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About Me

"kim ki o"s songs are self-written, self-played, self-sung and self-recorded in the name of self-pleasure and self-impulsion. The band’s compendious lyrics are sung in Turkish on the simple but uncanny surface of the music. "kim ki o", which is -lamely enough- the Turkish expression for "who is that anyway", is a name chosen for its phonetic beauty. And it is pronounced as it reads. "kim ki o" likes to play with synthesizers and drum machines but does not like to involve computers in their music; prefers to do all the action live with the enthusiasm, tension and everything. They pre-record materials onto old-fashioned tapes and sample them from the tapes, etcetera... "kim ki o" is a band of 2, and is meant to stay as a band of 2, which is the only strict rule this collaboration seems to have as its chemistry calls. The 2 members of the gang are ex-highschool buddies, who have been out of contact for years. Now they are back,clasped together,creating together for good.You can see us joining Jens Lekman’s aerodance at Paradiso Amsterdam below!2nd self-release CD titled "Digerleri Nerde?" (Where Are The Others?) out!

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Member Since: 10/30/2006
Band Website: e-mail: [email protected]
Band Members: Ekin Sanac - synth,keys,vocals,beatsBerna Gol - bass,vocals,beats
Influences: In short: Riot grrrls and riot boys like Stephin Merritt
Sounds Like:Great news from Croatia... Listen Loudest (not a label, an idependent announcer as Zdenko Franjic calls it) in Croatia released a few of our songs on their compilation "Bombings Of New York" among with tons of great music from all over the world. And now our "En Az Iki, En Fazla Sekiz" cd-r became available in Croatia through their label. See our blog to read more...We are very happy to announce that "Gene Oldu", which was included in the 11 track cd-r handed out with the awesome 10 copied "I Godan Ro" fanzine prepared by Per Johansson and Mathias Nilsson of Kissing Mirrors, is now released as mp3 on Friendly Noise label. See our blog for the hearty details...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New CD - "Digerleri Nerde?" (Where Are The Others?) out!

Our new CD titled "Digerleri Nerde?" (Where Are The Others?) is out now! It's again a numbered self-release with the recordings and the artwork. It consists of 6 tracks and the tracklist of the a...
Posted by kim ki o on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:26:00 PST

Kim Ki O Istanbul Subat Konserleri / Kim Ki O February Dates in Istanbul

Berna'nin Hollanda'dan donusunun, bu hasretin nihayet bitmesinin ve Jens Lekman'in Avrupa turnesine katiliyor olmamizin serefine Subat'ta Istanbul'da bir dizi konserimiz var! 10 Subat - Kadikoy Arkaod...
Posted by kim ki o on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

Kim Ki O European Tour With Jens Lekman!

First we were amazed when Jens Lekman invited us to join his European tour as the opening band. We couldn't think any further, we had no idea it could come true... But the unbelievable truth is i...
Posted by kim ki o on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:03:00 PST

"Serbest Kalp Dusmesi" remixed by Future Conditional

Future Conditional - the touchy electro-pop side-project of Piano Magic's Glen Johnson and Cedric Pin - has remixed our song "Serbest Kalp Dusmesi" for those who want to drive at 139.6 bpm. Glen John...
Posted by kim ki o on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

Ychorus’ta indirilebilir kayitlar /// downloadable recordings on Ychorus

Ychorus, "En Az Iki, En Fazla Sekiz"de olan ve olmayan kayitlarimizdan olusan bir toplama hazirlayarak bloglarinda indirilebilir hale getirmis. Bu adreste: http://ychorus.blogspot.com/...
Posted by kim ki o on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:57:00 PST

great news from Croatia...

Listen Loudest is an independent announcer in Croatia. Pure D.I.Y., run by Zdenko Franjic since 1987. He releases mp3 compilation series called "bombings of new york" which are filled with music of gr...
Posted by kim ki o on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:31:00 PST

Jens Lekman played our song on US radio NPR!

US radio NPR interviewed Jens Lekman couple of days ago and he played our song "Dogru" as one of his favorite music during the show! With the thrill, we asked our American friend Willis what NPR was a...
Posted by kim ki o on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:30:00 PST

roportajlar - interviews

*basatap icin ekin uzeltuzenci'nin bizle yaptigi roportaji okumak icin link: http://www.basatap.com/frame_content_detail.php?cID=1196& ;p=0&pages=26 asagidaki link'te de serdar'in (http://s...
Posted by kim ki o on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:02:00 PST

more good news...

Weird things keep happening to us and I mean that in a good way. I'll try to summarize this in a single sentence. Here we go: WejustfoundoutthatourmusicwasrecommendedonPitchforklastweeku ponJensLekman'...
Posted by kim ki o on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:25:00 PST

"gene oldu" released as mp3 on Friendly Noise

We are very happy to announce that "Gene Oldu", which was included in the 11 track cd-r handed out with the awesome 10 copied "I Godan Ro" fanzine prepared by Per Johansson and Mathias ...
Posted by kim ki o on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:27:00 PST