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Years active
  
2005 – present

Past members
  
John Tonks Anschul

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Associated acts
  
Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead

Origin
  
London, United Kingdom (2004)

Albums
  
Laylow, Let the Madness Begin, (III) Pantomyme, Cirkus, (Two) The Global Cut, One, Medicine, Na Rázcestí

Members
  
Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Matt Kent

Genres
  
Trip hop, Alternative dance, Electronica

Record labels
  
Wagram Music, Nightmare Records, Universal Music s.r.o., RCB (Projects) Ltd., Cirkus, Ramshaw Records

Similar
  
Rip Rig + Panic, The Thing, Youssou N'Dour, Morgan‑McVey, Bruce Smith

Profiles

Myspace

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CirKus are a trip hop band formed by Burt Ford, Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry.

Contents

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History

DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Cameron McVey) as an assistant recording engineer. They began to work on their own material at Karmil's home studio in London. Ford was singing, then Karmil's girlfriend Lolita Moon (Neneh and Cameron's daughter Tyson) was asked to sing on some tracks. Eventually Neneh Cherry joined the team and performed rapped/sung vocals. Ford and Karmil convinced Cherry to move to Sweden and the band settled in Cherry's country house near Malmö and recorded their first album Laylow, released in 2006. They are currently based between Stockholm and London.

The group released a second album, Medicine, in France in March 2009.

Albums

  • Laylow (2006)
  • Laylower (2007)
  • Medicine (2009)

    • Singles

  • "Starved" (2006)
  • "Is What It Is" featuring Martin Jondo (2006)
  • "You're Such An..." (2007)
  • "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" with Youssou N'Dour (2007)
  • "Bells" (2011 US)

    • Instruments used on stage

  • Burt plays Novation X-Station and Kaoss Pad 2
  • Lolita plays Roland V-Synth (with its D-Beam system that allows her to control some parameters with her hand) and Akai MPC
  • Karmil plays Blueridge sunburst dreadnought acoustic guitar (Contemporary Series), Gibson Les Paul standard and a Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro V.
  • Both guitar and bass use line 6 pods.
  • Ableton Live is used to run triggered loops and samples

    • Relationships

  • Karmil is Moon's boyfriend.

    • Songs

    LaylowLaylow · 2006
    Johnny iConMedicine · 2009
    Čierna ZemCirkus · 2006

    References

    CirKus Wikipedia
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