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King Creosote

KC Rules OK - 20th Anniversary Edition

    Originally released in the UK on September 19th, 2005, 'KC Rules OK' quickly became a fan favourite, solidifying King Creosote (aka Kenny Anderson) as a unique voice in British indie folk. The album spawned several notable singles, including 'Bootprints', 'Favourite Girl', and '678', all of whichshowcased Anderson's distinctive songwriting.

    The 2CD Deluxe edition pulls together a collection of B sides, songs and remixes, many from the fabled Chorlton And the Wh’Earlies unreleased promo CD including four songs that are completely commercially unreleased and are currently unavailable digitally.

    TRACK LISTING

    LP Tracklisting:
    1. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED
    2. YOU ARE COULD I?
    3. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT
    4. BOOTPRINTS
    5. LOCKED TOGETHER
    6. JUMP AT THE CATS
    7. GUESS THE TIME
    8. MY FAVOURITE GIRL
    9. I’LL FLY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS
    10. 678
    11. MARGUERITA RED

    CD Tracklisting:
    1. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED
    2. YOU ARE COULD I?
    3. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT
    4. BOOTPRINTS
    5. LOCKED TOGETHER
    6. JUMP AT THE CATS
    7. GUESS THE TIME
    8. MY FAVOURITE GIRL
    9. I’LL FLY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS
    10. 678
    11. MARGUERITA RED
    12. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED (MODLANG REMIX)
    13. CASINO CLUBBING
    14. LITTLE HEART
    15. YOU WANT TO WALK
    16. FROWN
    17. ACQUAINTANCE (THE SOMEONE ELSE DEAF MUTES REMIX)
    18. 678 (B&Q VERSION)
    19. MARGUERITA RED (B&Q VERSION)
    20. SO FORLORN (B&Q VERSION)
    21. BOOTPRINTS (HOT CHIP REMIX)
    22. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT (JON HOPKINS REMIX)

    King Creosote

    I DES

      They say long live the king and all, but nothing’s ever set in stone. A quarter of a century since his self-inflicted coronation, and self-released debut solo album, Kenny Anderson - DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known as King Creosote - has released over 100 records (at a relatively conservative guess), collaborated with the likes of Jon Hopkins,KT Tunstall, Beta Band’s Lone Pigeon, and had his songs covered and performed by artists including Patti Smith and Simple Minds. Yet he’s still standing, fallible, doubtful, patched together, bloody-minded and unbowed. He’s got a new LP, despite or perhaps because of it all. It’s called I DES.

      While the record’s kaleidoscopic musical terrain plots vibraphones, accordions, e-bows, samplers, ungulates, scratched records and wine glass-drones across its landscape, there’s common ground in the wonder of the synthesiser – not to mention Anderson’s singular voice, and his roguish, roving, ever-evolving, gorgeous songs in the key of Fife.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Andy says: A totally gorgeous and varied album blending tasty electronics with a whole host of acoustic instruments. There's a lot of heartache and sorrow this time out, but the over all feeling is one of a deep sense of beauty. Kenny is such a great songwriter. It's been worth the wait!

      TRACK LISTING

      1. It’s Sin That’s Got Its Hold Upon Us
      2. Blue Marbled Elm Trees
      3. Burial Bleak
      4. Dust
      5. Walter De La Nightmare
      6. Susie Mullen
      7. Love Is A Curse
      8. Ides
      9. Please Come Back I Will Listen, I Will Behave, I Will Toe The Line
      10. Drone In B#

      King Creosote

      Rocket DIY

        ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ is the home-recorded follow up to 2003’s ‘Kenny and Beth’s Musakal Boat Rides’. Instead of a collection of songs spanning several years, ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ contains 12 songs, all written and recorded over a period of weeks. Acoustic guitar and piano based songs have been embellished with accordion, banjo, electronics and a smattering of samples. Collective drummers OnTheFly and Captain Geeko deliver an altogether new punch, with Pip Dylan’s pedal steel adding that final twang. ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ can best be described as a recollection of a hectic year. From the cosmic highs to the lunar lows come world weary themes of age consciousness and humdrum household chores sitting alongside wideeyed travel adventures and far-fetched yarns. With its scratchy sentiments, anthemic yearnings and downright nonsense, ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’, like ‘Kenny and Beth’s Musakal Boat Rides’ before it, takes you on a Neukian journey possibly not as far as the stars but one you’ll want to take again.

        TRACK LISTING

        Twin Tub Twin
        Saffy Nool
        Klutz
        Cor’ws Feet
        Spooned Out On Tick
        PH 6.5
        Circle My Demise
        King Bubbles In Sand
        The Things, Things, Things
        A Month Of Firsts
        Thrills & Spills
        The Someone Else

        King Creosote

        From Scotland With Love

          Composed of eleven stunning and emotive tracks, ‘From Scotland With Love’ was written by King Creosote and produced by music supervisor and guitarist David McAulay, with additional production by Paul Savage, in Chem19 Studios in Glasgow.

          The record features King Creosote accompanied by his band - Derek O’Neill (keyboards), Andy Robinson (drums), Pete Mcleod (bass) and Kevin Brolly (clarinet) - as well as an additional string section (arranged by cellist Pete Harvey) and a choir of backing vocalists.

          ‘From Scotland With Love’ was created in collaboration with director Virginia Heath and producer Grant Keir as an audio-accompaniment to a poetic documentary film of the same name, to be released for the Commonwealth Games this summer. Featuring archive footage but no narration or interview, the film works around themes of love and loss, war, resistance, emigration, work and play and is driven as much by the music as it is the images. For the first time King Creosote found himself being able to write from other people’s perspectives, such as the female characters found in the archive (the ‘fisher lassies’ inspired the moving track ‘Cargill’, for example). The result is ‘From Scotland With Love’, one of King Creosote’s most widescreen cinematic and finest pieces of work to date.

          TRACK LISTING

          Something To Believe In
          Cargill
          Largs (Short)
          Miserable Strangers
          Leaf Piece (Short)
          For One Night Only
          Bluebell, Cockleshell, 123
          One Floor Down
          Crystal 8s
          Pauper’s Dough
          A Prairie Tale

          King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

          Diamond Mine

            "Diamond Mine" is a unique and heartrending collaboration between Scottish Fence Collective boss and singer King Creosote and electronic talent and sound sculptor Jon Hopkins.

            Described by King Creosote as a 'soundtrack to a romanticised version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village', the record weaves in field recordings of Fife life, bike wheels, spring tides, tea cups and café chatter to produce a beautiful, unique and timeless album.

            The album is already being talked about as King Creosote’s masterpiece, a modern equivalent of Talk Talk’s "Spirit of Eden".

            TRACK LISTING

            1. First Watch
            2. John Taylor’s Month Away
            3. Bats In The Attic
            4. Running On Fumes
            5. Bubble
            6. Your Own Spell
            7. Your Young Voice


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