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Seattle, United States (1998 – present)
There are two bands named “Kinski”.
1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
2) A Danish rap group
1) They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) - because Chris Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to Klaus.
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.
Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple.
Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.
In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.
1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
2) A Danish rap group
1) They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) - because Chris Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to Klaus.
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.
Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple.
Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.
In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.
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Alpine Static
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Airs Above Your Station
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New India
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Daydream Intonation
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Shoutbox
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A9999A wrote:
saw them 3 times live. well i would say they are under appreciated. under rated. under the sub pop culture trendy bullshit wave going through this country which makes them one of my favs.
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Skimma wrote:
no influence of sonic youth to be found here. both great bands, but kinski does NOT sound like sy, not a bit.
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padraig wrote:
Holy moly!
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Endolith wrote:
I can listen to this over and over again and not get sick of it
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juizyyy wrote:
holy fuck they're good
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mart-the-mod wrote:
Got into these guys today, and sound a lot like the stuff i've been playing on guitar recently
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talkloud wrote:
I put Ted Leo into Pandora and it spit this out. I don't really hear it but I like it just the same!
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The_choke wrote:
Come to Norway please.
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Sthelaw wrote:
Come to Greece pls!
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DemonCleaner wrote:
Come to the UK please. x 2
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footsteps wrote:
Come to the UK please.
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nahthan666 wrote:
They're at their best when the songs are 100% instrumental. Nice, warm tones and familiar note choices and transitions, transposed against some excellent time changes and just some killer songwriting and super honest and passionate execution. Chris Martin's vocals and lyrics simplify and pigeonhole the music too much. Much more powerful and mysterious without lyrics.
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jungleface2009 wrote:
I saw these guys live. They were awesome.
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jcousteau wrote:
Kinski reminds me of Sonic Youth more than any other band. I'm surprised that the yoof ain't even on similar artists. With a track named "Daydream Intonation" it's hard to deny the influence.
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Cetamora wrote:
Hm or Kinski? Kinsky is not like the Moogies.
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inwidhlemmas wrote:
= Mogwai
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Cetamora wrote:
Headphone-music
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lobschta wrote:
*waaaaah* - how could it be be that i never heard something of them the last 10 years - what a shame :O
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SpittingHatred wrote:
kinski is criminally underrated. great band.
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Ropert wrote:
Post rock, smoscht rock. Who give a s*** about genres anyways? As long as you like to listen to it, why care what other people call it?
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