The Carpet Knights from Malmö was formed in the autumn of '98. The band has gone through some member changes but are since 2002 a tight unit. In the creative process inpiration is gather from a wide variety of music which have given the band a broad and experimental sound, everything from rock, prog, psych and folk is part of the repertoire. The timeline of the influences spans over four decades. The Carpet Knights have been described "A band with a big variability and a musical ability that takes the listener beyond his own mind and into a world that reigned by The Carpet Knights."The band has released their debut "Lost And So Strange Is My Mind" on Transubstans Records (Trans 009). Typical for the music is dynamics and tempo changes but also the monotonous and meditative melodies. The lyrics are following the spirit of the music and describes emotions and states of mind rather than accual events.
You can't beat the feeling of listening to good music
with a cold beer in your hand