King Luan

about

King Luan have been a revolving group of musicians, making music since the early 90s, when members of Sydney Band "The Blue Phoenix" swapped instruments and started making experimental, edgy and fun recordings for the simple enjoyment of it, in stark tangent away from the Blue Phoenix's musical direction, which at the time was under the auspices of a major label recording deal. A number of gigs around Sydney's indie scene resulted - to critical review - along with a memorable appearance at Sydney's "Black Stump" festival. Some 8 track recordings from the time exist, namely the album "Sire the people are revolting" along with the "Gartagh Karuzud" and "Return of the cassette tape" EPs, the latter literally being a long lost cassette demo by Dick Plick and Dex Pex that one of the band found. King Luan then morphed into other projects and directions - along with a brief collaboration with Evelyn Duprai and a side-band band called "Rubanapa", a comedic side project "Greg Smeg Clegg" was undertaken by Hex, Dex and Sweet Michelangelo. Later on, Drowning Jester - a vehicle for Dex's more serious musical expression - was created with the help of Hex and David O'Ernest. Then there was a long long hiatus. Hex joined Melbourne band "The Test Tube Babies" (later releasing music under the name Vertigo) after which Hex and Dex both spent much time outside Australia, reuniting in Brooklyn, NY to create "Buggin'" and "Spacemantis" from the work-in-progress album "Sire there's oil in the

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albums

There Are No Gnomes in Sweden

No Vampires Remain in Romania (Dracula Spectacular)

Plastic Bat

Ghost in the mainframe

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There Are No Lyrics in Sweden

Werewolves & Horses

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No Vampires Remain in Romania (Dracula Spectacular) - Single

Bathysphere

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King Luan's Instruction Manual For The Zombie Apocalypse

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The Yeoman King

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Woolly Mammoth

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Personal Guard Llama

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