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:Kinema: Remix Husky Rescue

hotpockets — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:10:41 +0000

:Kinema: were recently asked to add a sprinkling of their disco dust to the new single ‘They Are Coming’ from the wonderful Husky Rescue.

The result is an epic piano led slice of space disco, that you can check out on Soundcloud and buy now from iTunes.

:Kinema: Play Proud This Saturday

hotpockets — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:48:57 +0000

This Saturday Brighton’s finest disco pop sensations :Kinema: will be back in London to play at Camden clubbing institution Be, alongside 2 Hot 2 Sweat and Robot Dancing Music. Now it’s normally £10 to get in, but drop us an email before Friday and we’ll put you on the concessions list, in fact as an added bonus the first 2 people to email in can get in for free.

Download Secondo’s Remixes Of Circles

hotpockets — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:31:46 +0000

A couple of months ago we asked one of my favourite producers Secondo to have a crack at remixing :Kinema:’s Circles, he obliged, turned in a couple of amazing house remixes and we gave them out to blogs. It’s only today that I realised we never put them up here, so whilst I’m pottering around doing some admin I figured I would add the remixes to the release page as free downloads. Isn’t that nice.

Get your Secondo remixes here.

:Kinema: Circles Vinyl Available From Today

hotpockets — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:51:11 +0000

So today you the great record buying public of the world can finally get your mitts on our third 7″, Circles by :Kinema:. Pressed on sunshine yellow vinyl, the release is a glorious pop moment described by The Guardian as “up there with the Phoenix of If I Ever Feel Better”.

On the b-side you get the wonderfully smooth remix of Lets Get To It from Hot Chip’s drummer and pop sensation in his own right, Grovesnor. The full digital EP will be out in a couple of week, complete with the original of Lets Get To It and the Line remix of Circles.

Buy now from our own online shop.

:Kinema: Circles EP

hotpockets — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:10:38 +0000

Audio

Having launched themselves onto the world at large with their stunning debut Recreation and the blogging frenzy that greeted their inspired autotuned take on Animal Collective’s My Girls, Brighton’s :Kinema: return with the Circles EP, another sublime slice of 21st century blue-eyed soul.

Kicking things off with the title track, Circles, :Kinema:’s Dominic Ashton paints an all too familiar picture of just how relationships truly are the triumph of hope over experience, all backed by one of the most irresistably catchy synth-pop tunes you’ll hear this year. Next up we turn up the heat and take things into the boudoir with Lets Get To It, a tune which could have given Barry White a run for his money, dripping with soul you’ll be under no mistake that :Kinema: indeed have game.

On remix duties we have the band’s fellow traveller in smooth, Grovesnor and labelmate Line. Taking time out from his current duties drumming for Hot Chip, Grovesnor turns in a stunning Yacht Rock inspired remix of Lets Get To It that perfectly captures the spirit of those seaside sounds from the long seventies, whilst Line’s mix of Circles, all throbbing bass and crystal sharp lazer fired melodies, is the perfect soundtrack for robots looking to get their grind on to.

Released on limited edition 2 track 7” yellow vinyl and as a 4 track digital EP (available June 2nd), Circles heralds a bright new dawn for pop music our fledgling decade.

“Irresistibly glossy, warm and infectious songs that skirt Dance and Indie crossover territory a la Hot Chip and Phoenix” Dummy

“Glossy Phoenix-y pop… the sound equivalent of wearing a giant fluffy turtleneck and walking through Central Park in autumm – total comfort food” The Fader

“Lusciously laidback dance” Sheena Beaston

“Superpop as its finest” The Fast Life

“Wonderfully up beat and ready to party these lads will have you ready for the floor in no time.” Bored and Beats

Thrown together across an epic European road trip during the summer of 2007 Dom Ashton, Andy Nelson and Ross Flight discovered their shared love for music, laptops and famous actresses. :Kinema: have developed their sound over the last 18 months, combining elements of Yacht Rock, Soul and Contemporary Pop and Dance music into something sounding like Off The Wall-era Michael Jackson being re-imagined by a 21st Century Indie band.

:Kinema: Recreation/My Girls Out Now

hotpockets — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:28:32 +0000

After a slight delay we’re proud to announce that :Kinema:’s Recreation / My Girls is finally available in your favourite digital emporium. The Brighton trio’s debut release features two of the band’s live favourites, Recreation, a slow burning slice of South coast electro-soul and the band’s inspired disco pop take on Animal Collective’s My Girls.

As The Guardian so poetically put it, this is music to ‘Take you to the edge of heaven’.

Available now from iTunes, Juno Download, eMusic, Play, 7 Digital and I’d imagine quite a few other places.

Shock Defeat! On The Cheap

hotpockets — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:11:35 +0000

This Saturday whilst :Kinema: are entertaining the bowlers in Bloomsbury, Shock Defeat! will be taking to the stage in Camden at Be alongside Thomas White and Housewives. Whilst any Shock Defeat! gig normally mean a bonus payday for London’s instrument repairmen you too can profit as we’re offering you the chance to get on the band’s concessions guestlist. Isn’t that nice.

Drop us a line here before midday on Saturday and we’ll put you on the £6 list.

:Kinema: Strike Out This Saturday

hotpockets — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:25:26 +0000

If you’re in London this week you have a few chances to catch :Kinema:, if you want to go tenpin bowling whilst dancing to :Kinema: though you have just one chance. Sounds good then this Saturday slip into a nice warm pair of bowling shoes and try to avoid repeating whole chunks of the Big Lebowski at We, Like You at the Bloomsbury Lanes.

As an added bonus you can score some cheap tickets here, though be warned they’ll be gone soon.

Skweee Sundae

hotpockets — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:03:43 +0000

When not smoothly rocking out on his keytar, :Kinema:’s Ross Flight also likes to indulge in a spot of Skweee. No not some strange sexual perversion but the curious lo-fi, insanely funky, Scandinavian strain of electro that has been kicking around the past couple of years.

Recording as Boss Kite, he made a bit of a splash earlier this year when he gave away a free EP of his tunes and The Quietus have just interviewed him about his music. Go read the whole thing here and then have a listen to :Kinema:’s stupidly good vocal edit of Skweee star Beem’s track Manka over here.

Of Mice And Men

hotpockets — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:15:47 +0000

Hopefully having rebuilt their shattered instruments after last Saturday’s bruising show, Shock Defeat! are back in action tonight at the Best Laid Plans night at The Queen of Hoxton. Playing alongside them will be Cats In Paris, Hook and the Twin, The Welcome Committee and as many DJs as you can shake a stick at, all in all it looks like a fun night. Go cheer on our boys and grab a 7″ off them.

If you’re quick you can still buy cheap advance tickets from here. Go what are you waiting for!