Transit Kings

In the summer of 2001 a plan to put together one of the most interesting combinations of artists in the studio finally came to fruition....: Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty - inventors of Ambient House (later to become The Orb and The KLF); Guy Pratt (long time post-Waters Pink Floyd bassist, occasional Orb contributor and renowned session player) and Dom Beken (programmer/producer, Orb contributor and long time collaborator and assistant to Guy) met at Gunpoint - the studio built by Guy and Dom at Londons Townhouse Studios... A life time ignoring mainstream boundaries and changing expectations of music laid down an albums worth of music exciting enough to bring in guests Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and Simon Day (The Fast Show) as a result of just passing the basement door to the studio. Working outside the major label system, session players normally accustomed to working with names such as Basement Jaxx and Moby joined the Transits to help create a sound which finally crosses the boundaries between dance, ambient and rock. Work transfered to Jimmys WheelChair Factory Studios in Brighton and after a brief experiment with the name Custerd other projects over ran the four members... ...but the album refused to die... On January 1 2004 the Transit Kings followed Basement Jaxx on stage at Tokyos biggest New Years party to road test the album in front of a 7,000 strong crowd and it became clear this was a project asking to be finished. After several months of re-arrangement Transit Kings again had an audience po-going with delight on the main stage of 2005s Big Chill after testing the water with a lo-key EP release Token. Working at Dom Bekens andmusic studios in the former projection room of Ealing Film Studios with Dom and Alex at the helm, Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God at last made it to the mastering suite thanks to the independent spirit of the label which give birth to Killing Joke. A short film to accompany the title track starring Simon Day is currently in pre-production. ================================= "as you'd expect, it's a sample-tastic affair right from the clip that opens oh shit ... looped over gurgling synth, widescreen strings... chugging rock backbeat" - andy gill, the independant"'America Is Unavailable' [is] a breezy little number that bounces along like Royksopp in bed with the Beastie Boys. Over on the back things are given an extra pep of energy as the breaks are brought to the fore and it all rattles along with a mile-wide smile on its face. Red light!" -Boomkat.com =================================