06/05/2010
Caramba Spectacles est fier d'accueillir KING CHARLES, la révélation du Midem 2010 !
KING CHARLES est la nouvelle signature de MI7, le label qui a découvert CHARLIE WINSTON.
KING CHARLES vient de remporter le INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING CONTEST dont le jury était composé de Tom Waits, Timbaland, Kings of Leon, Robert Smith, Robbie Williams, Jeff Beck...
07/07/2010 - Lounge on the farm Festival, Kent (Royaume-Uni)
03/07/2010 - The Beatherder Festival, Lancashire (Royaume-Uni)
20/06/2010 - The Gilly Beach Cafe, Falmouth (Royaume-Uni)
19/06/2010 - The wig and pen, Truro (Royaume-Uni)
18/06/2010 - The Taphouse St Agnes, Cornwall (Royaume-Uni)
17/06/2010 - Ride Cafe, Plymouth (Royaume-Uni)
06/06/2010 - The Orange Tree, Leicester (Royaume-Uni)
05/06/2010 - The irresistible Festival - Dezire, Bracknell (Royaume-Uni)
04/06/2010 - The Summer Prom, Birmingham (Royaume-Uni)
30/05/2010 - Proud Galleries, London (Royaume-Uni)
19/05/2010 - Liverpool Sounds City Festival, Liverpool (Royaume-Uni)
13/05/2010 - The Great Escape, Brighton (Royaume-Uni)
08/05/2010 - Lennons, Southampton (Royaume-Uni)
01/05/2010 - The Mad Ferrest, Preston (Royaume-Uni)
26/04/2010 - Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds (Royaume-Uni)
12/04/2010 - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (Royaume-Uni)
02/04/2010 - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, Wales (Royaume-Uni)
25/03/2010 - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham (Royaume-Uni)
Biographie
Since the launch of his debut single “Time of Eternity”, King Charles has picked up huge press, online and radio support gaining radio plays from the likes of Rob Da Bank, Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, Huw Stephens and is now a hotly tipped act for 2010. He’s also received rave reviews from a summer’s worth of gigs such as Field Day and Glastonbury Festival, where he supported Laura Marling.
‘Time Of Eternity’ is a sinister yet romantic picture of skewed psychedelia. Within the frantic, Pixies meets Syd Barrett explosion of chaos, lies a melodic heart, a pop song fighting its way out of the sonic maze. B-side ‘Beating Hearts’ is a more conventional love song, yet still delivered in King Charles’s own edgy, slightly warped way.
• “A phenomenal record”- HUW STEPHENS, RADIO 1
• “The most startling performer I saw during the whole of this years Glastonbury”- TOM ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 6
• “As honest and true a romantic as there’ll ever be. His music is a ferocious battle cry for love. To me, it seems impossible not to be moved by it.”- YOUNG TURKS BLOG
• “Wonderful”- THE P.I.X
• “The king of pop may now be dead, but here’s a new king for the streets.” -BREAKING MORE WAVES
• “SPLENDIFEROUS. I can’t seem to stop listening to it.”- PASTAPRIMA
• “I will give you five dollars if you can get the chorus on this thing out of your head.”- CITIZENDICK
As a boy, Charles learned the cello, sang in the school choir and trained his voice classically as a treble. He fell in love with country music, took up the guitar and started listening to Bob Dylan who he says, “made the world bigger for me.” Charles started writing country-style songs at seventeen when he also began writing poems. “Music was a good way to take the edge off the cliché of the young poet”, jokes Charles.
Following a year at Durham University, he returned to London without a Degree but with the nifty new moniker of King Charles. He formed a band, Adventure Playground who, along with other like-minded souls made West London scene hotspot Bosun's Locker their base. Adventure Playground were soon touring with Laura Marling, Noah and The Whale, Marcus Mumford (of Mumford and sons).
His latest single, “Love Lust/Mr.Flick” is a double A-side out later this September. “Love lust” proves his maturity as lyricist, born from his poetic nature, but also as a supremely talented songwriter with catchy hooks and arrangements. “Mr. Flick” is more a demonstration of his rock roots, but still has the contemporary, melodic, exciting, signature style of any King Charles track stamped all over it.
• “It’s one of those tracks that leaps out you from the very first moment…Bow down before him and join his rallying call- Long live the king”- BREAKING MORE WAVES
• “[Love Lust] which teams mantra-like vocals with big noisy guitar solos is actually brilliant.” – HOT PRESS
• “Infused with the spirit of abandon.”- ARTROCKER
• “These tracks flit effortless and memorably between salty sing-along folk
chants to explosive rap-rock protest songs with a smattering of electronica
and psychedelic romance. – METRO
Instrumentation
King Charles- Guitar/Vocals
Giovanna Marshall- Keyboard/BV's
Ruth McGarahan- Bass/BV's
Dave Powell- Drums
James Barnett Lap Top Control
