Kukl was:
Björk - vocals
Birgir - bass
Sigtryggur - drums
Gud Krist - electric Strings
Melax - piano
Einar Örn - vocals, trumpet
Our story begins some years ago when we co-existed in different
groups in the very same country.
PEYR was a band that gained a reputation in foreign countries, but when
they had had their name spelled in Japanese they tactfully ceased to
exist and left God Krist. and Tryggur floating in the Ether waiting
to make themselves manifest.
PURRKUR PILLNIKK was another band, never too bothered but quite possibly
too concerned. They played with FALL in England, then they too ceased
to exist and Einar kept spinning around hoping to hit someone.
TAPPI TIKARRASS was still another band. When their charm became stagnant
Bjork decided it was time for an evolutionary leap and sent us a bright
smile that opened our hearts.
Birgir caressed his bass in a band called MED NOKTUM, but when the call
came he knew he had to obey and left his fellow workers in the Vineyard
for the Cosmic Unity of KUKL.
And there was one with the name of Melax who had
spent his time within the framework of the surrealist group MEDUSA,
alternately making phallic Bird Cages and Music for Miro on the Moon.
He too heard the call and obeyed.
KUKL thus became the logical conclusion of the Icelandic Musical Evolution.
They depict the Marriage of Heaven and Hell: the Union of Opposites,
Cold Claustrophobic Winters with the Agoric Midnight Sun of the Summer
Months. Snow fused with Vulcanic Activity: A Cold and Calm Outside covering
Catastrophic Aliveness that may tear the ground from under your feet.
|