King Midas Sound News and Photos

Karenn, King Midas Sound, Dj Qu, RP Boo, and More Confirmed for Unsound Festival

Mon, May 20 2013 5:17pm - Source: XLR8R

After a stellar four-day session in New York last year, the seminal Unsound Festival has revealed the first wave of artists slated to appear at its upcoming 11th edition, taking place in Krakow, Poland this fall.

Unsound Krakow 2013: First Names Announced

Mon, May 20 2013 10:18am - Source: The Quietus

Unsound, the long-running festival of experimental and electronic music that takes place every year in Krakow, Poland, have announced the first names for the 2013 edition of the festival.

Editors' Picks: Our Favourite Albums And Tracks

Fri, May 10 2013 4:53pm - Source: The Quietus

The worst aspect of music journalism, in some respects, is its tendency to encourage lists.

Grouper released unreleased material, playing shows; The Bug playing shows too (dates & streams)

Tue, March 12 2013 1:52pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Back in February, Grouper , aka ambient/psych folk musician Liz Harris, returned with The Man Who Died in His Boat , an album of unreleased music from 2008.

Andy Stott - Luxury Problems

Fri, November 02 2012 12:40pm - Source: The Quietus

One of the most thrilling aspects of Andy Stott's recent pair of idiosyncratic EPs ( Passed Me By and We Stay Together ) was the feeling that one was glimpsing only a fragment of the picture.

Things The Quietus Learned At Incubate Festival 2012

Fri, September 21 2012 1:28pm - Source: The Quietus

Last week, the Quietus temporarily relocated to Tilburg, in the Netherlands for this year's edition of the Incubate festival.

LIVE REPORT: King Midas Sound, Incubate

Thu, September 13 2012 1:08pm - Source: The Quietus

Bass and rotor chug collide in the air and throb like a migraine.

Quietus Mix 70: Lying Face Down On The Kitchen Floor Thinking About God

Thu, September 13 2012 12:38pm - Source: The Quietus

Essential moral and technical help provided by John Tatlock.

Mala - Mala in Cuba

Fri, August 31 2012 4:12pm - Source: BBC Music

In 2011, London dubstep producer Mala travelled to Havana at the behest of Gilles Peterson to collaborate with Cuban musicians.

The Bug - Acid Ragga 7"

Mon, August 20 2012 9:47am - Source: The Quietus

There's a common analogy that paints dub artist as alchemist or laboratory technician, spending anxious hours hunched over esoteric pieces of equipment in an effort to crack the magic formula that turns base sound into reverb-drenched gold.

Napalm Death For Incubate!

Thu, July 26 2012 1:02pm - Source: The Quietus

Our friends in the Netherlands Incubate have pulled a blinder and booked grindcore/death metal royalty, Napalm Death for this year's festival.

The Top 20 Albums of the First Half of 2012

Mon, July 23 2012 11:08am - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Pluto is the rare 21st Century Atlanta Rap album that is an album in the classic sense of the word.

Music news round up: w/e 14 July

Sat, July 14 2012 5:27am - Source: The Music Mix

'Hurricane' will be the next single released by Chew Lips , out on September 3rd through the duo's own label Family Records as part of a new deal with Sony Music.

Quietus Mix 67: Konx-Om-Pax's Glasgow Heat Wave

Wed, July 11 2012 2:45pm - Source: The Quietus

Those familiar with the kaleidoscopic and hallucinatory visual work of Konx-Om-Pax, aka Glasgow based artist and producer Tom Scholefield, could be forgiven for thinking they may have a decent idea of what his music might hypothetically sound like.

The Quietus Presents: King Midas Sound & JK Flesh

Tue, July 03 2012 12:46pm - Source: The Quietus

Supersonic Festival and The Quietus would like to present two shows this Autumn featuring King Midas Sound and JK Flesh.

Oneohtrix Point Never: Dog in the Fog EP

Wed, June 20 2012 5:08am - Source: Pitchfork Media

It makes perfect sense that Oneohtrix Point Never 's brilliant Replica would have a remix addendum.

