 Kopek's Profile |
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| Last Login: | Jun 19, 2009 (170 days back) |
About Me |
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We have a very limited number of CDs that we made for the Saving Iceland show left over. They are all hand watercoloured, hand printed and unique. They look a bit like this:
They're just £2.50, send us a message if you're interested. After a debut performance supporting Mechanical Bride, Kopek have already played with a diverse selection of fantastic bands including The Blow, David Thomas Broughton, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, *shels, Secondsmile, Seabear, and Vic Chesnutt with the A Silver Mt. Zion and Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring The band draw on influences from Chicago post-rock, folk, jazz and electronic music and perform and record in many different guises.A debut EP of experimental pieces is now available and a split 7" with Suburban Kids with Biblical Names (SWE, Labrador/Yesboyicecream), SJ Esau (UK, Anticon) and Half-handed Cloud (USA, Asmathic Kitty) is out soon on OIB Records. The band are also working on a full length album to be released in 2009 as well as an EP of acoustic songs and an EP of covers (Bjork, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk and Talking Heads). |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 10/02/2006Band Website: www.kopekmusic.co.uk Band Members: The Initiated: Marcus - guitar, drums, trumpet, double bass, drum machines / electronics, vocals With contributions from: Danny - drums, percussion, vocals To be continued...? Influences: Tortoise, Low, Ornette Coleman, Gastr Del Sol, Six Organs of Admittance, Earth, Múm, Constellation bands, David Grubbs, Matmos, Faust, Bjork, Polar Bear, Liars, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Radiohead and more. Sounds Like: Organart.com on our debut EP: Amelia's Magazine on our acoustic set supporting Seabear: Audioscribbler.co.uk on 'Lost At Sea' live: The BBC on the John Peel Day show they invited us to play: Record Label: Shelsmusic / OIB / Willkommen Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Experimental / Progressive / Other) |
My Blog |
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Nothern mini tour with Sons: York, Leeds and Sheffield |
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| I'm really happy to announce that we're off around the North for a long weekend tour with our Willkommen bedfellows Sons of Noel and Adrian.We'll be announcing the release date for the split with SJ E... Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:56:00 GMT |
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Gig with David Grubbs, split 7" on OIB and Willkommen Records news |
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| We've just announced that we'll be supporting the fantastic David Grubbs alongside Sons of Noel in Adrian, who Helen and I also play with. This should be a fantastic show and we're very excited about ... Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:14:00 GMT |
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Demo of the week at Organ |
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| Thanks to Sean at the invaluable Organ for a great review and the coveted Demo of the Week accolade.See Issue 252, APRIL 10th over at organart.com:"DEMO OF THE WEEKKOPEK - This is just wonderful - won... Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:08:00 GMT |
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Audioscribbler live review |
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| I’ve just been pointed in the direction of a nice positive review of our support slot with Casiotone for the Painfully alone by Andrew Valentine at Audioscribbler:"Prog-folk eh? What a genre. No... Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:09:00 GMT |
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New song - My Bloody Valentine cover |
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| I've just added a cover of the My Bloody Valentine track 'When You Sleep'. The original is a mess of distorted noises and I've tried my hardest to bring out the beautiful, happy song from underneath.&... Posted by on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:43:00 GMT |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Kafkanistan |
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| Somebody must have been telling lies about Kafkanistan, as American troops landed on Kafkan soil yesterday demanding a weapons inspection. Kafkan citizens assume that if they have b... Posted by on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:02:00 GMT |
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