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King Capisce

King Capisce make instrumental music.

In 2010 they released their debut album, ‘King Capisce’, which established them as an exciting cross-genre talent, fusing jazz with other influences to create a sound that is unmistakably their own. Capisce make music that is lyrical as well as sometimes dissonant, direct and sometimes elaborate.

Their new record is called 'The Future Cannot Be Born Yet, It Is Waiting For The Past To Die'.

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King Capisce: King Capisce

Read "King Capisce" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


King Capisce hails from Sheffield, in the north of England--the home city of Joe Cocker, ABC and the Arctic Monkeys. On the evidence of its debut , King Capisce, this quartet's own lineage bypasses these rock and pop superstars and tracks back, instead, to Sheffield's more experimental bands such as Cabaret Voltaire and ClockDVA, with contemporary aural links to post-jazzers like Polar Bear, TrioVD and, most obviously, the electric bass and guitar sound of Acoustic Ladyland's fourth album, Living With ...

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'...a strong, fascinating, debut that heralds the arrival of a potentially great band.' - All About Jazz

'Definitely one to look out for.' - Jazz Shaped

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King Capisce

Self Produced
2010

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Shake the Dust

From: The Future Cannot be Born Yet,...
By King Capisce

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