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Kinski

Flute playing psych-rock flag wavers, Kinski, started out as a trio dabbling in rock'n'roll until they found their calling as a psychedelia-infused instrumental four-piece. 'Our early influences were the usual biggies - The Beatles, Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath,' explains guitarist Chris Martin (no, not that one), 'but over the last few years we've been rediscovering the 70s German scene and finding out there's a psych scene in Turkey and Argentina.'

Guitarist/flute-player extraordinaire Matthew Reid-Schwartz, who is the newest member of the band, grew up listening to a different kind of music to his band-mates. 'As a flute-player I was a classical musician for years and listened to lots of contemporary classical music,' he says. Hence the influence of Steve Reich that sub-consciously pervades through Kinski's music.

OneMusic listeners might like to note that Kinski's resident flautist also declares an unabashed love for The Fall. 'Hex Induction Hour was my first Fall album, it was so different, the music as well as the vocal delivery.'

It was a dream come true for Matthew when Kinski nabbed a support slot with Mark E Smith's band. And what did he make of his idol? 'He wasn't very friendly," says Matthew "but then I don't blame him. I did go a bit over the top like an over-excited teenager!'

Completing the line-up are Barrett Wilke on drums and Lucy Atkinson on bass. Formed seven years ago, the Seattle fourpiece have just unleashed their fifth album, Alpine Static on Sub Pop. It's a powerful fusillade of intense experimental music that is, as their biog aptly sums up, 'music with emotion, fun and a sense of adventure."

They'll be doing four tracks in session, kicking off with Hiding Drugs in the Temple Part 2, a song whose title renders little to the imagination. Next up is The Wives of Artie Shaw, concerning the life of big band leader Artie Shaw and his many wives.

Third track in session is The Party Which You Know Will Be Heavy - a monster of a track that, quite likely will also perform the role of this week's Midnight Mosh. There's also Gimme Gimme Good Lovin, a cover of a song by Crazy Elephant, a band from the late sixties and a 'good example of bubblegum music,' according to Matthew who informs OneMusic that it's 'a particular passion of Chris in the band, and to us all...'

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