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Kungens Män + VED + DJ Paisley

The rattle of loose screws, the circuit faults in fx, refrigerators and excrement - or perhaps capitalism, transcendence and rebirth?

Welcome to an evening full of music that will reach even the darkest depths of your soul.

Kungens Män

Kungens Män started out in 2012 in Stockholm, when a bunch of good friends decided to bring some instruments when hanging out. The random jam sessions became more and more regular and soon Kungens Män started recording it all, completely unfiltered and without safety nets. The music soon found its way to the internet and a buzz occurred, connecting with listeners all over the globe.

The inspiration comes from the drone, the rattle of the loose screw, the circuit failure of the effects, the phatness of the moog and from the very diverse wiring of a bunch of middle aged Swedish freaks. Kungens Män never plan the next musical move – it presents itself. Sometimes the costume sewn is really ugly, but somehow there’s always room for the sublime as you turn it inside out.
Kungens Män have released five double-LP:s on the German label Adansonia Records since 2015, and two albums on the UK label Riot Season Records. A 5 LP box set was released by Cardinal Fuzz, Adansonia Records and Kungens Ljud & Bild in 2021. In 2022 the band released the album Kungens Ljud & Bild on their own label Kungens Ljud & Bild as well as on the US label Centripetal Force.

VED

For just over a decade, VED has defied our genre-fixated era with their hypnotically repetitive music in the borderland of post-punk, art rock, musique concrète and minimalism. Vocals had to stand back for unexpected samples of Uri Geller, Yngwie Malmsteen and Ebba Busch. On their fifth full-length, If the Door…, the group added a new, literary dimension to their already eclectic music by allowing two of their now only four permanent members to emerge as lyricists with sharply contrasting vocal styles — one confrontational, the other introspective — on ten songs, all of which came about through collective improvisation. So what are they singing about? Refrigerators, airports and excrement – or perhaps capitalism, transcendence and rebirth?

SUPPORT:
Dj Paisley
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