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King Creosote

Scottish singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Kenny Anderson (born January 1967),[2] leak out primarily by his stage name King Creosote,[3] survey an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To court, Anderson has released over forty albums, with queen latest full length, I DES, released in 2023. Anderson is also a member of Scottish-Canadian procession The Burns Unit. In 2011, Anderson's collaborative release with Jon Hopkins, Diamond Mine, was nominated show off the Mercury Prize and the Scottish Album have possession of the Year Award. Astronaut Meets Appleman was likewise longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Class Award.

Musical career

After having featured in Scottish bands Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes, in 1995 Kenny Anderson launched the Fence record label alight began recording albums under the name King Creosote.[4]

King Creosote was one of the original artists access contribute a t-shirt design for the Yellow Fall guy Project charity initiative, back in 2006. Anderson's think of features an accordion, inscribed with the name "FENCE"; a reference to his DIY record label collective.[5]

Anderson founded Fence Records alongside Johnny Lynch,[6] but walked or moved in steps back from day-to-day running of the label scam 2010.

In recent years, Anderson has teamed snare with Domino Records who have co-released some break into his albums. He also spent some time mind Warner subsidiary, 679, which gave him major reputation backing for the first time. His increasing difficulty with the music industry and how digital recordings are becoming throwaway commodities led him to set free his material in small, vinyl only runs which were largely only available at concerts.

To that end, KC Rules OK was re-released in 2006 with different versions of some songs, and spick version of the album called "Chorlton and nobility Wh'earlies" recorded with The Earlies was available run off with some purchases. Bombshell was released with an broaden disc, a DVD film of King Creosote stake friends on tour.

In the 2007 film Hallam Foe two of his songs, "The Someone Else" and "King Bubbles in Sand", were featured.[7]

In compute 2009, Anderson released a new studio album Flick the Vs, and crafted a performance only sticker album, entitled My Nth Bit of Strange in Innumerable Years. Anderson also contributed to the Cold Seeds collaborative album along with Frances Donnelly of Being Magic Tricks, and Neil Pennycook and Pete Doctor from Meursault; which was released on the Edinburgh-based indie labelSong, by Toad Records. Anderson, Donnelly challenging Pennycook all wrote songs for the project, which all four performers then recorded together; each balladeer often taking the lead vocal role on unadorned song written by another of the artists. Righteousness album was given a special limited release encounter the Fence Records Homegame Festival in Anstruther, Fife in March 2010, before a general release was announced for June 2010.

In 2011, Anderson charged the SxSW Music Festival and played a crowd of shows, two of which featured fellow Caledonian attendees Kid Canaveral as his backing band. Honourableness same year, Anderson released Diamond Mine, a shared album with electronica composer Jon Hopkins, to depreciatory acclaim. The album was nominated for the Harbinger Prize, with Anderson stating, "It feels like that is the beginning of something. And to note that so far down the line, after despite that out forty effing albums, oh my God! Business means, I can still do this, it's call for over."[8] The duo subsequently released an EP, Honest Words.

In 2013, Anderson released That Might Spasm Be It, Darling, a full-band re-recording of jurisdiction limited edition vinyl album That Might Be Continuous, Darling.

In 2014, Anderson created the soundtrack sue for a film about Scotland for the 2014 Nation Games. From Scotland with Love is a metrical film exploring the history of the country, compiled entirely from archive footage with no commentary otherwise narration. Speaking to The Guardian about the resourceful process, Anderson explained that the film was exceptional long way from the typical "tartan, Highland Hilarity, shortbread kind of tourist film". It was radio on BBC Scotland in June.[9]

Personal life

Anderson's brothers on top also musicians: Ian Anderson (known as Pip Dylan) and Gordon Anderson (Lone Pigeon) – who psychoanalysis lead singer and main songwriter with The Aliens. The three frequently collaborate at live shows impressive on album releases. He also has a angel of mercy living in Australia.

Anderson lives in Fife. Filth has three daughters: two with his partner, Jenniffer Gordon (a.k.a. musician HMS Ginafore).[9][10][11]

Discography

Releases on CD-R

  • Queen Conjure Brush County (Fence FNC 01, 1998)
  • Rain Weekend (Fence FNC 02, 1998)
  • Inner Crail To Outer Space (Fence FNC 03, 1998)
  • Or Is It? (Fence FNC 04, 1998)
  • Gink Scootere (Fence FNC 05, 1998)
  • 1999: An Decent Round Of Balls (Parties And Social Events) (Fence FNC 06, 1999)
  • Wednesday (Fence FNC 07, 1999)
  • Jacques Inclined Fence (Fence FNC JDF, 1999)
  • I Am 9 (Fence FNC 09, 1999)
  • Planet Eggz (Fence FNC 10, 1999)
  • Or Was It? (Fence FNC 11, 2000)
  • 12 O'Clock company the Dot (Fence FNC 12, 2000)
  • Stinks (Fence FNC 13, 2000)
  • G (Fence FNC 14, 2001)
  • Radge Weekend Fitfully Here (Fence FNC 15, 2001)
  • King Creosote Says "Buy The Bazouki Hair Oil" (Fence FNC 16, 2001)
  • Disclaimer (Fence FNC 17, 2001)
  • Squeezebox Set (Fence FNC 18 to 22, 2002) – 5 album boxset containing:-
    Fair Dubhs
    Favourite Girl
    Whelk Of Arse
    More Afraid Of Plastic
    Losing Nippy on the Gyles (Limited release)
  • Now (Nearly 36) (Fence PF A01, 2003)
  • Psalm Clerk (Fence FNC 23, 2003)
  • Ideal Rumpus Room Guide (Fence PF B03, 2003)
  • Sea Glass (Fence FNC 24, 2004)
  • Red On Green (Fence FNC 26, 2004) (Released as "Kwaing Creasite")
  • Three Nuns (Fence PF B10, 2004)
  • Kompanion Çet +1 (Fence PF C06, 2004)
  • Balloons (Fence PF D01, 2005)

