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Kaura (pronounced kay-aura) was born from the vision of infusing the aggressive power of hard, yet melodic rock with the haunting and ethereal sounds of ancient instruments. In the short time since the band formed in 2005, they have been invited to open for TOOL, Rob Zombie, and Godsmack by Bill Graham Presents, and had A Perfect Circle’s Paz Lenchantin play on their self released EP. In addition, they traveled to the distant lands of India, Thailand, Bali, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal to seek out instruments and experiences to fully realize their vision; all of which was captured on video and made into their “Travels” DVD. “We wanted to have the ability to infuse hammered dulcimers with distorted guitars, gamelan bells and tabla with tribal drums to create this really expansive depth of sound.” Benjamin explains. The Berkeley-based band came to be after many years of envisioning the message, mood, sights and sounds that would be used to create the unique palette from which the vision of Kaura would be painted. Comprised of Malcolm Guess (vocals, guitar, tabla), Benjamin Jones (drums, percussion), Michael Cates (bass), Ben Rojas(guitar)and Yosh(hammered dulcimer, gamelan, percussion); the band sought to not only carve out a unique musical voice but also a different lyrical voice. “The lyrical focus is more on themes of evolution, re-birth, social and personal consciousness rather than the standard self-loathing, angry at-the-world fare of most hard rock bands” says Guess. Drawing from his experience as a sound engineer, Guess recorded and produced Kaura’s self-titled 5-song EP released in mid 2005. Returning from their travels in early 2006, they began writing material with their new instruments and the inspiration of their adventures.

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Solovarium wrote:
17 days ago

Someone Gimme the lyrics pLz

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trazled wrote:
last month

I found their myspace page btw, their new music is even better!

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trazled wrote:
last month

This band is great, do they only have five songs? I want more!

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purplesarah wrote:
May 2009

I found this band because someone on the toolarmy website said they sound like APC. I think they sound kinda toolish too :) Been listening to their myspace page over and over since I found them :)

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BiggestLabel wrote:
April 2009

Download Kaura's "Now or Never" for FREE on Biggestlabelever.com and support nonprofit INVISIBLE CHILDREN in the process. Also, you can learn why they chose to support THE RESCUE by visiting their profile at Causecast.org.

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CDavis wrote:
August 2008

Yea that's a great song.

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