The Real King(s) of Spain
Mr Wolf's
32 St Nicholas Street
Nov 30, 2017
9:00 PM UTC
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AboutSongSmith is 10! After a month of celebrations, go along to the grand finale on November 30th at Mr Wolf's!With Cosmic Ninja (Alt/Electronic Rock), The Real King(s) of Spain (Art Rock/Spoken Word), Itinerants (Multi Genre/Samba/Rock) & Katie MF (Singer/Songwriter).Tickets: advance £2.50, £3 on the door
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The Real King(s) of Spain Biography
QJB and Doc Satori, aka The Real King(s) of Spain, are an experimental art rock duo who incorporate electronic, instrumental, spoken word, sample, internet-download and political elements into their sound. They fuse melody and rhythm with an occasionally more discordant score to reflect the nature of the lyrics, which deal with subjects from class antagonism to Dionysian excess and many others in between. Their forthcoming album, The Future of Mass Hysteria, is a rich and textured recording that explores the pain, anger, fury, injustice, hallucinatory bliss, hope and intoxication of the human spirit.
Veterans of the singer-songwriter circuit, the Bristol-based musicians met around 2008 and first collaborated on a 6-minute spoken word piece, Songs of Katrina, which addresses the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Buoyed by the outcome of that collaboration they began writing and the new album is the result. They are interested in playing small theatres and auditoriums, incorporating visual elements into live performance.
The album is a far cry from the anything the duo have done in their solo careers or with other groups and collaborators but is informed by their shared political views and a wish to create something new. ‘The Future of Mass Hysteria’ is an album that comprises electronica, instrumentation, spoken word, sung vocals, downloads, samples and is a mixture of political and artistic material - angry, blissed, provocative, hallucinatory, experimental, poppy, using their experience of previous projects fused with that indefinable ‘magic’ that exists in any successful collaboration. Working to a philosophy of only including that which they both agree on they have raised the bar for each other lyrically, musically and creatively.
The single “To Watch Over Me” tells of a society filled with a network of cameras spying on our every public move under the pretence of protection but also speaks of the desperate need to be needed and the suffocating relationships that exist between people and their government, religion and between each other. The video in production now uses powerful stark imagery to tell the story and enhances the artistic element of the work.
The album was co-produced and remixed with the vastly experienced local Bristol producer Paul Whitrow, veteran of Channel House Studios and has been creating interest on the local scene with both new and established figures. Released in late 2013 and receiving air play and local plaudits the album is due for a national launch in May 2014.
Doc and Q have also put together a live show and band to promote the album and first single "To Watch Over Me". Both agreed that they want more than a simple re-tread of the album, something that would be difficult to achieve in any case. The band has already played at such notable Bristol venues as Mr Wolf's, Exchange and The Fleece and from March have a series of further dates in Bristol including St Paul's Carnival and their first dates out of Bristol in Cinderford, Bath and at The Hope and Anchor for their first London appearance.
The live band features:
Chris Hales (keyboards)
Stuart Chalmers (Drums)
Doc Satori (vocals/percussion/keyboards)
QJB (vocals/bass/guitars/keyboards)
Len Liechti (bass and electric guitars, vocals)
Luis Maria Cebrian Eroles (keyboards)
Read MoreVeterans of the singer-songwriter circuit, the Bristol-based musicians met around 2008 and first collaborated on a 6-minute spoken word piece, Songs of Katrina, which addresses the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Buoyed by the outcome of that collaboration they began writing and the new album is the result. They are interested in playing small theatres and auditoriums, incorporating visual elements into live performance.
The album is a far cry from the anything the duo have done in their solo careers or with other groups and collaborators but is informed by their shared political views and a wish to create something new. ‘The Future of Mass Hysteria’ is an album that comprises electronica, instrumentation, spoken word, sung vocals, downloads, samples and is a mixture of political and artistic material - angry, blissed, provocative, hallucinatory, experimental, poppy, using their experience of previous projects fused with that indefinable ‘magic’ that exists in any successful collaboration. Working to a philosophy of only including that which they both agree on they have raised the bar for each other lyrically, musically and creatively.
The single “To Watch Over Me” tells of a society filled with a network of cameras spying on our every public move under the pretence of protection but also speaks of the desperate need to be needed and the suffocating relationships that exist between people and their government, religion and between each other. The video in production now uses powerful stark imagery to tell the story and enhances the artistic element of the work.
The album was co-produced and remixed with the vastly experienced local Bristol producer Paul Whitrow, veteran of Channel House Studios and has been creating interest on the local scene with both new and established figures. Released in late 2013 and receiving air play and local plaudits the album is due for a national launch in May 2014.
Doc and Q have also put together a live show and band to promote the album and first single "To Watch Over Me". Both agreed that they want more than a simple re-tread of the album, something that would be difficult to achieve in any case. The band has already played at such notable Bristol venues as Mr Wolf's, Exchange and The Fleece and from March have a series of further dates in Bristol including St Paul's Carnival and their first dates out of Bristol in Cinderford, Bath and at The Hope and Anchor for their first London appearance.
The live band features:
Chris Hales (keyboards)
Stuart Chalmers (Drums)
Doc Satori (vocals/percussion/keyboards)
QJB (vocals/bass/guitars/keyboards)
Len Liechti (bass and electric guitars, vocals)
Luis Maria Cebrian Eroles (keyboards)
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