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Casiokids

We have a beautiful cosmos, you and me.

About Me

Old analogue and trashy keyboards, pop melodies and a theatre troupe make up the container of love that is Casiokids. Apart from doing an extensive tour in Norwegian kindergardens, Casiokids has also played for indiekids in France, England, Denmark and Norway since 2005. The band sprung out of an idea of experimenting with the live format for electronic music, and has now developed into being a collective of theatre blended with pop melodies often sung in their native language.
After the release of debut album "Fück MIDI!" in 2006 the band is now working on a project that includes the creation of their own animated rain forest together with the theatre group Digitalteateret led by Aslak Helgesen. The music draws similarities and take inspiration from Paul Simon's "Graceland", Ivor Cutler, King Tubby, Bob hund and Jens Lekman.
The band has played several renowned festivals and venues in Norway, England, Denmark and France, including Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark 2008), Great Escape Festival (Brighton, UK 2008), City Showcase (London, UK 2008), Luminaire (London, UK 2008 w/Matt & Kim), Sous La Plage Festival (Paris 2007), La Fleche d'Or (Paris 2007), ÿya (Oslo, Norway 2008+2006), Ekko (Bergen 2005), NuMusic (Stavanger 2005 w/ Jamie Lidell, K.Stockhausen, Datarock, Carl Craig++), Elektroni(k) Festival (Rennes 2005), La Lune Des Pirates (Amiens 2005), La Guinguette Pirate (Paris 2005), Vossajazz (2005 w/Jaga Jazzist++), Festspillene (Bergen 2005+2007) and By:larm (Stavanger 2005 & Oslo 2008) to name a few.

“The perfect hybrid of Duran Duran, Kings of Leon, Efterklang, Sigur Ros and 2unlimited (6/6)”

GAFFA (denmark): By:larm festival, Oslo 2008


“Rock’n’roll circus? Nah - Casiokids know that electro-funk shadow theatre is really where it’s at.”

BBC, NUMusic Festival, Stavanger 2005


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/20/2006
Band Website: casiokids.com
Band Members: Manager:
Chris Wareing / PAPPAS!
+47 47830568
chris [a] pappasmanagement.net


Booking the World (except France):
Chris Wareing / Standing Ovation
+47 47830568
chris [a] standingovation.no

Booking France:
Julien Catala / SUPER!
+33 619408229
julien [a] supermonamour.com


CLICK HERE TO BUY OUR ALBUM FÃœCK MIDI!
Influences: Ivor cutler, Paul Simon (Graceland), Cornelius, King Tubby, Bob hund, Gorillaz, Fela Kuti, Konk+++
Sounds Like:.. ..



Type of Label: None

My Blog

Fot i hose as free download for one week!

Casiokids in cooperation with Myspace Norway gives you the new track Fot i hose as a free download for one week only! See you at Øya and Nuits Secretes this weekend!  ...
Posted by Casiokids on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:12:00 PST

Casiokids merch!

Casiokids tote bags + t-shirts are now available from the Backtreet Merch web shop.Click here to check it out....
Posted by Casiokids on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:47:00 PST

Casiokids mixtape 1

CASIOKIDS MIXTAPE 1By Ketil Lindstrøm - Cane it for the original whities (Feedelity/Smalltown Supersound) Yacht - See a penny pick it up (Marriage) Bjørn Torske - Møljekalas (Smalltown Supersound) Tu...
Posted by Casiokids on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:54:00 PST

Pictures of Playground work-shop @ OiOi festival

Thanks to all the kids that played in our musical playground this weekend! Check out the videos by Sandra Jecmenica under "sounds like" for footage from a similar work-shop we did in Sous la plage/Par...
Posted by Casiokids on Sat, 31 May 2008 04:08:00 PST

New name for the puppeteers

The shadow puppet mob have officially changed their name to.....Digitalteateret! Casiokids and their favorite theatre troupe are on the road already next week when we'll all visit Brighton and London....
Posted by Casiokids on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:19:00 PST

Q & A

Q: I'm a little confused. Apparently you've done concerts in rock venues, in kindergardens, AND played for seniors? Who are your target audience? A: Humans. Human beings. Q: Aha? Ok, let me rephrase, ...
Posted by Casiokids on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:19:00 PST

Pictures from Bylarm/Rockefeller

Our friend Sandra Jecmenica took some magnificent pictures at our show at Rockefeller/Bylarm. 23.02.08.Those Casiokids mutations turned out to be more scary than we could ever imagine!...
Posted by Casiokids on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:04:00 PST

Pictures from Britas birthday concert!

We gave our dear friend Brita a surprise Casiokids concert at her house in Oslo, and it turned out to be a magical evening! Here are some beautiful pictures taken by Jo Straube:...
Posted by Casiokids on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:57:00 PST

Casiokids make tempura!

After an intensive recording session in our personal canteen-studio in Bergen, nothing is better than a grotesque amount of food. Well, here's the recipe we used. Easy pleasy and scaringly good!Tempur...
Posted by Casiokids on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:34:00 PST

New video collage from Sous la Plage uploaded!

Our dear friend Sandra Jecmenica has made a video collage from Casiokids' work-shop and concert at this year's Sous la Plage festival in Paris.Check it out on our myspace.
Posted by Casiokids on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:07:00 PST