Sound Of Drums / Gokula / Hurry On Sundown / Into The Deep
Grateful When You’re Dead/Jerry Was There / Temple Of Everlasting Light / Infinite Sun
Shower Your Love / 303 / Mountain Lifter
Peter Pan R.I.P./Ophelia/Mystical Machine Gun/108 Battles (Of The Mind)
Tattva / Hush
Hey Dude / Great Hosannah / Govinda
Sound Of Drums
Into the deep
Grateful When You’re Dead / Jerry Was There
Jerry Was There
Infinite Sun
Peter Pan R.I.P
Ophelia
Mystical Machine Gun
Tattva
Tattva / Hush
Great Hosannah / Govinda
Ранее Kula Shaker возглавляли сцены Гластонбери, разбавляя своими фирменными индийскими мотивами хит-парады Оазиса и Блер, а теперь, наконец, они прервали несколько лет тишины новым отличным альбомом и мировым туром. Об этом и многом другом нам рассказал вокалист группы Криспиан Миллс.
Мы застали Криспиана в Москве, накануне их первого концерта в России.
3 марта Великобритания и Индия, и так неразрывно связанные историческим процессом, взялись за руку и зашли в московский Yotaspace в лице коллектива Kula Shaker. Эти парни приезжают к нам не в первый раз, но публика неизменно устремляется на свидание с ними, желая отхватить кусочек тепла. А на самом старте российской весны это тем более актуально.
Source: Фотоотчет | Kula Shaker в Москве | Yotaspace | 03.03.2016 – Rock Cult
It’s no secret that Kula Shaker toned their sound down after their return to music in 2007. While their first two albums were heavily draped with Indian influences, both Strangefolk and Pilgrims Progress opted for something more friendly to the masses, yet retaining some of their spirit in some key moments. K 2.0, however, is something of a return to form: Fittingly titled to follow the style of their 1996 debut album K, the Indian influence has found its way back, and so have Kula Shaker.
The heavy Indian influence on K 2.0 sits comfortably on top of its base of rock and folk music. While songs like the introductory Infinite Sun completely cover themselves with the sound of sitars and ethnic percussion, there’s an equal number of tracks that carry none of these at all. The fusion of styles is handled expertly, only rarely feeling out of place, and recalling the energy and quality of Kula Shaker’s earlier efforts. The infectious Britpop of Love B (with U) smartly relies on its riffs and looping melodies to hook listeners and Death of Democracy uses its bouncy structure to cover a more serious subject matter while retaining the catchy sound, but the likes of 33 Crows and Hari Bol mix folk and the trademark Indian flavour together to truly sell their arrangements.
Only in its final moments does the album begin to wear thin, with Get Right Get Ready and Mountain Lifter falling short of what came before; the latter ends up working better when taken in isolation, but Get Right Get Ready never really finds its groove in the first place. It makes for a slightly disappointing closing note for the album, but the strength of the preceding songs largely makes up for their weakness thanks to the different fusions of styles that appear throughout, and the album remains enjoyable regardless.
On a complete scale, K 2.0 is clearly a return to Kula Shaker’s stronger days. While its energy and content falls slightly short in comparison to K, it’s head and shoulders above the material following their comeback, and promises a far better phase of their career. The Indian influences makes their music something much more unique, and it seems they’ve realized as much, meaning fans of classic Kula Shaker are sure to love K 2.0.
Source: Renowned for Sound | Album Review: Kula Shaker – K 2.0
20 лет назад, в 1996 году Kula Shaker выпустили альбом “K”, который стал культовой пластинкой брит-попа и был продан тиражом в 2 миллиона копий. Пятый альбом “K2.0”, по словам лидера группы Криспиана Миллса, вобрал в себе лучшее из всех экспериментов со стилями, которые совершала группа: от психоделического звучания “K” до фолковых элементов в предыдущем альбоме группы “Piligrims Progress”.
За время 20-минутного интервью с Криспианом, подхватившем простуду, Мэттью Шерн смог обсудить новый альбом, его предпочтение аналоговому оборудованию и причины, по которым известные группы должны больше рисковать.
Sound of Drums
Hurry on Sundown
Into the Deep
Infinite Sun
303
Mountain lifter
Tattva
Hush
Hey Dude
Great Hosannah
Govinda
Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker
Paul Winterhart, Drummer and Songwriter with Kula Shaker
Alonza Bevan bass player, songwriter with Kula Shaker
Alonza Bevan bass player, songwriter with Kula Shaker
Harry Boardbent, Hammond and Keyboard Player with Kula Shaker
Crispian Mills, Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter with Kula Shaker.
Crispian Mills, Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter with Kula Shaker.
Crispian Mills, Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter with Kula Shaker.
Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker
Alonza Bevan bass player, songwriter with Kula Shaker
Alonza Bevan bass player, songwriter with Kula Shaker
Paul Winterhart, Drummer and Songwriter with Kula Shaker
Paul Winterhart, Drummer and Songwriter with Kula Shaker
Harry Boardbent, Hammond and Keyboard Player with Kula Shaker
An interview with Crispian Mills and Paul Winterhart from the band Kula Shaker about the new album K2.0 on RockShot Magazine
Kula Shaker
Has it really been 20 years since Kula Shaker released their debut album, K? At the time it was the fastest selling debut since Oasis’s Definitely Maybe, and went on to shift more than 1m copies. Follow up albums performed well and solidified a hardcore fan base, but ultimately failed to match the band’s initial commercial success.
Always excelling as a live band, they recently reformed and are currently touring throughout February and March, including a sold-out show at the Roundhouse in London. I recently met with lead singer Crispian Mills and drummer Paul Winterhart in west London where they were rehearsing their new album, K2.0. (more…)
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