Watch the C-Mon & Kypski video for their new song Sit Down, inspired by Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld. A "musical chairs" mini-tour kicks off in Utrecht.
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Dutch dance rock band C-Mon & Kypski will be releasing their Turn Of The Tides EP on January 28. They offer remixes of two tracks from their We Are Square album.
Dutch live dates:» c-monandkypski.nl
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HCTF review of We Are Square.
What's on at the Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands? Four acclaimed Dutch bands, a West Coast sensation, loud guys from Japan, English pop, Scottisch folk rock...
# Tivoli De Helling
What's on at the Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands? Aussie metal, Dutch Britpop, Dutch and Danish avant good-time dance, British blues, stoner rock from Belgium and in the distant future a band named after a Dutch tennis player.
# Tivoli De Helling
Video: Moke - Switch
Video: Triggerfinger - Short Term Memory Love
Watch the C-Mon & Kypski video for China, the lead single of their We Are Square album.
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HCTF review of We Are Square.
Kypski of Dutch dance band C-Mon & Kypski has made an DJ edit of Turn of the Tides, the opening track of their new album We Are Square.
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HCTF review of We Are Square.
Dutch band C-Mon & Kypski rose from the dance music underground with their album Where the Wild Things Are ... in 2006. The wait for new material is over with We Are Square, an album that sounds tighter and more upbeat - and all four members are taking turns handling the vocals. They haven't quite turned into a pop band yet. Samples collector and turntables wizard Simon Akkermans (C-Mon) is still very much at large and drummer Thomas Elbers (Kypski) jumps at every change to show off his chops.
On We Are Square the band nods to jazz, with guests like Benjamin Herman tenar and alto sax, and rising hiphop orchestra leader Kyteman on trumpet. On previous albums the guests wandered around aimlessly, but now they blend in seamlessly. Best track More Is Less moves from MC toasting to Chuck Berry rock guitar, scratching, garage rock, funk, Philly soul and late night jazz - think Zappa with Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals.
C-Mon & Kypsk want their audience to dance the night away and they prove that cellos can swing (Ghouls 'n Ghosts). Maybe they can convince stand-up comedian and Sinatra freak Hans Teeuwen to join them on stage for an eerie rendition of Be Here Now. Closing track Revenge Of The Piñatas pulls out all the stops, with a Mexican inspired brass section letting rip and a wild clarinet solo by Janfie van Strien.
C-Mon & Kypski:
Daniel Rose: guitars
Jori Collignon: keyboards
Simon Akkermans: samples, producing
Thomas Elbers: drums, scratches
We Are Square drops on October 23.
Tracks:» c-monandkypski.nl
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HCTF review of Where The Wild Things Are....
Damn! The Dutch are reclaiming New Amsterdam. That's New York to most of you:
All the artists hail from The Netherlands, a country sonically undiscovered by most of America, but they’re ready and qualified to open their floodgates and spill their sounds over here.
Tuesday Oct 16th @ Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street (btw Stanton and Rivington)
9 PM – 4 AM
It's an unusual name for an unusual band: C-Mon & Kypski, a Dutch electronica quartet. Their new album Where The Wild Things Are... is all over the place, and some of those places I'd rather not visit ever again like the boring jazzy track Spirits High. There are a few gems on it as well, like the offkilter Circus C-Mon & Kypski featuring the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the rocker/spoken word mashup Make My Day and the single Bumpy Road. C-Mon & Kypski have good taste, but don't invite all of your friends to play on your album. Less is indeed more.
