooo good, i love her voice <3333
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donald17 wrote:
Can anyone who has heard Kaki King really be a bad person?
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Aywol wrote:
Life Being what it is.......did it for me, Im sold.....new album, I want one
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Herandi wrote:
realmente grandiosooo!!
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MattMelvin wrote:
The Pink Noise guitar was supposedly being auctioned off after that insane performance a ways back. What ever happened to that? Was it auctioned off already or what?
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leilabby wrote:
amazing.
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somnambule- wrote:
wonderful! I'm waiting for the new album...
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EmpressEricka wrote:
good times.
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ARGBDude wrote:
female Andy McKee? for her earlier stuffs may be yes, but not her recent stuffs
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MattVT_AK wrote:
Kaki King is exquisite; my new favorite artist.
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acousticalex wrote:
the female Andy McKee, and then some
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SeeTheFuture wrote:
I'd like to "straighten" you out
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The-Vagabond wrote:
what does her shirt say ?
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empjori wrote:
What a hot pussy :P
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carolinesaurus wrote:
<3
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MariDead wrote:
oh....amazing
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morkwa wrote:
we're all here good people, since we're listening to this music)
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Andificus wrote:
Friggin amazing musician. She makes my head explode from the awesomness.
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LeLesias wrote:
♥_♥
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phoebusdoc wrote:
<3 <3 <3
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Events
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Dec
12
Kaki King
Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, New York, United States
1 shout
| 24 attendees
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Dec
27
Woodford Folk Festival
Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Australia
3 shouts
| 22 attendees
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Dec
29
Falls Music & Arts Festival - Lorne
Lorne Falls Festival Site, Lorne, Victoria, Australia
46 shouts
| 92 attendees
News
Kaki Fans :: Austin, TX // Boulder, CO // Minneapolis, MN
3 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kakiking
Kaki King's Street Teamers in these three cities have some very exciting news coming their way. We appreciate all of your support and would like to express our gratitude with a very special, exclusive. …
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