Kiss of Reality
Members:
David Pittaway -Guitar
Marcus Richmond – Drums, Percussion & Synthesizers
Konrad Park – Chapman Stick
Kiss of Reality was founded in Berlin, Germany in 1991 by David Pittaway. Robert Fripp brought his wife Toyah Wilcox to KoRs 2nd English performance and approached David after the show. Robert said “Very powerful energetic music and I think female vocals would balance that out, and my wife’s interested.”
Toyah soon after joined the band in 1992, moved into our small apartment in Berlin and put her amazing deeply poetic lyrics and vocals to the repertoire. KoR recorded there self titled album in 1993. KoR are currently touring performing as a 3 piece instrumental band that must be experienced, polyrhythmic with lots of odd meters that take you from industry progressive rock through to lush ambiants.
The Black Sea Carny’s
Prepare yourself for a night of blistering intensity as the Black Sea Carnys take over The Tote on August 15th. Emerging from the shadows of the underground, this shape-shifting psych-rock force conjures a sound steeped in gothic atmosphere, post-punk tension, and poetic chaos.
Their live shows are not performances – they’re rituals. Guitars wail like sirens, rhythms pound like war drums, and voices rise like smoke from a scorched landscape. With a reputation for turning stages into altars and crowds into believers, The Black Sea Carnys deliver an experience that’s both otherworldly and undeniably visceral.
Armed with their acclaimed new album Cultland, the band comes to Melbourne for what promises to be a night of sonic possession and beautiful disorder. Equal parts cinematic and savage, it’s music for the dreamers, the wanderers, and the ones who dance on the edge.
Let the lights flicker. Let the walls shake. Enter Cultland.
