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frankee
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Posted : Sep 12, 2008 15:17
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Hey!
next live at Waveform festival this weekend on main stage, sunday 4h45
see you!
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frankee
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Posted : Sep 12, 2008 15:18
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xerxes[no]
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Posted : Sep 20, 2008 22:10
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On 2008-07-07 22:33, damon wrote:
Am I the only one dissapointed by this release? 
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at first i was, because i guess i was expecting more bounce and oomph. but as soon as my summer ended, I put this album on and it made perfect sense.
a beautiful release, IMO. I highly recommend
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frankee
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Posted : Sep 24, 2008 18:38
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Interview by Minnie
Feature: Kick Bong
Kick Bong seems to have now reached a point of subtle distillation which is very apparent in his latest musical delivery. The Album, 'Flower Power' is quite different from Kick Bong's previous album: 'A cup of tea?' which seemed to me to be more psychedelic in nature. This is a fine work of art playing with a continuous melody throughout the entire album's length which in its own cadence flows from a gentle relaxing starting point in the the first five tracks to a darker deeper and more mystical feel in the last four tracks.
He experiments now with more natural instrumentation and moves away in moments throughout the album from the electronic music genre to a more Acid Jazz and Downtempo style.The fact that he was able to maintain a similar melody throughout all the pieces is remarkable. He plays his own natural instruments which distracts us from the synthetic electro sounds we are used to in psybient, and he uses the drums, showing us yet more of his versatile nature.
The first four songs build us up to a deeper and darker revelation of the universe and his own interpretations of life and what we should put into our existence. He weaves a very deep ethnic drumbeat into many of the songs. Each song alternates with the next song being slightly faster or slower in rhythm then the previous one, with one track taking it up a notch to about 120 BPM. There is a very jazzy feel to the much of the album.The introduction to the flute brings us back to nature and makes me feel the very contented person he is. There are positive and affirmative vocals which pervade the album. The guitar-like synth also lends itself slightly to an occidental feeling reminding us tobe mindful of of the present beauty in our lives. Though later on, in the second half of the album a storm arrives which signals to us the change in Franck's viewpoint, the beat starts ebbing back again back to its more traditional psybient feeling.
Franck has a new fantastic new track out now called 'Voodoo Beach' out right now that goes into a slightly faster spin, and begins to direct us again onto a slightly faster downtempo avenue with the drums being used being as if it were Kick Bong's signature seal, and their intensity are still markedly palpable.
Franck wanted to meet at the Bastille in Paris, France. This is a the place of such rich remarkable history and such heartbreaking past I found this to be a curious place for a meeting. With the name of his latest CD 'Flower Power', this seemed like a relevant place to meet up. The Bastille was the old Paris prison that had survived the revolution of the French monarchy in by the people in 1784 and thus we met on the Anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, on July 14, in celebration of the freedom of the French people from the regime. Many famous people including the Man in the Iron mask, the Marquis De Sade, and Voltaire had been isolated within it's walls. Today Kick Bong had arranged to meet me here with a message of peace being engendered through his music.
I must say, this album is full of surprises. Just as you feel you have the continuity of the programming, it switches on you yet again, showing its subtle humor.Upon speaking with Franck, I noticed the awe he has for the cosmos and for physics in his philosophy.
MinnieM: Do you play your own natural instruments such as the flute,acoustic guitar and drums? Which drums did you use?
Kick Bong:Yes I play the drums (sonor),percussion like the conga and the bongos, bass and keyboard,. I playthe synth and I also sing. A friend of mine is playing the flute.
MinnieM:Who are your musical influences right now?
KickBong: Electro, Trip hop, Groove, New wave, Rock, Acid Jazz etc…
When I was teenager, my favourite bands were the Cure and many more like P.I.L, Killing Joke, and The Police, Prince, Pink Floyd. Also,Trentemoller put out a very good album, and the last Radiohead was also very good! Now I listen to a different style and sometimes I will even turn the radio on and listen to it!
MinnieM: Was it difficult maintaining a similar melody throughout the album through each song? If so, how did you manage to vary the beat, was this by accident ( by chance ) or by design?
Kick Bong:I don’t know if I took a similar melody throughout all of the album, maybe I used the same colour but I hope the style changed (héhé)for the beat I used a loop, programmed it myself and I played real drums. There were no accidents but sometimes they occurred!
