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Kinjac

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Short Bio:
Kinjac is the moniker of WNC-based musician and philosophy student Michael O’Shea. After a short stint in the Chapel Hill, NC music scene as a drummer, he returned to WNC to expand his musical repertoire beyond percussion to include all aspects of music, from writing to recording to producing to mastering.
Since becoming a solo-act in early 2008, Kinjac has taken two full-length solo albums from conception to completion in his small, secluded studio. Blending minimalistic melodies with a din of digitized percussion, Kinjac’s music is a unique synthesis of the digital and organic that manages to fall outside the bounds of most categorizations.
His second full length attempt, “Seven Years Bad Luck,” was self-released January 20, 2009 (Inauguration Day). A rough musical roadmap of the past seven years, both for himself personally and for the political times, the album was written, recorded and produced at a feverish pace, going from start to finish in a single month.
Kinjac’s live show is a unique phenomenon befitting his music. The multi-instrumentalist switches between singing and playing bass (with an often radically alterted sound) and playing a drum-set, all on-top of the densely layered sonic backdrop of his pre-recording productions.
Kinjac has shared the stage with notable names such as L.A. producer/musician Thavius Beck, L.A. based hip-hop artist K-the-I???, and New York Folk/Metal band O’Death, as well as having headlined venues such as The Rocket Club and The Emerald Lounge in his hometown of Asheville, NC.
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Member Since: 30/12/2007
Band Website: www.kinjac.com
Band Members: Sonic vibration from 20hz-20khz written, recorded and produced by Michael O'Shea.
Influences: Jacques Derrida, Caribou, Jean Baudrillard, Wittgenstein, Do Make Say Think, Noam Chomsky, Saul Williams, Nietzsche, Radiohead, Robert Rauschenberg, Todd Hido, Nine Inch Nails, Marshall McLuhan, Bjork, Wassily Kandinsky, Gorillaz, Michele Gondry, TV on the Radio, Ram Das, Thievery Corporation, William James, Blonde Redhead, William Turner, Brazilian Girls, sound, sight, thought, etc.
Sounds Like:

"'Seven Years Bad Luck' is a rare combo of ultra tweaked samples, live drums and bass, distorted vocals and sometimes hyper politically charged intent that initially left me scratching my head before fumbling for the “play” button again... and again. It’s not often that a disc comes along (especially one from a genre of music I typically avoid) that leaves me as dumbfounded as this one has...this stuff sounds intriguingly and almost uncomfortably different."

--Chris Cooper, Smoky Mountain News, "In Review" 01/07/09.

Two ways to buy:

"Seven Years Bad Luck" Physical Copy: $7 + $2 shipping

CD version of "Seven Years Bad Luck" that comes in a slim case with a 4-panel insert with lyrics. $7 + $2 shipping.

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"Seven Years Bad Luck" Digital Download: $5

Digital download of "Seven Years Bad Luck" comes in a .zip file that includes the second album from Kinjac, "Seven Years Bad Luck," in a high-quality 320 kbps MP3 format that is DRM-free and ID3 encoded with track information, album art and lyrics. Also includes a digital .pdf photography book with photos by Michael O'Shea that the album art comes from.

7 tracks and a total time of 33:33 [+ 1 bonus track].

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"the upside of down," Kinjac's first full-length album. Digital download comes in a .zip file that includes the first album from Kinjac, "the upside of down," in a high-quality 192 kbps MP3 format that is DRM-free and ID3 encoded with track information, album art and lyrics (though these are sparse on this album). Also includes a digital .pdf format of the album artwork packaging that the physical copy comes in, including photography by Michael O'Shea that corresponds to each of the 17 tracks. Two short photomontage videos set to music from the album also included.

17 tracks and a total time of 62:47

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"the upside of down" Physical Copy: $10 + $2 shipping

Kinjac's first album, "the upside of down," is also available in a physical copy. No drab jewel case here, though! Impress your friends with this slick 24 page full-color booklet filled with original photography by Michael O'Shea that corresponds to the album. Includes a data disc with the same digital content as listed above in the digital copy. Outside cover is 5.5"x8.5"; inside photographs are 4"x6". Production limited to 75 numbered physical copies, so act now! Get yours today and you can be special, make friends and avoid dying alone.
Seriously.

ONLY 27 COPIES LEFT!

$12 gets it shipped to your door.
Guaranteed to make you feel warm and fuzzy upon opening.

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Super-special-bulk-order-discount-happiness!

Buy physical copies of both albums together for only $15 + $2 shipping.

All physical albums come with stickers! Everyone likes stickers! And I'll also send you a digital download if you order a physical copy. Huzzah!

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Kinjac's Music is also available at:

In Your Ear Music Emporium
main street in downtown Sylva, NC

Harvest Records
Haywood Road in West Asheville, NC

Static Age Records
Lexington in downtown Asheville, NC

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Record Label: Solotechne
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Seven Addenda [EP]

'ello dear friends, Usually Monday morning's aren't my thing, but today was a special one. I just sent off the new EP I've been working on to be pressed into CDs (huzzah!). The album is...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:02:00 GMT

On the road!

Hello dear friends,I'm about to hit the road to play shows in Atlanta, Roanoke, and Boone this week, and then back to Sylva, NC and Asheville next week. If you're around one of those cities come on ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 10:12:00 GMT

New EP in the Works (and lots of other news)

Yes, that's right. It's going to be called (drum roll please)Seven AddendaAnd get this, it'll be available for free download online once it's released. My gift to you, dear fans. (My first full-length...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:09:00 GMT

Album Review in the Smoky Mountain News

Striking an electronic chordBy Chris Cooper http://smokymountainnews.com/issues/01_09/01_07_09/art_inrev iew.htmlTruth be told, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of  here's the old fogey coming out  "e...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:41:00 GMT

New Album Due Out 01/20/2009

Mastering is done on the new album and I'll be sending off the final version to be printed this week. It's called 'Seven Years Bad Luck' and it's something of a rough musical road map of the past seve...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:31:00 GMT

Biography

Born and raised in Asheville, NC to a semi-notorious metaphysical minister and a new age musician, multi-instrumentalist/producer Michael O'Shea now goes by the name of Kinjac. The story is as follows...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:01:00 GMT