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23rd MARCH -- K.A.L. REMIX ALBUM AVAILABLE FREE FROM FANTASTIC NETLABEL MYUZYK (see our friends below).
SEVEN REWORKINGS OF TRACKS FROM THE 'TONES, DRONES & BROKEN BONES' ALBUM.
BIG THANKS TO THE ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS RELEASE, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE & EXCITED BY IT.
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The follow-up to the highly praised debut is almost upon us. 'TONES, DRONES & BROKEN BONES' is done & will see the light of day on july 2008.
For now, there is an album preview mini mix up on the player & if any bloggers, reviewers or just plain hip-hop heads wants a digi promo pack lat me know... mark at dumb-hero dot co dot uk.
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KAL's second album is now available from directly from us...
A quantum leap forward from the debut album, "TONES, DRONES & BROKEN BONES" takes the 'dystopian sci-fi funk' and 'broken-down boom bap' of old and pushes it further, resulting in a collection which can include guest spots for local MCs, panicked funk & even a hazy psychedelic pop song.
click below to get it via paypal, (£6UK + £1 post/packing)...
**THIS IS A LIMITED CD RELEASE, SO GET ONE WHILE YOU CAN**
'TONES, DRONES & BROKEN BONES' will also be available for download via gold filling records & thru iTUNES, bleep, emusic, juno etc etc...
A FEW KIND WORDS ABOUT 'TONES, DRONES & BROKEN BONES'...
"this brand of experimental hip hop can draw you in with mesmerising belly dancing like on 'Rag & Bone Beat' or blissed out 'She Binds Books' but just as quickly push you away with the jaw-crunching, jabbering noise of 'Black Hearted Bastards' which features Edinburgh MC Harlequinade or the brain-liquefying 'The Whisky Fist' which samples bootleg tapes of The Jesus and Mary Chain's live noise. What a trip." -
SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD, AUG 22
"...With new LP, ‘Tones, Drones and Broken Bones’ K.A.L. moves into more futuristic territory. Like fellow Scottish hip-hoppers Eaters and Penpushers, he has abandoned soundscapes that depict a degraded, broken present in favour of beats and sounds that construct a wonky, multi-cultural, imminent future. Although K.A.L. claims the album was borne of his fascination with My Bloody Valentine and Public Enemy, this mixture of influences is transcended, warped and mutated. Sitars and cymbals ride electronic washes of sound on ‘Rag and Bone Beat’, while Eaters vocalist Laughing Gear pays tribute to artists such as Grant Morrison, David Lynch and Alan Moore on ‘Dumb Heroes’." -
WEAPONIZER.CO.UK, JUL. 2008
"...how many cups of coffee ( KAL dont do drugs kidz {beefheart never did drugs}) do you have before you lay down these beats? its organic yet modern, manic yet ordered, angular in a spherical way...
i know what people mean when they talk about paranoid music now. 'the past unfurled before us' has left me scratching my palms and taking small, furtive and frequent glances out the window for overhead spy satellites beaming down at me behind low cloud formations." -
NEIL GF, JUN. 2008
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KAL's debut album 'sunshine shadows & luck' is also available from directly from us...
there is a sample mix of many tracks on that record on the player up there...
to buy the album, visit the K.A.L. webpage , where you will find info & reviews ...
or you click below to get it via paypal, (£6UK + £1 post/packing)...
**THESE ARE STRICTLY LIMITED CD RELEASES, SO GET 'EM WHILE YOU CAN**
'sunshine, shadows & luck' is also available for download via gold filling records & thru iTUNES, bleep, emusic, juno etc etc...
A FEW KIND WORDS ABOUT 'SUNSHINE, SHADOWS & LUCK'...
"...a bleak, instrumental trawl through broken-down boom-bap... echoing the stripped down nihilism of early Wu-Tang, wearing it's broken beats, pops and clicks like badges of honour" -
WEAPONIZER.CO.UK, JUL. 2008
"...the further we go, the better it gets... the current favourite is "stay up all night"... and I want to drink tea, drop something and melt into the soundscape. kobra audio labs are sublime. they've been banging on about the 'future of music' forever, but "sunshine, shadows & luck" is, please, please, please, it" -
UNPEELED MAGAZINE, JAN. 2006
"...this visits the darker more atmospheric side... evocative of rainy streets and industrial wastelands rather than the escapism of sunny Californian melodies - though oddly enough, we learn that the album was mastered in San Francisco after being recorded at home. The band have been on the go for a few years and this brings a polished sheen to the sounds from that period - a mix of upbeat tunes and down-at-heel, stilted instrumentation. Comparisons range from DJ Shadow to closer-to-home tunesmiths like David Jack - in essence triphop, but with a bit of an edge. It's all carefully thought out too - head-twisting samples, and themes like the 3-noter on 'Down To the Dozens', and 'Stay Up All Night's decidedly infectious groove all add up to an album worth seeking out" -
IS THIS MUSIC MAGAZINE, FEB. 2006
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FINALLY, FOR THOSE LATE STARTERS WHO SLEPT ON THE FIRST RECORD, HERE IS A CHANCE TO GET BOTH K.A.L. ALBUMS FOR A BARGAIN PRICE **FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY!!**
click below to get this BARGAIN DOUBLEPACK via paypal, (£10UK + £1.50 post/packing)...
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