Formed back in 1994, KULFI played a mixture of acid-folk and very eclectic doomy + weird music... "Obsessive feedbacks, astral noises..."
KULFI was the 2nd act to be signed on DIVINE COMEDY RECORDS, at the end of 1996, just after SONAR! D.C.R is mainly oriented into Industrial Music
and the likes, but the deep and oppressive feeling of KULFI may appeal to
listeners of the label...
A new self projects + others with KENJI SIRATORI & a 7"with MICHAEL YONKERS are on the way now ... music is finished, (all in all 15 brand new tracks) and we can say it's the more abstract and weird music we ever do!!!
Tony Wilson's death aka "Mr Factory Records" let us very sad, amongst thousand and thousand people being sad with that news ... here a "self made"
hommage, by Kulfi as a trio...
Kulfi - Requiem For Tony Wilson
DISCOGRAPHY / SHORT HISTORY ;
- "s/t" (DC 002/10") - 1997 / 555 copies
- "Second Setting" (DC 003/LP) - 1998 / 333 copies
- "this Is Third End" (DC 005/cdr) - 2000 / unreleased
- v/a "Ombres et Lumieres" a tribute to JM Dauvergne (DC 022/CD + Book) - 2003
(with; AH CAMA-SOTZ, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, EMPUSAE, FIN DE SIECLE,GAE BOLG, HIV+/FLINT GLASS, KULFI, LAND, OTHILA, REUTOFF, SEMPER EADEM, THIS MORN'OMINA, WESTWIND, WILT + a lot of texts.)
- Kulfi & Kenji Siratori "Quenched Sun" (Hypermodern Records) - 2007
This release will be available soon ... this is a 4 tracks release (about 45 minutes of music + weird poetry by Kenji!).
Cover art was drawn by NESIS. We plan (may be!) to do a private vinyl release
(25 items) on Divine Comedy Records...
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In 1997, the band released his 1st 5 tracks release, then was choosed as opening act for SONIC YOUTH thanks to the holy fact that Thurston Moore himself buyed the 10" throught the Belgian's mail order MUSIC EMPORIUM .
Here a picture of the event, a film from the show also exists, and KULFI did too a short appearence on local TV where the band was totally out of nowhere and not really concerned by the affair!
The 10" is really weird and saturated. Mr Arthur C.C helps the band with Enossifications & production + two concerts.
In 1998 we recorded our only full lenght album "Second Settings". The master is lost, and the tracks we offer here are taken directly from a vinyl's copy, so PLEASE EXCUSE THE LACK OF VOLUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In this LP, main line up is Bird (drums), Fab ( vocals, Harmonica, guitars), Keb (bass + keyboards), Seb (guitars and keyboards). Pat plays guimbard on "Damn Little Cake", ... he was the first bass player from the band (1994-1996), but this is his first and only appearence to be released!
We took "Reseau", (the only track ever released from this, as we were unsatisfied with the full 10 track's work, and so we never finished or published that work) for "Ombres & Lumières".
The session was helped by Yann, a talented multi intrumentist playing trumpet, guitar and banjo, that unfortunately leaved Marseille and a guy called Regis (bass + synthy), briefly replacing Keb, too busy at these times to play with KULFI.
KULFI did also some other gigs From 1997 to 1999 .
In 2007, the band stopped his long "pause", and plays now with a new line up, including the recent addition of Leo on Cello. Bird, Fab, Keb & Seb remains.
Also Kulfi did a gig on May 2007 in Marseille with the new line up...