K.I.A. & SHINJUKU ZULU: DXLR8 - Downtempo 'Best of' K.I.A. & Shinjuku Zulu

K.I.A. & Shinjuku Zulu

DXLR8 - Downtempo 'Best of' K.I.A. & Shinjuku Zulu

© 2008 Neuphoria Recordings (634479782862)

Downtempo, chillout, ambient, dub, electronica with haunting vocals. DXLR8 = (Massive Attack + Boards of Canada) ÷ (Air + Moby) x (Buddha Bar + Cafe Del Mar) feat. "Allelujah", "Mrs Major Tom", "Scarborough Fair (A True Dub of Mine)"

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ALL SHINJUKU ZULU / K.I.A. RELEASES:
-ALSO @ iTUNES (cut & paste link or see bottom left this page):
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=279563892&s=143441
-ANY-PLAYER MP3 ALBUM FROM CDBABY.COM (see left side this page)
-SINGLE MP3s at AMAZON.COM
-MORE SHINJUKU ZULU/K.I.A. CDS/MP3s BELOW LEFT...

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DISCOGRAPHY (MP3s at iTunes, CDbaby.com):

By Shinjuku Zulu:
-Kiss the Honey, Honey 7-track EP feat. "Kiss the Honey", "SXYLV"
-Various Chimeras 19-track CD feat."Coal Coal Black","One Come We"
-Various Chimeras Instrumentals feat. instrumental versions of above
-Shinjuku Zulu 14-track CD feat. "Sweetness Likes the Reverb", "Unlullaby"

By K.I.A.:
-Sonorous Susurrus 22-track CD. feat. "Dubmarine", "Howdydaomaori"
-Adieu, Shinjuku Zulu 15-track CD feat. "Mrs. Major Tom", "Allelujah"

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Fans of downtempo, chillout, and triphop acts like Massive Attack, Portishead and Buddha Bar can now get "DXLR8" by K.I.A. & Shinjuku Zulu, which features the most popular 13 tracks taken from the six Shinjuku Zulu and K.I.A. releases.

"DXLR8", available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Cdbaby, etc. (see links below) features:
- "Mrs Major Tom" (continuing the story started in Bowie's "Space Oddity", but now from the wife's perspective)
- "Allelujah" (as heard in a hot scene in the hit t.v. series "Dirt", where Courteney Cox-- of "Friends" fame-- does it with a rising star in a limousine)
- "Scarborough Fair -A True Dub of Mine" (a futuristic dub/ambient interpretation of the traditional folk song)...

Songs and descriptions:
01 "Scarborough Fair -A True Dub of Mine" (21st cent. version) -Shinjuku Zulu
02 "Mrs. Major Tom" (continuing the story from the wife's p.o.v.) -K.I.A.
03 "Allelujah" (dancehall, 17th cent. style) -K.I.A.
04 "Rainbowbeau" (ambient pop) -Shinjuku Zulu
05 "Yedayed" (chillout/world) -Shinjuku Zulu
06 "Broken" (dubstep & soul) - K.I.A. & Shinjuku Zulu
07 "Scatter" (splifftronica) -K.I.A.
08 "One Come We" (electronicamraderie) -Shinjuku Zulu
09 "Dubmarine" (chillout, feat. two reggae haikus) -K.I.A.
10 "Sweetness Likes the Reverb" (acapellatronica) -Shinjuku Zulu
11 "Rise Up" (dub, w/choirboy vocals) -K.I.A.
12 "Coal Coal Black" (blues + dub) -Shinjuku Zulu
13 "Uneunoia" (instrumental/ambient) -K.I.A.

Kirby Ian Andersen records as Shinjuku Zulu as well as K.I.A. He writes and produces all the songs, bringing in different vocalists--soul, reggae, jazz, opera, folk and pop singers and rappers--when required. He has lived in Tokyo, L.A., and Toronto.
Songs of his have appeared in various Hollywood productions ("Resurrecting the Champ" with Samuel Jackson, Puff Daddy's "Making the Band", etc.) His song "Da Riddim Griffin" was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition and the Independent Music Awards; "Make Me Shake" was a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition; and "Shanghai Masai" was a semi-finalist in the UK Songwriting Awards. K.I.A. is also a well-reviewed visual artist, making large remixable paintings and sculptures.

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LINKS TO MORE INFO:
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MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/shinjukuzulu

ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT:
http://www.sonicbids.com/shinjuku_zulu

BLOG (stories behind the songs): http://mog.com/Shinjuku_Zulu

VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=061F8867CEB1A216

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PRESS CLIPS:

"Atmospheric ambience... a minimal, melancholy affair, and highly enjoyable...gentle, spaced-out female vocals, dub elements and occasional acoustic instruments. There are many intriguing tracks..." -EXCLAIM!

"Stylistic hybrids abound--for example, "Rise Up" is a pairing of a tranquil reggae track with placid vocals by a member of St. Michael's Boys Choir" Top 5 Hit List -EYE MAGAZINE

"...haunting vocals... smart, light-filled tracks that absorb voices from Africa and the Middle East as well as Toronto..." -GLOBE & MAIL

"K.I.A. stays heavily involved in the mix...dreamy vocals rarely emerge unaltered by the producer's tweaking... complex... with enough depth to warrant repeated listenings..." -MONTREAL GAZETTE

""Rainbowbeau" sees Larissa Gomes bouncing her vocals off soft clouds of pizzicato strings...“One Come We” has Prince I skipping through a simple piano riff as drums rip chunks out the lower registers of the arpeggio. “Coal Coal Black” is fantastic, and throws a reggae bass riff under heavily reverbed notes and a factory of percussion, and navigates through the deluge with flashlights built from drones and chorded guitars. One of the more complex tracks, the way K.I.A. folds Shankhini’s vocals into every crevice he can find makes the skittish percussion seem less foreboding..." -CMG

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