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Friday, April 15, 2011

Kim Ki O





















Today's list of favorite albums was sent to me from that most mysterious and far-off city of Istanbul by Ekin Sanaç and Berna Göl from the modern classic synth/bass girl group, Kim Ki O. Kim Ki O (Turkish for Who Is That Anyway?) began in 2006 and have toured with Jens Lekman and The Radio Dept and are currently on tour with Moon Duo.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for all-girl bands, but that is hardly what makes Kim Ki O so great. Kim Ki O combine reverb-washed keyboards, vocals, drum machines, samples, minor keys, and bass into something evocative and familiar, yet completely singular. Dreamy but not soft, insularly coastal, quietly loud, and intimately hazy. Definitely one of my fondest discoveries of the past year- they are welcome anytime on my iPod.

Kim Ki O have self-released two albums, En Az İki, En Fazla Sekiz (2007) and Diğerleri Nerde?(2008), followed by their latest, Dans, which was released in a limited vinyl edition by Enfant Terrible in 2010. These albums in addition to their 2010 single, Vize, are available on their website for download.

Here's their list of favorite albums in no specific order.

KIM KI O'S FAVORITES

OMD - OMD
Tallulah - THE GO-BETWEENS
Nancy & Lee - NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD
Tom Tom Club - TOM TOM CLUB
Different Class - PULP
COCTEAU TWINS - (Not a single album on its own, Cocteau Twins as a whole actually)
The Glasgow School - ORANGE JUICE
Behaviour - PET SHOP BOYS
So Tonight That I Must See - MAZZY STAR
The Noise Made By People - BROADCAST
Weaponry Listens To Love - HUGGY BEAR
69 Love Songs - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
Holiday - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
Bleach - NIRVANA
You Turn Me On - BEAT HAPPENING
Sister - SONIC YOUTH
Passive Aggressive - THE RADIO DEPT
Power, Corrpution, And Lies - NEW ORDER
Today - GALAXIE 500
The Power Out - ELECTRELANE
Gemini - WILD NOTHING
Eden - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
Holy Bible - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Generation Terrorists - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Love At Absolute Zero - MY FAVORITE
The Queen Is Dead - THE SMITHS
Fabulous Muscles - XIU XIU
Pleasure - GIRLS AT OUR BEST!
Happy Birthday - ALTERED IMAGES
George Best - THE WEDDING PRESENT
What Makes A Man Start Fires - MINUTEMEN
Cruise Yourself - GVSB
Where Did You Learn To Kiss That Way - THE FIELD MICE
Roast Fish Collie Weed & Cornbread - LEE PERRY
Dig Me Out - SLEATER-KINNEY
Swim - CARIBOU
Future Weather - THE WAR ON DRUGS
Computerwelt - KRAFTWERK
The Future Of What - UNWOUND
The Argument - FUGAZI
Lilies - AROVANE
Come Away With ESG - ESG
West Coast - STUDIO
Sap - ALICE IN CHAINS
Like Swimming - MORPHINE
Tri Repatae - AUTECHRE
Alien Lanes - GUIDED BY VOICES
Reject All American - BIKINI KILL
Hungry For Stink - L7

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