Kinematic (band)

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Kinematic
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresIndie pop
Years active2002 (2002)–present
LabelsSomersault
Members
  • Gordon Clarke
  • Michael Owen
  • Michael Clarke
  • Mark Olszewski
Website kinematic.info

Kinematic are an Australia-based four-piece indie pop band formed in 2002. Originally an acoustic duo of Gordon Clarke (ex Snorkel) on guitar and vocals and Michael Owen (ex Aspirin) on vocals and guitar formed in 2000; they were joined by Gordon's brother, Michael Clarke, on bass guitar and backing vocals and Mark Olszewski on drums (both ex-Aspirin). [1] [2]

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Kinematic have diverse musical influences including Sparklehorse, Wilco, and The Beatles. [3] They recorded their debut album, Time & Place, in November 2004 and released it on the Somersault Music label, based in Rye. [4] [5] They had used a country house in Gippsland, which was described by Michael Clarke as "a mud brick place on 40 acres of bush... We worked for 10 days straight. We just picked the best places for each instrument in the house, and we were lucky because there was heaps of space, high ceilings and this reverb — a really natural sound." [1] [5] Time & Place was mastered by François Tétaz. [6] It was launched at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne on 9 October 2005. [4]

The band's second album, The 38th Parallel, was issued in April 2007. [7] Progressive Broadcasting Service's reviewer felt it "traverses the array of musical styles that Kinematic love to plunder – be it Cash-tinged country or Sparklehorse-like trashy power pop – while always maintaining their unique sensibility for simple, stripped-back and singable pop tunes." [7] The group had released a single, "Love and Graffiti", in July 2006, which is an "infectious" example of "their penchant for melancholic melody, but with a darker twist." [7]

The band's third album, Kites, was released in 2009 and features Jimi Hocking playing guitar on the track 'Beat Poetry'. [8] Kites features a more diverse song list, described as "some really satisfying breadth" by Bernard Zuel. [9]

Gordon and Owen were featured on 774 ABC Melbourne's evening program with Lindy Burns in October 2014, playing two songs live. [10]

Kinematic recorded a live performance for a forthcoming DVD/CD release "Kinematic: Live at Bakehouse". at Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne in March 2017. The DVD/CD was launched in Melbourne in 2019.

Despite hailing from Melbourne, Australia; Kinematic has been featured across North America:

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  2. ↑ "Kinematic in 100 Words & Trivia". Kinematic Official Website. Somersault Music. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kinematic". Unearthed . Triple J . Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 Donovan, Patrick (7 October 2005). "Sticky Carpet On Sunday". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 Kinematic (2005), Time & Place, Somersault Music. National Library of Australia , retrieved 13 November 2015
  6. ↑ "Time & Place, by Kinematic". Kinematicmusi.bandcamp.com.
  7. 1 2 3 "Kinematic Launch Single 'Love and Graffiti' at the Corner". Progressive Broadcasting Service. 22 July 2006. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Kites, by Kinematic". Kinematicmusi.bandcamp.com.
  9. ↑ "The Critics: Rock". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media. 12 December 2009.
  10. ↑ Yoda Speaks Properly [@LindyBurns] (6 October 2014). "Mike & Gordo from @kinematicmusic play their new single in studio. New album is Kinecism. Launches Yah Yah's 1/11. t.co/feZYTQvpY0" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Americans in China". Thisamericanlife.org. 22 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Punters Club | Kinematic". Kinematic.info.
  14. ↑ Zuel, Bernard (30 January 2015). "Rhiannon Giddens, Aldous Harding and Kinematic reviewed". The Age. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  15. ↑ The Beige Baron (11 May 2015). "Mark from Kinematic". Brown Noise Unit. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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