Black Sun Rising: The Congos Interviewed

Mon, June 11 2012 8:26am - Source: The Quietus

'Fisherman', the most famous song by The Congos and the opening track from Heart Of The Congos , is well known and loved enough to be considered an absolute classic within the relatively large field of vocal reggae.

Drowned in Bristol #8

Fri, December 09 2011 9:27am - Source: Drowned In Sound

I love the tail end of the year, mostly because I'm just a geeky kid at heart and I like making lists.

From Bedroom to Stage: Taking Beats Live

Wed, November 09 2011 3:16pm - Source: JUS' LIKE MUSIC

It's a conundrum that's faced producers since the dawning of the dance age.

King Midas Sound - Without You

Mon, November 07 2011 9:37am - Source: Drowned In Sound

Chaos reigns " were the words of the self-disembowelling fox in the film I watched last night.

King Midas Sound - Without You

Thu, November 03 2011 12:00pm - Source: The Quietus

'It is always to seize that person in a mass, extract him or her from a group, however small, in which he or she participates ... then to find that person's own packs, the multiplicities he or she encloses within himself or herself which may be of an entirely different nature.

The Revolution Will Be Digitised - The Bug

Wed, July 20 2011 8:29am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Revolutions inevitably go one of two ways.

Drowned in Bristol #4

Fri, April 08 2011 9:06am - Source: Drowned In Sound

There's a temptation to approach a local column as if you're writing some sort of musical prospectus - a sort of 'come to our city 'cus our city has the best music scene' manifesto.

BLOC Weekend 2011: A DiS Preview

Thu, February 17 2011 10:29am - Source: Drowned In Sound

It's fair to say that DiS is no stranger to Butlins, Minehead.

Hyperdub Goes To Berghain

Tue, December 21 2010 1:57pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

London based electronic imprint Hyperdub has announced details of a special party at Berlin club Berghain.

The Bug – The Infected EP

Mon, November 15 2010 2:12pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Kevin Martin aka The Bug is a methodical figure who has explored a wide spectrum of jazz, punk, hip hop, and bass related music in the last two decades.

Supersonic Festival – The Custard Factory, Birmingham 22/10 – 24/10/2010

Wed, November 03 2010 2:38pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Now in its 8th year, Supersonic is more than simply a music festival.

Supersonic 2010: The DiS Review

Tue, November 02 2010 11:02am - Source: Drowned In Sound

This year Mark Ward and Andrzej Lukowski went down to Birmingham's Supersonic festival, where they bore witness to Swans and some other bands.

Supersonic Festival 2010

Thu, October 28 2010 1:49pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Waking up in a city to the clanking sound of steel bashing against concrete only seeks to reinforce why Birmingham is the home of metal music.

Darkstar - North

Mon, October 18 2010 6:09am - Source: Pitchfork Media

North is a synth-pop album, and not synth-pop like general concept but synth-pop like historical formality.

The Weekly Roundup: October 1, 2010

Fri, October 01 2010 11:27am - Source: Beatportal

One of the biggest pieces of news this week is the arrival of a new Burial tune: the reclusive Hyperdub artist turns up out of nowhere with a new remix of Commix —on Metalheadz , of all places.

Favourite 50: The Bug London Zoo (chosen by Si Truss)

Wed, September 08 2010 12:24pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

In critical terms at least, it would be hard to argue that Kevin Martin's third album as The Bug was overlooked upon its 2008 release.

Supersonic add their final batch of acts - King Midas Sound and more!

Tue, August 10 2010 5:46pm - Source: The Music Mix

Following the news that the 2010 edition of Birmingham's acclaimed annual Supersonic Festival will be headlined by NAPALM DEATH, SWANS, GODFLESH and HALLOGALLO , Capsule are pleased to announce that a limited number of individual day tickets are now on sale, priced £20 (Friday) and £35 (Saturday/Sunday), with weekend tickets on sale at £75.