Kites

about

There is more than one band with the name Kites. 1) Kites was an experimental noise and psych-folk project from the bizarre mind of Providence artist Christopher Forgues (later of Mark Lord, Dynasty, Daily Life, Brown Recluse Alpha), best known for his graphic novel serial Powr Mastrs. His 2005 album "Peace Trials" was critically lauded. ArtNoise had this to say: "Kites' Peace Trials creeps on a thin bridge between a small, strange world of Chris Forgues’ own creation and our own politically torn world. On the liner notes to this his third release on Load (preceded by Royal Paint With the Metallic Gardener From the United Sates Helped Into an Open Field By Women and Children and his split with Prurient for those keeping track) it states that everything was “done with homemade, modified, or commercial equipment, no keyboards, computers, samplers, or digital synthesizers were used.” These facts become particularly interesting on tracks like “Flag Torn Apart” and “True” where the sounds created make you want to argue otherwise. Kites’ approach to developing his sound, for more of an art head, is interestingly punk at its heart. Forgues’ has truly done everything himself, including recording Peace Trials on a 4-track at his home in Providence. The insert shows the knobbed and strung gadgets of his creation that produce all the sounds within. The album ping-pongs between two different song structures. The odd-numbered tracks tackle less structured disorienting noise experiments

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albums

Peace Trials

Hallucination Guillotine / Final Worship

Kites

Royal Paint with the Metallic Gardener From the United States of America Helped Into An Open Field By Women and Children

The Hidden Family

Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure [0°/North]

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Northern Exposure [Disc 1]

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you and i in the kaleidoscope

Royal Paint With the Metallic Gardener from the United Sates Helped Into an Open Field By Women and Children

While the Dust Settles

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Northern Exposure, Vol. 1

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