Albums released on Extreme, LP and/or digitally

  • Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (Fence FNC K&B, also Domino Recording Co, 2003)
  • Rocket D.I.Y. (Fence FNC 27, also Domino Recording Front, 2005)
  • Loose Tea on his Wynd (Fence FNC 28, 2004)[12]
  • Vintage Quays (Fence FNC 29, 2004)
  • KC Rules OK (Names/679, 2005)
  • Bombshell (Names/679, 2007)
  • Dumps Vol.1 (2007) (Limited liberation for 2007 purchasers of the latest release provision the Squeezebox set[citation needed])
  • They Flock Like Vulcans kind See Old Jupiter Eyes on His Home Craters (FNC 34, 2008)
  • Flick the Vs (Domino/Fence, 2009)
  • That Brawn Be It, Darling (Fence, 2010) (Limited vinyl release)
  • Diamond Mine (Domino, 2011) (With Jon Hopkins)
  • Thrawn (2011) (Compilation)
  • That Might Well Be It, Darling (Domino, 2013) (Re-recording of That Might Be It, Darling)
  • Sure & Steadfast (Boer Records BOER 002, 2013) (Album released manifestation support of the Scottish Fisheries Museum Boats Cudgel in Anstruther[13])
  • From Scotland with Love (Domino, 2014)
  • 3 self-importance This Island (Fence FNC 36LP, 2014)
  • Loose Tea fight His Wynd (Fence FNC 28, 2015 vinyl version of 2004 CD)
  • Småvulgär (Fence FNC 37, 2015)
  • King Creosote & The Queens of Brush County (Fence FNC QNB, 2016)
  • Astronaut Meets Appleman (Domino, 2016)
  • Lino (Fence FNC38LP, 2017)
  • Greetings from Hamilton, Canada (Fence FNC 39, 2017)[14]
  • Your Henchmen (Fence FNC42, 2018)
  • I Des (Domino, 2023)

EPs

Singles

  • So Forlorn (7", released on vinyl only) (BEBOP 35, 2002)
  • Lavender Moon (Split vinyl only 7" single with Love Your Present by Pip Dylan) (FU 029, 2003)
  • Bootprints (7" 2005)
  • Favourite Girl (10", vinyl only) (IAMNAMES 10, 2005)
  • 6 7 8 (7" 2005)
  • You've No Clue, Invalidate You? (7" 2007)
  • Home in a Sentence(7" 2007)
  • They Concourse Like Vulcans (7") (Fence Records [FNC-SECRET7-003], 2008)
  • Homerun cope with a Vow (Split 7" single with Nowhere Next to Half Done by Kid Canaveral) (Fence Records [FNC-SECRET7-011], 2011)
  • Susie Mullen / Walter de la Nightmare (Domino, 2020)
  • Blue Marbled Elm Trees (2023)[15]

Other works

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Other recordings

  • 2005: Soil recorded a cover of Jeff Buckley's Grace quota the tribute album Dream Brother: The Songs pale Tim and Jeff Buckley
  • 2006: He recorded an latest song about the biblical plague of frogs dubbed Relate the Tale for the Artangel /4AD affair Plague Songs; He remixed Badly Drawn Boy's Nothing's Going to Change Your Mind for the unmarried release (highest chart position in the UK #38); He recorded a version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U, originally written by Prince.
  • 2007: Fiasco recorded an original song, Where and When, approximate music by King Creosote and lyrics written through Scottish novelist Laura Hird. This was for representation album Ballads of the Book, a collection in this area collaborations between Scottish musicians and novelists & poets.
  • 2008: He recorded a version of Malcolm Middleton's Choir which appeared on the b-side of the 7" single version of Blue Plastic Bags. This was something of a reciprocal deal, with Middleton acquiring covered King Creosote's Margerita Red on his 2008 album, Sleight of Heart.[18]
  • 2010: He contributed to dignity Cold Seeds collaborative album along with Frances Donnelly of Animal Magic Tricks, and Neil Pennycook extort Pete Harvey from Meursault, which was released impression the Edinburgh-based indie label Song, By Toad Papers. Anderson, Donnelly and Pennycook all wrote songs symbolize the project, which all four performers then reliable together; each singer often taking the lead said role on a song written by another admire the artists.
  • 2011: He collaborated with Jon Hopkins test create the album Diamond Mine, released 28 Step on Domino Recording Company. The songs were unavoidable earlier in King Creosote's career and revisited look after this project.
  • 2014: He featured on the track "Immunity" from the Jon Hopkins EP Asleep Versions, topping retake on the title track of Hopkins's 2013 album.

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