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Seattle, United States (1998 – present)
There are two bands named “Kinski”.
1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) - because Chris Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to Klaus.
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.
Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O..
Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.
In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.
1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. They are named after the infamous German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) - because Chris Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to Klaus.
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.
Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O..
Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.
In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.
Videos
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Kinski - "Crybaby Blowout"
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Kinski "The Wives of Artie Shaw"
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Kinski "Rhode Island Freakout"
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Kinski - The Wives of Artie Shaw
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Cetamora wrote:
Hm or Kinski? Kinsky is not like the Moogies.
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inwidhlemmas wrote:
= Mogwai
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Cetamora wrote:
Headphone-music
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lobschta wrote:
*waaaaah* - how could it be be that i never heard something of them the last 10 years - what a shame :O
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SpittingHatred wrote:
kinski is criminally underrated. great band.
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Ropert wrote:
Post rock, smoscht rock. Who give a s*** about genres anyways? As long as you like to listen to it, why care what other people call it?
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Grizz wrote:
For those that think they aren't post rock - Their sound has evolved a lot over the last few years. I wouldn't really ever describe their sound in that way but Airs above your station does come pretty close. Alpine static won't be beaten in terms of greatness I doubt, brings me back...
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arsenale wrote:
i love sooooooooo much this band - but their album art is awful! .
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kekka_fuza wrote:
i think i blew it is such a good track as well as that helmut poe kid is weird. i totally rock this on the metro bus rides.
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Endolith wrote:
Wow
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Bod1k wrote:
great sound
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Rock-A-Rolla wrote:
Check out the interview with Kinski in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla magazine! Available from www.rock-a-rolla.com
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dbrain0 wrote:
Terrific album art.
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ZizziAsFolk wrote:
Loved them in London in Feb. But I was sooo hoping for a track from Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle. The last album is great, but BGWWT is the best!
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Vedanta wrote:
Saw them open for Tool last year. Wonderful. Doesn't sound like post-rock though. Wtf.
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brahmin63 wrote:
if there is a god.. he/she will like this music ;) awesome ... Semaphore is one of their best ...
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136 wrote:
I've only heard Down Below It's Chaos and It's a great great album, but It isn't post-rock...
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naliak wrote:
A band that once sounded huge on record, doesn't sound much like pushing at anything now. And if there is a below under all this, and its chaos, then why don't i get any hint of that? Set aside Boy, Was I Mad!.
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theberlindoctor wrote:
down below is fucking tops guys, congrats!
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carriepants wrote:
Yummy.
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Recent Activity
- ruckalicious added Kinski to the lineup of Kinski at Neumo's. yesterday morning
- bossmoss wrote about Kinski in Konserter 2008. Tuesday evening
- rscottoliver, hnorthrop, andrewbass and 2 other people added Kinski to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- DAANELMO tagged Kinski with ‘kinski’. Sunday morning
- sch tagged Kinski with ‘dj martian’. Saturday evening
- Robinson_SK tagged Kinski with ‘post-rock’. Saturday afternoon
- aRj4n wrote about Kinski in 2008. Friday afternoon
- kf80, mrsticker and livechester added Kinski to their libraries. Friday afternoon
- ridurand tagged Kinski with ‘post-rock’. 9 days ago
- wielmoznypan, PEPEHDZ, Saixxx and 1 other person added Kinski to their libraries. 9 days ago
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