great unwashed luminaries is the electronic alter-ego for me, indie rock drummer Kelly Minnis. I formed GUL out of love for classic 1970's electronica and 1980's new wave. GUL began performing at house parties and clubs in Seattle in 2004 . Now I reside in College Station, TX and you can catch GUL live in clubs from Austin to Dallas to Houston and places in-between. GUL has also toured the Southeast, Midwest and Northwest.
great unwashed luminaries blends classic Berlin School electronica with post-rock, prog, ambient, krautrock and electropop. You could say GUL makes "Kosmiche electro prog" or music to roll Dragon Dice to... Or, as The Game Dame puts it, "This is the kind of music you hear when you’re walking through a dark room, see a bunch of health packs and ammo and know that if you go through the doors, you are about to be in one helluva battle." Or as Grave Concerns puts it, "great unwashed luminaries takes a more ambient approach, with slow industrial beats reverberating beneath brooding synthesizer pads." Some kid told another kid at one of my shows at Hot Topic recently "Dude, it's like techno but not lame like techno". Space City Rock sez "GUL cruises along like Kraftwerk riding shotgun with Knight Rider in some alternate version of Beverly Hills Cop". Or as Omaha hot mess El Diablos Bloncos wrote: "I dont know if I call it new age......But I would call it awesome." Word up.
great unwashed luminaries has released five albums, two EP's, two split EP's, one 4CD boxed set and two appearances on the Ball of Wax compilation series, & the Atarimatt Dance Dance Party Party Fun Fun compilation on Sinkhole Texas Inc. On Nov. 21st the second Atarimatt/GUL split EP Contest At Neonworld was released on SHTI and on Dec. 18th the new GUL full-length album Kill Screen was released with the first 20 copies featuring a bonus CD of unreleased material. All music found at http://www.sinkholetexas.com