MinnieM: I am quoting the voice sampling from one of your songs:
'Yes there is a world is out there, and even if you decide you don't want to meet it, it still going to hit you right in the right in the face.Best you start thinking about the world right now, and what the world means to you. What does the world mean to you?
What does this mean to you Franck? What happened to you for this quote to emerge in your song? You have such a peaceful feeling in your album,and this comes up almost like a warning!
Kick Bong: When I composed and sang I wanted something better to come out of this album for this world, as I simply wanted to spread the word of love. Afterwards I saw a film with Kevin Spacey (Un Monde Meilleur, in French!) and I listened the words, I sampled these words and when I put them on the track, I thought Yes! It’s not bad ! Héhé!
YesI think it’s a bit of a warning but at the same time it’s a good message of love! No?! Hoo!
MinnieM: Which effects did you use to create the breaks you got up till track 4?
Kick Bong: There are several FX like reverb, delay+lfo, filter, but I tend to use moreplug-ins with Cubase SX for the sequencer.
MinnieM:Did you try and get the asian effect on your guitar through the playing of the guitar or after you processed it through software?
Kick Bong: Sorry! It’s not a guitar with asian fx and it's a synth,and after I heard the sound with real synth I then adapted it to my melody, after which I used a bass guitar for the melody.
MinnieM: Oh really? It's a synth? Cool...The words...Love, dust, stars,logical, life.
What was the inspiration for this? By any chance, were you inspired by physics?
Kick Bong: It’s Dark, dust, stars and logical life. I read a book,written by an astrophysicist Hubert Reeves and the name of the book is 'La plus belle Histoire du Monde'. The most beautiful story of the world?
He tells of a story mixed with physical explanations about the world since the beginning of time, and I found it very interesting! He writes about how out of chaos there is order! And in the beginningit was dark, there was dust, there were stars so I think it was logical for there to be life! Héhé!
I sang about that, just because I was inspired by this book about life,space, union and simply how well the book was written.
It goes onto explain how that all things are linked, and just for that I think it's a beauty! We are all stardust.
If you find this book, you must be read it!
MinnieM: Ooh, I usually hear what I want to into lyrics, sorry for getting them wrong, though maybe in the beginning there was love too. I shall keep an eye out for the book, thanks for the recommendation! Would you say that this is a very balanced point in your life, because this seems to come out in through your work?
Kick Bong: Yes, maybe!
With his enigmatic smile, we left our point of discussion where it was at,as it was perfect. Logical, yes, dust....not this album. Thank you Mr Kick Bong!
Interview by Minnie http://www.myspace.com/musicanon
www.myspace.com/kickbong
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frankee
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Posted : Sep 24, 2008 18:38
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Interview by Minnie
Feature: Kick Bong
Kick Bong seems to have now reached a point of subtle distillation which is very apparent in his latest musical delivery. The Album, 'Flower Power' is quite different from Kick Bong's previous album: 'A cup of tea?' which seemed to me to be more psychedelic in nature. This is a fine work of art playing with a continuous melody throughout the entire album's length which in its own cadence flows from a gentle relaxing starting point in the the first five tracks to a darker deeper and more mystical feel in the last four tracks.
He experiments now with more natural instrumentation and moves away in moments throughout the album from the electronic music genre to a more Acid Jazz and Downtempo style.The fact that he was able to maintain a similar melody throughout all the pieces is remarkable. He plays his own natural instruments which distracts us from the synthetic electro sounds we are used to in psybient, and he uses the drums, showing us yet more of his versatile nature.
The first four songs build us up to a deeper and darker revelation of the universe and his own interpretations of life and what we should put into our existence. He weaves a very deep ethnic drumbeat into many of the songs. Each song alternates with the next song being slightly faster or slower in rhythm then the previous one, with one track taking it up a notch to about 120 BPM. There is a very jazzy feel to the much of the album.The introduction to the flute brings us back to nature and makes me feel the very contented person he is. There are positive and affirmative vocals which pervade the album. The guitar-like synth also lends itself slightly to an occidental feeling reminding us tobe mindful of of the present beauty in our lives. Though later on, in the second half of the album a storm arrives which signals to us the change in Franck's viewpoint, the beat starts ebbing back again back to its more traditional psybient feeling.
Franck has a new fantastic new track out now called 'Voodoo Beach' out right now that goes into a slightly faster spin, and begins to direct us again onto a slightly faster downtempo avenue with the drums being used being as if it were Kick Bong's signature seal, and their intensity are still markedly palpable.
