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CirKus Origin London England / Stockholm, Sweden Genres Trip-hop
Alternative
ElectronicaYears active 2005 – present Associated acts Massive Attack, Tricky, Neneh Cherry, Portishead Members Burt Ford
Neneh Cherry
Lolita Moon
Karmil
Thomas Nordström (live)
Jonotan (live)Past members John Tonks
AnschulCirKus are a trip-hop band formed by Burt Ford, Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry.
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History
DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Camerson McVey) as an 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 (Neneh and Cameron's daughter Tyson) 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 released a second album, Medicine, in France in March 2009.
Discography
Albums
- Laylow (2006)
- Laylower (2007)
- Medicine (2009)
Singles
- "Starved" (2006)
- "Is What It Is" featuring Martin Jondo (2006)
- "You're Such An..." (2007)
- "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" with Youssou N'Dour (2007)
- "Bells" (2011 US)
Instruments used on stage
- Burt plays Novation X-Station and Kaoss Pad 2
- Lolita plays Roland V-Synth (with its 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 V.
- Both guitar and bass use line 6 pods.
- Ableton Live is used to run triggered loops and samples
Relationships
- Karmil is Moon's boyfriend.
See also
External links
- www.cirkustent.com official website
- CirKus on Myspace
- CirKus on Neneh's unofficial website
References
CirKus Studio albums with CirKusLaylow (2006) · Medicine (2009)Remix albums Remixes (1997)with CirKusLaylower (2007)Live albums Neneh Cherry at Glastonbury Festival 1997 (1997)Video albums The Rise of Neneh Cherry (1989)Singles "Looking Good Diving" (1986) · "Slow Train to Dawn" (1987) · "Buffalo Stance" (1988) · "Manchild" (1989) · "Kisses on the Wind" (1989) · "Heart" (1989) · "Inna City Mama" (1989) · "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1990) · "Money Love" (1992) · "Move with Me" (1992) · "Buddy X" (1993) · "7 Seconds" (1994) · "Turn My Back" (1994) · "Love Can Build a Bridge" (1995) · "Trouble Man" (1995) · "Woman" (1996) · "Kootchi" (1996) · "Feel It" (1997) · "Buddy X '99" (1999) · "Long Way Around" (2000) · "Braided Hair" (2003) · "Kids with Guns" (2006)with CirKusStarved (2006) · "Is What It Is" (2006) · "You're Such an..." (2007) · "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" (2007) · "Bells" (2011)Related articles Categories:- Trip hop groups
- English electronic music groups
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