We are very pleased to share the good news with you that our latest album ‘The Effervescent Travellers’ is now available on CD.
We cannot tell you how good it feels to be able to hold a physical copy of this album.
You can order your copy directly from us on Bandcamp, and we will send it over to you with a little thank you note.
We are delighted to announce the release of our third album.
‘The Effervescent Travellers’ will be released digitally on all download/streaming platforms on 14th August.
The track list is as follows
1.) High Rise
2.) Extreme Push Cycle Race
3.) Sur La Dordogne
4.) The Almighty Faff
5.) Mont Blanc
6.) Fred’s Motorhome Extravaganza
7.) Kinky Joe’s Steamboat trip down the River Taff
As can be suggested from the titles, the theme of the album is all about travel in the most vibrant and enthusiastic sense of the word, either inspired from experiences we’ve had or silly scenarios we came up with in our heads!
We look forward to sharing the full album with you.
Additionally, we have a live set all ready to go as soon as shows are allowed to start happening again. Once we are on the road we will also be announcing the release of the physical version of the album.
In the meantime, you can expect to see livestream performances of the new songs after they are released.
Peace!
KW
We are delighted to share our new single with you.
Extreme Push Cycle Race
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6znIbs8AqStiMMzqFzU604…
Apple Music link: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1519575933
This is definitely one of the silliest and most ridiculous tracks we have done. It was so much fun to put together!
Here are the people involved in the making of this song.
Ryan – Guitars and Brass Arrangement
Miffy – Bass Guitar
Jiffy – Drums
Aled Peter Lloyd – Cameo appearance on the shaker! 😁
Andrew Bishop – Recording and Mixing engineer
AC Brass
Samuel Robertson – Tenor Saxophone
Russel Evans – Trombone
Laurence Collier – Trumpet
Steffan Pringle – Producer/Engineer/Mixer – Mastering
Dale Johnson – Artwork
We look forward to sharing news of the full album release soon.
KW
We are delighted to announce the release of ‘High Rise’, the single from our upcoming 2020 album.
Below are links to the music on Spotify and Apple. (The single is also available on all other streaming services)
Spotify
Apple
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1505748377
Below is a video of the three of us playing through the new track in different locations.
Here is a little information from Ryan about the song
‘High Rise came from a guitar riff I had when I was something like 14 years old. It’s taken about 13 years for me to do something with it and being surrounded by massive skyscrapers in Dubai gave me the inspiration for the title and to finish writing the song. In essence, I wanted the technical scope of what we are doing musically to be reminiscent of some of the amazing post-modern architecture that is appearing in cities, it was great fun putting this together and I cannot wait to do it live when we are able to play live again!’
Here are the credits for ‘High Rise’
Ryan Elliott – Guitars, Moog
Jonathan Griffiths – Drums
Mathew Griffiths – Bass Guitar
Recording and Mixing Engineer – Andrew Bishop
Mastering Engineer – Steffan Pringle
Artwork – Dale Johnson
We look forward to sharing the rest of the album with you.
Kinky Wizzards
Below is the link to the video of our live performance at Ratio Studios.
The premier is this evening at 8pm (GMT time)
We are thrilled to share with you the news that we will be doing a live premier for our ‘Kinky Wizzards – Live at Ratio Studios’ on Thursday 24th June.
Link to FB event – https://fb.me/e/1t0A8LGQI
After being unable to play live for such a long period of time, it was an absolute joy to get into a space together to record a live set that we can share with you. It’s the next best thing to us being in an actual venue together during these times.
The set was recorded through once, so the footage is a real and raw live performance…no corrections, no overdubs, nada!
The video will be available to watch for free from YouTube and Vimeo (links will be posted here) but we would like to point you in the direction of ways you can support us and causes we are behind.
1. If you enjoy the live music, you can buy copies of our CDs over at https://kinkywizzards.bandcamp.com/
2. If you also enjoyed the set and want to help us in our next musical endeavours you can also buy us a coffee over at https://ko-fi.com/kwriffmiffjiff3
3. This last year and a half has impacted so many people in a negative way and we want to use this event as an opportunity to encourage donations to charity organisations who are doing good work to help those in need. Here are some useful links.
Unicef – Help protect families in India https://www.unicef.org.uk/
UK Mental Health Foundation https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/donate…
We look forward to seeing you for the premier next Thursday.
Warmest regards from Wales,
KW
I thought it would be a good idea to put together a score of one of our tunes from the latest album.
It took me absolutely ages to put this together and figuring what the hell the brothers were doing let alone myself in written notation was a head spinner! There are probably some discrepancies here and there, and the drums especially are more of a guide as there’s an improvisatory nature to them. I also provided a brass arrangement for a trio of horns that feature as well. It was however very rewarding to see the music in written form and I though I’d share it with you.
There is something very aesthetically pleasing about it and I may put together a book with all of the tracks notated one day.
Ryan
KW Y
ou can buy a CD or digital copy of our album over at https://kinkywizzards.bandcamp.com/
You can also stream our music via:
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/7ESFERoyiSEMzzCu0fc8Rz…
Apple http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1523621618 https://kinky-wizzards.com/
We are still in lockdown in Wales and unable to get together to play which is just rubbish!
Nevertheless we managed to put together a cover of Rush’s ‘Leave that thing alone’ from their 1994 album ‘Counterpoints’.
We recorded ourselves using our phones and after much kicking and screaming with IMovie, Jiff managed to put it altogether! Glad to share something with you during these tough times. Stay safe!
KW
Despite everything negative about 2020, we pressed on with ambition and energy and were determined to not let external factors stop us.
So we are proud that we released our album, and so pleased that it has been received by you in the way that it has. Thank you for tuning in and enjoying ‘The Effervescent Travellers’.
We desperately miss playing live shows but in spite of that, we have gotten together to rehearse when we could, put some videos together and are planning a livestream event in the new year. (which amazingly, anyone, anywhere in the world will be able to watch).
This pandemic is not over yet, and we share our respects to all of you out there who have been and are still being impacted.
With hope for health and peace of mind in 2021, we wish everyone a Happy New Year.
Peace,
Kinky Wizzards
We are pleased to share with you our new live video from our Music Box Session back in October.
‘Sur La Dordogne’ from our 2020 album, ‘The Effervescent Travellers’.
Many thanks to Hannah Lamb for filming and Andre Bishop for recording, mixing and editing.
As a result of the pandemic, all of our plans to go out and play live went down the drain.
Subsequently we decided to grab any opportunity we could to get all three of us in a room and play some tunes live! Here is a live performance of ‘Chocolate Teapot’ taken from our second album ‘Quirky Musings’ (2017)
Ryan Elliott – Guitar
Matthew Griffiths – Bass Guitar
Jonathan Griffiths – Drums
Hannah Lamb – Cameras
Andrew Bishop – Engineering, Mixing and Editing
To hear the studio version of the track and the rest of the album you can stream it via:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5oJHfI…
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1216…
You can also buy a physical copy of the album at https://kinkywizzards.bandcamp.com/al…
The entire process of recording our new album was a lot of fun, it was also hard work and the hours we put in did lead us to becoming slightly delirious at times as well! Here is a video that shows us recording ‘Extreme Push Cycle Race’ along with the mistakes and moments where we went a bit mad!
You can hear the album via the following links Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/album/7ESFER…
Apple Music – http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1523…
Bandcamp – https://kinkywizzards.bandcamp.com/