Franck wanted to meet at the Bastille in Paris, France. This is a the place of such rich remarkable history and such heartbreaking past I found this to be a curious place for a meeting. With the name of his latest CD 'Flower Power', this seemed like a relevant place to meet up. The Bastille was the old Paris prison that had survived the revolution of the French monarchy in by the people in 1784 and thus we met on the Anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, on July 14, in celebration of the freedom of the French people from the regime. Many famous people including the Man in the Iron mask, the Marquis De Sade, and Voltaire had been isolated within it's walls. Today Kick Bong had arranged to meet me here with a message of peace being engendered through his music.
I must say, this album is full of surprises. Just as you feel you have the continuity of the programming, it switches on you yet again, showing its subtle humor.Upon speaking with Franck, I noticed the awe he has for the cosmos and for physics in his philosophy.
MinnieM: Do you play your own natural instruments such as the flute,acoustic guitar and drums? Which drums did you use?
Kick Bong:Yes I play the drums (sonor),percussion like the conga and the bongos, bass and keyboard,. I playthe synth and I also sing. A friend of mine is playing the flute.
MinnieM:Who are your musical influences right now?
KickBong: Electro, Trip hop, Groove, New wave, Rock, Acid Jazz etc…
When I was teenager, my favourite bands were the Cure and many more like P.I.L, Killing Joke, and The Police, Prince, Pink Floyd. Also,Trentemoller put out a very good album, and the last Radiohead was also very good! Now I listen to a different style and sometimes I will even turn the radio on and listen to it!
MinnieM: Was it difficult maintaining a similar melody throughout the album through each song? If so, how did you manage to vary the beat, was this by accident ( by chance ) or by design?
Kick Bong:I don’t know if I took a similar melody throughout all of the album, maybe I used the same colour but I hope the style changed (héhé)for the beat I used a loop, programmed it myself and I played real drums. There were no accidents but sometimes they occurred!
MinnieM: I am quoting the voice sampling from one of your songs:
'Yes there is a world is out there, and even if you decide you don't want to meet it, it still going to hit you right in the right in the face.Best you start thinking about the world right now, and what the world means to you. What does the world mean to you?
What does this mean to you Franck? What happened to you for this quote to emerge in your song? You have such a peaceful feeling in your album,and this comes up almost like a warning!
Kick Bong: When I composed and sang I wanted something better to come out of this album for this world, as I simply wanted to spread the word of love. Afterwards I saw a film with Kevin Spacey (Un Monde Meilleur, in French!) and I listened the words, I sampled these words and when I put them on the track, I thought Yes! It’s not bad ! Héhé!
YesI think it’s a bit of a warning but at the same time it’s a good message of love! No?! Hoo!
MinnieM: Which effects did you use to create the breaks you got up till track 4?
Kick Bong: There are several FX like reverb, delay+lfo, filter, but I tend to use moreplug-ins with Cubase SX for the sequencer.
MinnieM:Did you try and get the asian effect on your guitar through the playing of the guitar or after you processed it through software?
Kick Bong: Sorry! It’s not a guitar with asian fx and it's a synth,and after I heard the sound with real synth I then adapted it to my melody, after which I used a bass guitar for the melody.
MinnieM: Oh really? It's a synth? Cool...The words...Love, dust, stars,logical, life.
What was the inspiration for this? By any chance, were you inspired by physics?
Kick Bong: It’s Dark, dust, stars and logical life. I read a book,written by an astrophysicist Hubert Reeves and the name of the book is 'La plus belle Histoire du Monde'. The most beautiful story of the world?
He tells of a story mixed with physical explanations about the world since the beginning of time, and I found it very interesting! He writes about how out of chaos there is order! And in the beginningit was dark, there was dust, there were stars so I think it was logical for there to be life! Héhé!
I sang about that, just because I was inspired by this book about life,space, union and simply how well the book was written.
It goes onto explain how that all things are linked, and just for that I think it's a beauty! We are all stardust.
If you find this book, you must be read it!
MinnieM: Ooh, I usually hear what I want to into lyrics, sorry for getting them wrong, though maybe in the beginning there was love too. I shall keep an eye out for the book, thanks for the recommendation! Would you say that this is a very balanced point in your life, because this seems to come out in through your work?
Kick Bong: Yes, maybe!
With his enigmatic smile, we left our point of discussion where it was at,as it was perfect. Logical, yes, dust....not this album. Thank you Mr Kick Bong!
Interview by Minnie http://www.myspace.com/musicanon
http://www.myspace.com/kickbong
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