Airs Above Your Station

Kinski (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B00007MB42
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #187,828 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

AP
..filled with the sort of unprofessional, unpretty noodling post-rock has been begging for: big riffs..and John Bonham-style skin beating. - (Trevor Kelley)

Product Description
Kinski is a (mostly...) instrumental rock quartet from Seattle. By turns melodic, swelling, roaring, propulsive, and sparse, Kinski walks the margins of avant-rock (ref. High Rise, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Mogwai, GYBE) with nods to Krautrock and a penchant for noisy psychedelia. Airs Above Your Station is Kinski's third full-length (after the self-released Space Launch for Frenchie and 2001's stunning Be Gentle with the Warm Turtle on Pacifico Recordings).

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kinski - 'Airs Above Your Station' (Sub Pop), November 6, 2005

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

'Airs Above...' is the band's third CD release,and nearly as brain damaging as that split CD they'd done with Acid Mothers Temple(see my review).I'm nearly amazed that a good American space rock ensemble like this even exists in this day and age.We need more bands like this,I'm proud to say.Tracks I found myself playing repeatedly were the ten-minute dream-like opener "Steve's Basement","Rhode Island Freakout","Waves Of Second Guessing" and the Brian Eno inspired "I Think I Blew it Again".Line-up:Chris Martin&Mathew Reid Schwartz-guitars,Lucy Atkins-bass and Dave Weeks-drums.Might appeal to fans of Gong,Abunai,Hawkwind,Monster Magnet(first three albums)and the previously mentioned Acid Mothers Temple.Record store clerk,be sure to file this one under '21st Century Space Rock'.Recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing., January 30, 2004

By	MyRobotHeart (Orange County, Ca) - See all my reviews

I just got the cd today and I must say this is one of the best purchase I have ever made. I am used to listening to albums with lyrics, however Kinski is an exception. Within 10 seconds of listening to it, I could feel my heartbeat synchronizing perfectly with its tempo. Kinski is a great post-rock shoegaze album with loads of hazy feedback and distortion tied in with a combination of beautiful mellow passages. This album is highly recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ENO Meets Sonic Youth, April 3, 2003

By	Richard E. Barnes "Avalonrick" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Kinski is a relatively new band that has been opening up for the Acid Mothers in NY , I would describe their sound like this imagine Brian Eno joining Velvet Underground or Sonic Youth? Airs Above Your Station is pure Space Rock-experimental using sound as much as anyting creating backdrops of colour. "Schedule for Using Pillows & Beanbags" features tasteful guitar line that weaves into a back and fourth riff that repeats over and over. Very cool, sort of like Syd era Floyd circa late 1967. "Think I Blew It" and "Blew It Again" are the most ENO influence tracks again with washes of sound.