King Tut
Be prepared!! This is psychedelic!! This is experimental!! This is…well, this is rock of a particular sort.
Check out “1000 Machines ft John Z” if you don’t believe it. Maybe you’ll want to listen to “Our Friday Is Your Wednesday.” Those selections from Amaro Dolce (2008) are not dance music. They certainly don’t qualify, in this writer’s opinion, as road-trip tunes. I guess they are best left as experimental, with both musician and listener engaging in experiments.
King Tut has put together some sounds that won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, so to speak. It’s interesting that they have done this from the beautiful, tree-covered land of Asheville, North Carolina. That’s not surprising, really, because the environment there can be inspiring.
Try on this PR move from the band’s Web site. “If you would like to use our music as a part of a soundtrack to a movie or a skate film, or a part of a dance or art piece, please do! We will not charge you any royalties–you can use any and all of our songs for free. The one condition we have is that you credit us somewhere in the liner notes or, I guess, the credits.”
Who is (are) King Tut? Mark Boyd and Drew Veres.
Some of you will love it.
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Well though quite different than what we usually have in the name of music.The two of the tracks I have liked quite to an extent, these are :Early Macintosh and Here it is and there it goes.May be few people don’t like the style but it is surely going to be loved by most.
The fashion for psychedelic drugs gave its name to the visual style of psychedelia, a term describing a category of rock music known as psychedelic rock, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Psychedelia generally began in 1966, but truly took off in 1967 with the Summer of Love. Although associated with San Francisco, the style soon spread across the US, and worldwide.
I have never been much of a fan of psychedelia. The sound and visual aesthetics of it are too bizarre for me, and (maybe because I was very young at the time of the Summer of Love) the whole philosophy behind that style of rock is just too alienating for me. The music is too…I don’t know what adjective to affix to it….suffused with drug use or at least the association with drugs, so that is a personal turn-off right there.
King Tut are pretty good, in terms of actual experiments in their experimental music. Maybe not the next Einstürzende Neubauten, but a good listen nonetheless. I’m keeping my eyes and ears on them, as I’m sure they won’t dissapoint. I’m just hoping they won’t go too psychedelic, as that’s been done to death since the hippie era.
So I went and listened to “Our Friday is Your Wednesday” and I have to say I don’t think it has a rock vibe at all. It sounded more like hip hop music to me. I do think it would make a good soundtrack for certain kinds of movies, and offering it for free is a good move to promote their band. Of course, some company has to take the offer up first.
Hey thanks to the person who did this review! If you send us an email with your address we’ll send you a physical copy of our debut CD “Chopping Wood & Carrying Water” if you want to review that too. The stuff on the website has shuffled around a bit and for a time the only stuff that was up there was electronica, but not so anymore. I encourage people who didn’t like the other stuff to take a look again and see if there’s anything that piques your interest this time. We’re pretty eclectic and we went through a period of writing cheesy electro songs but that is somewhat over now. Thanks for everyone who listened though. http://www.myspace.com/kingtutband http://www.thesixtyone.com/kingtutband
oh also anyone who wants all of our songs for free can message us on facebook, myspace, or thesixtyone with their email address and we’ll send all the songs to your inbox there (make sure it’s got a big inbox though there are about 47 songs we send). you can also email us at kingtutband ATTT gmail DOTTT com