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King Midas

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One night late in 20th century Mr G showed the way down to a dark Oslo cellar. The ceiling, floors and walls of the club were fuming from the excited vibes manufactured by women of all ages, as we stopped and stood and gasped amazed at the extraordinary happening. On a small corner stage performed a gang of whitely dressed boys the view of their theatrically still faces diffused by only a simple and absurd slide show. The sound and vision they made was from their very own world, disconnected to anything contemporary outside the cellar but opening a direct line to Pink Floyd before Barrett blew his mind, pre-success Kraftwerk, The Doors with Mr Mojo beneath 100 kilos, The Thin White Duke just about to lose it in Berlin, lysergic Beatles and Stones reaching for Heaven and Hell. And the little and the big girls understood, as they always have. A complete reverse mirroring then, of The Yardbirds going nuts as their daft audience stand washed in white light, completely still and unexcited until a battered wreck of a guitar tossed from the stage throws them into a frenzy, in the Antonioni masterpiece film ‘Blow-up’. Nordic godlike boys playing white funk. It’s happened before but never as sharp as this. Coolish, but soft. Far out indeed, but very straight to the point. Held back yet outright sexy. They have traveled long and far to give us this album. From being Norway’s best kept musical secret they will simply have to pass that precious position on to some other gang.

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norwegian, rock, indie, norway, norsk
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aprlsks wrote:
September 2008

Det du sa.

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fredsdx wrote:
April 2008

Jeg forstår ikke hvorfor King Midas er ikke mer kjent enn det de er. Det er jo kanonbra musikk!

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Haakzich wrote:
December 2007

Sorry er et kanonbra album.

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eirikdh wrote:
May 2007

De var helt fantastiske på Bergenfest! Jeg er imponert :D Vokalisten eide scenen under hele konserten! Maken til energisk vokalist :) Et band som fortjener å bli hørt av mange og bli elsket av alle. For det de gjør er SUPERT!

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Fretta wrote:
April 2007

Joda

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Olejakobe wrote:
March 2007

king midas fortjener litt suksess snart. ingen tvil om at de er blant de beste banda i norge.

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stripeteku wrote:
February 2007

I love West End Boys.

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