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Kaki King
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Kaki King (born 24th August 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitarist and singer from Atlanta, Georgia.
When Kaki King went into the studio in upstate New York to record the tracks for her fourth album, Dreaming Of Revenge, her producer, Malcolm Burn, had one condition: “He said, ‘If someone can’t be sawing a log in half and whistling along to the song, I don’t want it on the record,’” King recalls with a laugh.
And so the bar was set. Burn’s mandate was just the push King needed to make her most accessible CD yet. “Even though half the tracks are instrumentals, I feel like I’m writing pop songs,” she says. “We really concentrated on the melodies. Everything I write tends to be dense and chordal, but this time the idea was to layer the challenging guitar work under very simple, beautiful melodies. I really wanted them to be memorable.”
That strict attention to song craft is a logical step for King, whose previous album, 2006’s …Until We Felt Red propelled this dazzling young guitar player and composer, known to instrumental music fans for her finger-picking, fret-slapping, and percussive thumping style, into previously uncharted indie-rock territory. Produced by post-rock kingpin John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and Cake), Red was filled with lush, ambient soundscapes that “sound like the abstract, dreamy, and hypnotic end of alternative rock,” as the New York Times noted in its review.
When Kaki King went into the studio in upstate New York to record the tracks for her fourth album, Dreaming Of Revenge, her producer, Malcolm Burn, had one condition: “He said, ‘If someone can’t be sawing a log in half and whistling along to the song, I don’t want it on the record,’” King recalls with a laugh.
And so the bar was set. Burn’s mandate was just the push King needed to make her most accessible CD yet. “Even though half the tracks are instrumentals, I feel like I’m writing pop songs,” she says. “We really concentrated on the melodies. Everything I write tends to be dense and chordal, but this time the idea was to layer the challenging guitar work under very simple, beautiful melodies. I really wanted them to be memorable.”
That strict attention to song craft is a logical step for King, whose previous album, 2006’s …Until We Felt Red propelled this dazzling young guitar player and composer, known to instrumental music fans for her finger-picking, fret-slapping, and percussive thumping style, into previously uncharted indie-rock territory. Produced by post-rock kingpin John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and Cake), Red was filled with lush, ambient soundscapes that “sound like the abstract, dreamy, and hypnotic end of alternative rock,” as the New York Times noted in its review.
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Kaki King: 2 O'Clock
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Kaki King: Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
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Kaki King - These Are The Armies Of The Tyrannized
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Doing the Wrong Thing
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Playing With Pink Noise
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Shoutbox
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dreamofrevenge wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Kaki%20King/_/LoveStoned ^_^
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mikey897 wrote:
I traveled all the way to los angeles to see you play. And cant wait for your show at in the venue.
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BaxterisaBaxter wrote:
Last night, I dreamed that I found a double-album by her and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy at a thrift store. I'm pretty disappointed by the fact that it you know doesn't exist.
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lagginswag wrote:
i love you
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dreamofrevenge wrote:
Vote for the Kaki King pics here please! http://www.last.fm/music/Day+Sleeper
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inthebetween wrote:
Surprised dreaming of revenge isn't one of the top albums
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virgult wrote:
Life being what it is, we all dream of revenge... I love you, kaki.
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Beccawilsonxx wrote:
yeaaa! its one of my favorites
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whatsername707 wrote:
Doing The Wrong Thing is one hell of a song!
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xkaix wrote:
love her more every listen, every day
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Bramberr wrote:
Looking forward to her performance in Rotown she's great:D
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Beccawilsonxx wrote:
ditto!
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banyanette wrote:
Oh dear, I think im actually in love with Kaki King
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PonKsX wrote:
so fucking good.
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ffion_nia wrote:
yummmmmmmmmmy
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motionpicture wrote:
Dreaming of REVENGE
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Loni89 wrote:
what's the newest album?
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i0ngunn3r wrote:
yeahhh
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Beccawilsonxx wrote:
yay! "Dreaming Of Revenge" is awesome!
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lusion01 wrote:
Managed to get "Dreaming of Revenge", and I'm lovin' it!
Events
- Oct 9 Kaki King Higher Ground, Burlington, United States
- Oct 10 Kaki King Paradise Rock Club, Boston, United States
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The Mountain Goats
Park West, Chicago, United States
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