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the album living in a giant candle winking at god is now available in the malicious shop...
if you really need persuading, here are a few reviews - read then go buy
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dj magazine:
transit kings deal in dub-tinged global ambience with neat vocal samples and club-wise beats... they’re snappy irreverent inventive and have pop sparkles and gonzoid abrasions alike... 4/5
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classic rock:
an intriguing slice of conceptual, prog-nouveau ambience that floats comfortably between lemon jelly and wish you were here...8/10
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the sun:
a collage of intriguing samples and soundscapes which are a masterclass in innovative eclecticism... with the controls set for quality the results are simple out of this world... 4/5
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we still have a few sets of the three limited edition 7" coloured vinyl singles in the traffic light colours of red, amber and green
the red single {america is unavailable}
+ {america is unavailable sss ding-dong mix}
the amber single {japanese cars}
+ {japanese cars burning doughnuts mix}
the green single {butterflies}
+ {boom (bombay) saffron label 12" mix}
these are limited editions of 500 each and you can order them in sets now in the malicious shop... and you'll get a pile of free stickers too...
if you don’t know about transit kings already then listen to this FREE DOWNLOAD - it's called japanese cars... and here’s a special treat - click HERE for a transit kings live@and podcast...
- then read the following...
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in the summer of 2001 a plan to put together one of the most interesting combinations of artists in the studio finally came to fruition...
alex paterson and jimmy cauty - inventors of ambient house (later to become the orb and the klf), guy pratt (long time post-waters pink floyd bassist, occasional orb contributor and renowned session player) and dom Beken (programmer/producer, orb contributor and long time collaborator and assistant to guy) met at gunpoint - the studio built by guy and dom at london’s townhouse studios...
a lifetime ignoring mainstream boundaries and changing expectations of music laid down an albums worth of music exciting enough to bring in guests johnny marr (the smiths) and simon day (the fast show) as a result of just passing the basement door to the studio... working outside the major label system, session players normally accustomed to working with names such as basement jaxx and moby joined the transits to help create a sound which finally crosses the boundaries between dance, ambient and rock...
work transfered to jimmy’s wheelchair factory studios in brighton and after a brief experiment with the name custerd other projects over-ran the four members...
...but the album refused to die...
on january 1 2004 transit kings followed basement jaxx on stage at tokyo’s biggest new year’s party to road test the album in front of a 7,000 strong crowd and it became clear this was a project screaming to be finished... after several months of re-arrangement transit kings again had an audience “po-going with delight” on the main stage of 2005’s big chill after testing the water with a lo-key ep release token...
working at dom beken’s and music studios in the former projection room of ealing film studios with dom and alex at the helm, living in a giant candle winking at god at last made it to the mastering suite thanks to the independent spirit of malicious damage, the label which give birth to killing joke...
a short film to accompany the title track starring simon day is currently in pre-production and the transits will play this year’s fuji rock festival white stage followed by a couple of london gigs in late august...
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we've still got copies of token plus the free gold medal in the malicious shop
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"as you'd expect, it's a sample-tastic affair right from the clip that opens oh shit ... looped over gurgling synth, widescreen strings... chugging rock backbeat"
- andy gill, the independant
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