AGENDA

25 mars 2010 Hare and Hounds Birmingham

2 avr. 2010 Buffalo Bar Cardiff, Wales

12 avr. 2010 Hoxton Bar & Kitchen LONDON, London and South East

26 avr. 2010 Nation of Shopkeepers Leeds

1 mai 2010 The Mad Ferret Preston

14 mai 2010 The Great Escape Brighton

19 mai 2010 LIVERPOOL SOUNDS CITY FESTIVAL 39 North John Street, Liverpool

12 sept. 2010 BESTIVAL ! The Isle of Wight, South

NEWS

BIOGRAPHIE

Since the launch of his debut single “Time of Eternity”, King Charles has picked up huge press, online and radio support gaining radio plays from the likes of Rob Da Bank, Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, Huw Stephens and is now a hotly tipped act for 2010. He’s also received rave reviews from a summer’s worth of gigs such as Field Day and Glastonbury Festival, where he supported Laura Marling.

‘Time Of Eternity’ is a sinister yet romantic picture of skewed psychedelia. Within the frantic, Pixies meets Syd Barrett explosion of chaos, lies a melodic heart, a pop song fighting its way out of the sonic maze. B-side ‘Beating Hearts’ is a more conventional love song, yet still delivered in King Charles’s own edgy, slightly warped way.

• “A phenomenal record”- HUW STEPHENS, RADIO 1 • “The most startling performer I saw during the whole of this years Glastonbury”- TOM ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 6 • “As honest and true a romantic as there’ll ever be. His music is a ferocious battle cry for love. To me, it seems impossible not to be moved by it.”- YOUNG TURKS BLOG • “Wonderful”- THE P.I.X • “The king of pop may now be dead, but here’s a new king for the streets.” -BREAKING MORE WAVES • “SPLENDIFEROUS. I can’t seem to stop listening to it.”- PASTAPRIMA • “I will give you five dollars if you can get the chorus on this thing out of your head.”- CITIZENDICK

As a boy, Charles learned the cello, sang in the school choir and trained his voice classically as a treble. He fell in love with country music, took up the guitar and started listening to Bob Dylan who he says, “made the world bigger for me.” Charles started writing country-style songs at seventeen when he also began writing poems. “Music was a good way to take the edge off the cliché of the young poet”, jokes Charles.

Following a year at Durham University, he returned to London without a Degree but with the nifty new moniker of King Charles. He formed a band, Adventure Playground who, along with other like-minded souls made West London scene hotspot Bosun’s Locker their base. Adventure Playground were soon touring with Laura Marling, Noah and The Whale, Marcus Mumford (of Mumford and sons).

His latest single, “Love Lust/Mr.Flick” is a double A-side out later this September. “Love lust” proves his maturity as lyricist, born from his poetic nature, but also as a supremely talented songwriter with catchy hooks and arrangements. “Mr. Flick” is more a demonstration of his rock roots, but still has the contemporary, melodic, exciting, signature style of any King Charles track stamped all over it.

• “It’s one of those tracks that leaps out you from the very first moment…Bow down before him and join his rallying call- Long live the king”- BREAKING MORE WAVES • “[Love Lust] which teams mantra-like vocals with big noisy guitar solos is actually brilliant.” – HOT PRESS • “Infused with the spirit of abandon.”- ARTROCKER • “These tracks flit effortless and memorably between salty sing-along folk chants to explosive rap-rock protest songs with a smattering of electronica and psychedelic romance. – METRO

Instrumentation King Charles- Guitar/Vocals Giovanna Marshall- Keyboard/BV’s Ruth McGarahan- Bass/BV’s Dave Powell- Drums James Barnett Lap Top Control

VIDEO

LIENS

 Site officiel de King Charles : http://www.myspace.com/kingcharlesuk
 Site officiel du Label Mi7 http://www.mi7records.com
 Site de Caramba Spectacles : http://www.caramba.fr/