Michael Kulas
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Although part of many independent Toronto music projects in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was not until 1995 that his professional career began to take off. Having been granted the FACTOR New Talent Demo Award for music that year and being runner up in the Toronto radio station Q107’s Scott Liddle Songwriters Award, Kulas also released his first solo studio album titled Mosquito.
Produced by Saul Davies, multi-instrumentalist with the British rock band James, it went on to be hailed as one of Canada’s “top 20 independent albums” of 1995/1996 by Chart Magazine. The album would also gain the attention of James front man Tim Booth who midway through 1996 and at the behest of producer Brian Eno was considering filling the vocal void created when guitarist and backing vocalist Larry Gott departed in 1995.
In January 1997 Kulas was invited by James to New York as a backing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist to test the waters with a handful of American shows and an appearance on The David Letterman Show. The ad-hoc “audition” would prove to be a success and garner an invitation for Kulas to join the band in the UK for what would turn out to be a five year period.
In performing with James, Kulas was a singer and multi-instrumentalist on 4 Top 40 albums including Whiplash, the number one The Best Of, Millionaires and Pleased To Meet You. In that time he and the band toured extensively in Asia, South Africa, Europe and North America, including the Lollapalooza Festival and Glastonbury Festival in 1997.
In January 1997 Kulas was invited by James to New York as a backing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist to test the waters with a handful of American shows and an appearance on The David Letterman Show. The ad-hoc “audition” would prove to be a success and garner an invitation for Kulas to join the band in the UK for what would turn out to be a five year period.
In performing with James, Kulas was a singer and multi-instrumentalist on 4 Top 40 albums including Whiplash, the number one The Best Of, Millionaires and Pleased To Meet You. In that time he and the band toured extensively in Asia, South Africa, Europe and North America, including the Lollapalooza Festival and Glastonbury Festival in 1997.
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| FULL TRACK Instamatic Camera | 4:17 |
| FULL TRACK Sweet Lips | 3:11 |
| FULL TRACK The Days Of My Life | 4:20 |
| FULL TRACK White Noise | 3:56 |
| FULL TRACK You Only Come Out at Night | 3:07 |
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