"Hybrid soundtracking built for artistic insurrection..." - Wired.com "It's unlike anything I've ever heard..." - Skope Magazine "Kicksville is the future, no matter how you look at it..." - GBH.tv "Wild...weird...visually stunning..." - Jambase
Kicksville. Population at last count: 58 and growing fast. Founded as a creative vacation resort by Mayor Mike Stehr and Commissioner Conrad St. Clair, it's grown into a musical collective, artistic movement, and a
virtual community. Everything is created from scratch by Kicksville's
citizens, a team of musicians, artists, writers, and tech geeks who commute to
Kicksville from twelve different cities on three continents and who've worked with a
dizzying range of other artists ranging from Laurie Anderson to Van
Halen and dozens of others, including Queen, BB King, King Crimson and
members of the Grateful Dead.
If you're still confused by how Kicksville operates, Commissioner St.
Clair sums it up for you: "The Mayor and I are the
starting point for most of the music, and we basically run most of the
business side of things. The City Council is made up of folks who have been at the heart of our creative process - they're the core of the live show,
and help out with production and business matters. The Citizens of Kicksville are people who have
written, recorded, or worked with us creatively in one way or another."
The music of Kicksville ranges from the Malian blues of Kalamaya to the surrealist funk of Dumfukistan to the dark industrial throttle of Krankypants. Incorporating improvisation, painstaking programming,
melodic sensibility, bizarre sound effects, and award-winning poetry, genre-defying is a lame cliche that doesn't even come close to describing Kicksville.
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Kicksville at a Glance!
Population: 58 Executives: Mayor Mike Stehr, Commissioner Conrad St. Clair City Council: Beaker, Chris Huntington, Lou Caldarola, Tone Deaf, Aya Peard Poet Laureate: John Beecher Citizens: Denise St. Clair, Tani Diakite, Jay Corey, Kraig Greff, Anna Purnell, Geoff Burrell, Mookie Siegel, Priest Da Nomad, Shady Bastard, Tim Steele, Cheryl Nystrom, Andy Ewen, Tim Gruber, Mark Thorp, John Ware, Anatol Lieven, Dan Leonard, Randall Harrison, Geoff Brady, Denise Henderson, Gary R, Aaron Konkol, Hilel, Anatole Malukoff, Paul Schaefer, Mario Benavidez, Nafeesa Nichols, Djam Vivie, Edi Gbodzi, Biff Blumfumgagnge, Scott Spelbring, Andy Blackman Hurwitz, Louis Marks, Words, Kristie Parpovich, Ras Kickit, Burton Grey, Ben Surman, Curt Sorenson, Sky Cleven, Greg Silver, Wes Cash, Ethan Eichrodt, Dave Park, Nancie Martin, John Gorelski, Bill Yarrington, Amir Alam, Paka, Skinny Gaviar
