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Kinski Information
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'Kinski' is an post-rock band from Seattle, Washington. They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two guests, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they eventually agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an experimental sound.
In 1999, keyboardist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie in the same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band has toured extensively in the US, Japan and Europe since then playing with Mainliner, Hovercraft, Silkworm and Mission of Burma.
Kinski signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for first signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. Their first album on the label was Airs Above Your Station released in 2003. The band also released an album jointly with Acid Mothers Temple in the same year. Their Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water was released in 2004 followed by Alpine Static on Sub Pop. As of 2005, Weeks left the band to be replaced by Barrett Wilke.
Band members
As of 2005, Kinski consists of:
*Chris Martin (guitar)
*Lucy Atkinson (bass)
*Barrett Wilke (drums)
*Matthew Reid Schwartz (guitar, keyboards)
Dave Weeks was formerly a member of the band. (1)
Discography
*Space Launch for Frenchie - 1999 self-released; reissued 2005 on Strange Attractors
*Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle - 2001 on Pacifico; reissued 2005 on Strange Attractors
*Penthouse Suite 7" single - 2001 on Sub Pop
*Semaphore EP - 2002 on Sub Pop
*Airs Above YourStation - 2003 CD on Sub Pop; LP on Strange Attractors
*Split w/Acid Mothers Temple - 2003 on Sub Pop
*Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water - 2004 on Strange Attractors
*Alpine Static - 2005 on Sub Pop (2)
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