King Champion Sounds

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King Champion Sound
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Background information
Genres Post-punk, free jazz [1]
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Website https://kingchampionsounds.wordpress.com

King Champion Sounds is an experimental post-punk free jazz band. [1] The band has been compared to Sun Ra [1] The Fall, [5] [2] and Ennio Morricone. [2] The band consists of members of The Ex (G.W. Sok), [2] Ivan The Tolerable and Detective Instinct (Oli Heffernan), [4] and The Bent Moustache (Ajay Saggar). [3]

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History

Ajay Saggar's band The Bent Moustache was asked to open for Mike Watt and Saggar agreed with the proviso that he could create a special 30-40 minute piece especially for the show. [3] After writing the music, Saggar contacted G.W. Sok to write lyrics and perform vocals. [3] Next, Saggar invited Oli Heffernan on guitar and Mees Siderius on drums. [3] Ditmer Weertman and Chris Moerland were then invited to contribute horns. [3] The show was successful enough that Saggar decided to give the project a name and continue. King Champion Sounds played their first gig at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on 17 July 2013. [3]

Musically, songs are initially written by Saggar who then forwards them to Sok to author lyrics. [3] From there the songs continue to be built in stages. [4] Their first album was entitled Different Drummer [3]

Their third album, To Awake In That Heaven Of Freedom, featured guest appearances by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) and Mike Watt (Minutemen). [7]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Spithray, Steve (31 October 2018). "King Champion Sounds – For A Lark (Excelsior Records)". God Is in the TV . Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lee, Stewart (22 December 2013). "King Champion Sounds – Different Drummer" . Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Foster, Time (13 July 2016). "(((O))) : Interview: Ajay Saggar from King Champion Sounds". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Fischer, Lee (5 October 2016). "INTERVIEW: Oli Heffernan". NARC Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 Fischer, Lee (29 October 2013). "INTERVIEW: King Champion Sounds". NARC Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Songs For The Golden Hour". Bandcamp . 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Fischer, Lee (14 October 2016). "FEATURE: Panic & Carousels". NARC Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2020.


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