CirKus

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For the 1999 live album compilation by King Crimson see Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
CirKus
Origin London England, Stockholm, Sweden
Years active 2005 – present
Associated acts Massive Attack, Tricky, Neneh Cherry, Portishead
Members
Burt Ford
Neneh Cherry
Lolita Moon
Karmil

CirKus is an alternative electronic rock band formed by Burt Ford , Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry.

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[edit] History

DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford as a assistant recording engineer. They began to work on their own material at Karmil's home studio in London. Ford was singing, then Karmil's girlfriend Lolita Moon was asked to sing on some tracks. Eventually Neneh Cherry joined the team and performed rapped/sung vocals. Ford and Karmil convinced Cherry to move to Sweden and the band settled in Cherry's country house near Malmö and recorded their first album Laylow, released in 2006. They are currently based between Stockholm and London. The group is about to finish their second album - Medicine.

[edit] Members

  • Burt Ford : keyboards, bass, programming, vocals
  • Karmil, a.k.a. Matt Kent : deejaying, guitar, programming, keyboards
  • Lolita Moon, : keyboards, vocals
  • Neneh Cherry : vocals

[edit] additional live members

  • Thomas Nordström (aka Rock Steady Eddie) of Swedish band King Kong Crew : Drums
  • Jonotan (aka Sgt. Stepper) of King Kong Crew : Bass, keyboards

[edit] previous members

  • John Tonks
  • Anschul Brandt

[edit] Discography

  • September 2006 : Laylow album
  • May 2006 : Starved (single)
  • 24 November 2006 : Is What It Is (feat. Martin Jondo) (single)
  • 8 December 2006 : Is What It Is (single)
  • 9 March 2007 : Laylow Limited Edition (album)
  • November 2007 : laylower : remix album based on samples & loops used on stage
  • December 2008 : You're Such An Asshole (single)
  • coming soon : Medicine (album)

[edit] Instruments used on stage

  • Burt plays Novation X-Station and Kaoss Pad 2
  • Lolita plays Roland V-Synth (with its spectacular D-Beam system, that allows her to control some parameters with her hand) and Akai MPC
  • Karmil plays Blueridge sunburst dreadnought acoustic guitar (Contemporary Series), Gibson Les Paul standard and a patrick eggle berlin pro.
  • Both guitar and bass use line 6 pods.
  • Ableton Live is used to run triggered loops and samples

[edit] Relationships

  • Karmil is Moon's boyfriend.

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