Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/10/86)
Really-From: ranjit%cory.Berkeley.EDU@BERKELEY.EDU (Ranjit Bhatnagar) Newsgroups: mod.music.gaffa Subject: Re: KUKL - and more >Really-From: hogge@p.cs.uiuc.edu (John Hogge) >I'm talking about their "Holidays in Europe" LP and their (self titled?) EP, >probably their only releases. I thought I'd heard that name (KUKL) so I looked in my pile of old cassettes- turns out there's an album called "The Eye" which I recorded off of KALX years ago - and eventually erased. But unless I got it wrong, there _is_ another album to look for. OK - just what IS that thing in the photo on the back of "The Whole Story?" It looks like it might really be something. Random Band of the month: Batang Frisco - intrigued by the name, I picked it up. I just put it on the turntable so as to describe it. Off to a bad start, with boring rhythm and ordinary synthesizers, but it gets more interesting. The rhymes and melody are vaguely reminiscent of the Residents. Other than that, I can't describe. Synth organ reminds me of Meredith Monk. Any suggestions for what to do with a sound sampler? (Besides the obvious.) Inspired Album of the month: Scott Johnson's "John Somebody." Restored my faith in the human race. Well, anyway, it's fun to listen to. Observation: Danielle Dax' album covers are so beautiful, I might actually buy an album. What is the music like? enough- -Ranjit
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/10/86)
Really-From: seismo!rochester!ur-tut!huds (hudson) With regards to KUKL, is this an import band from the CRASS label?? There is a very good Icelandic band of something close to that spelling. The driving force to KUKL(e), Thaert, and a couple other 2-album groups was also involved in a calaborative effort with the half of Killing Joke. Two members quit the band and left civilization for Iceland hoping to escape a pending nuclear holocost. Things didn't work out, the Icelanders felt the Jokers where manipulative and deceitful and deported them from the country. For collectors - the only Icelandic tunes available are through the CRASS catalogue. Art Dog
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/11/86)
Really-From: hogge@p.cs.uiuc.edu (John Hogge) >Really-From: ranjit%cory.Berkeley.EDU@BERKELEY.EDU (Ranjit Bhatnagar) >>Really-From: hogge@p.cs.uiuc.edu (John Hogge) >>I'm talking about their "Holidays in Europe" LP and their (self titled?) EP, >>probably their only releases. >I thought I'd heard that name (KUKL) so I looked in my pile of old cassettes- >turns out there's an album called "The Eye" which I recorded off of KALX >years ago - and eventually erased. But unless I got it wrong, there _is_ >another album to look for. Sorry, you're right. "The Eye" is the EP (there is no self-titled EP). Someone else just wrote asking "what is this KUKL stuff". From local record store: "Experimental positive punk led by female vocalist; ex members of Iceland's Pur-Kurr Pillnick (unsure of spelling). -good-" And good it is indeed. Unusual stuff with strong (but not overly loud in mix) vocals & strong lyrics, usually delivered in "rap" with sentual feel, possibly because it's cold in Iceland. Music is experimental rock with a looney, tense, almost circus-like atmosphere. --John