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Features Disc of the day
KUKL
Holidays In Europe (The Naughty Nought)
(Crass Records, 1986)
A 19 year-old Björk enjoys 'free jazz' anarcho-punk freak-out...
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Iceland Air, the captain and crew, I would like to welcome you on board..." intones the flight attendant that introduces the opening track, Outward Flight (Psalm 323), and this record's elusive travelogue concept. Six of the eight titles here include a geographical location - for instance, France (A Mutual Thrill) and Holland (Latent) - but the tracks themselves are not paeans to places. Rather, the entire album confirms KUKL's libertarian principles and their ideological quest for personal freedom.
While KUKL are renowned, if at all, as Björk Gudmundsdóttir's first band of note, the outfit deserve recognition as one of the most challenging outfits to emerge in the wake of post-punk, fusing elaborate concepts with dense musical endeavours that sit somewhere between the stürm-und-drang of Neubauten and the rhythmic propulsion of free jazz. Meanwhile, the band's third set reflects just how much of a debt the youthful Björk - a mere 19-year-old when she started recording this album at London's Southern Studios - owed to Siouxsie Sioux.
"Hard rock from some tasty geezers" promises the appallingly drawn sleeve in a moment of quotable abstraction, but in fact, what you get is an album that showcases a free-spirited take on punk that remains unique and progressive (Crass's Penny Rimbaud produced). Indeed, KUKL would find a far greater audience as the nucleus of the band - Björk, Einar Ørn, keyboard player Einar Melax, and drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson - slowly began to morph into a new band named Sykurmolarnir. Their English name? The Sugarcubes.
Phil Alexander
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/08/2009
Further Listening
Crass – Yes Sir, I Will (Crass Records, 1983)
KUKL – The Eye (Crass Records, 1984)
Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good (On Little Indian, 1988)
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