Kinski
While debating the merits of analog vs. digital recording in a Seattle pub, guitarist Chris Martin and bassist Lucy Atkinson were interrupted by the bartender, drummer Dave Weeks. He said, definitively, that analog was superior; thus, Kinski came into being. This same spontaneity would come to define their multi-layered noise rock, reminiscent of Sonic Youth at their most experimental. Kinski began playing live in 1998. By the summer of 1999, the trio had released its first record, Space Launch for Frenchie. With six songs clocking in at 45 minutes, it inevitably sparked some debate of its own: EP or LP? Later that year, the band explored newer textures in its live set, and friend Matthew Reid Schwartz (guitar, keyboards) was added to the lineup. Kinski have toured with Mainliner (Japan), Hovercraft, and Silkworm. In 2001, their follow-up, Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle, arrived. Two years later, the group returned with its Sub Pop debut, Airs Above Your Station; by this time, Barrett Wilke had taken over as drummer from Dave Weeks. A split release with Acid Mothers Temple was also issued in 2003. A West Coast tour supporting Mission of Burma coincided with Kinski's fourth album, Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water, in spring 2004. Alpine Static followed in 2005. Released in 2007, Down Below It's Chaos added a '70s hard rock vibe and vocals to their intense drones. Following a string of collaborative releases, including a split 7" with Bardo Pond, sixth album Cosy Moments arrived on Kill Rock Stars in 2013, ending a relatively dormant five-year stretch between albums. Just two years later, Kinski were back with a new album, titled 7 (Or 8). In 2018, the band celebrated their 20th anniversary with a pair of releases. In October of that year they reissued their 2001 record Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle on vinyl and put out a brand-new record. Accustomed to Your Face was produced and recorded by Phil Manley (Trans Am), who also worked on 7 (Or 8).
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 4 Jan 2019
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Accustomed to Your Face
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 12 Oct 2018
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Down Below It's Chaos (Album)
Rock - Released by Sub Pop Records on 21 Aug 2007
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Cosy Moments
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 2 Apr 2013
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Airs Above Your Station (Album)
Rock - Released by Sub Pop Records on 21 Jan 2003
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SpaceLaunch For Frenchie
Alternative & Indie - Released by Strange Attractors Audio House on 1 Jan 2005
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Alpine Static (Album)
Rock - Released by Sub Pop Records on 12 Jul 2005
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7 (or 8)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 2 Jun 2015
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Semaphore
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sub Pop Records on 11 Aug 2006
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Don't Climb On And Take The Holy Water
Alternative & Indie - Released by Strange Attractors Audio House on 4 May 2004
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Accustomed to Your Face (Abridged Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 12 Oct 2018
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TRIBUTOR - A Torment to KREATOR
Kinski, Japanische Kampfhörspiele
Metal - Released by Bastardized Recordings on 10 Jun 2022
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Kinski 101 + Guest Girl Vocalist
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 30 Aug 2018
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I Didn't Mean To Interrupt Your Beautiful Moment
Rock - Released by Three Lobed Recordings on 3 Oct 2006
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Sandrider + Kinski
Rock - Released by Good To Die Records on 17 Feb 2015
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Flight Risk
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 28 Apr 2015
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Last Day on Earth - Single
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 5 Mar 2013
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Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski
Literature - Released by Folkways Records on 1 Jan 1962
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Conflict Free Diamonds - Single
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kill Rock Stars on 5 Mar 2013
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