KING AUTOMATIC VIDEOS



"Two grams" realised by Marc Littler (Slowboat Films)




"Here comes the terror" realised by Nicolas Drolc




"My Shark" realised by Marc Littler (Slow Boat Films)
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KING AUTOMATIC INTERVIEW



Listen to the interview by Mike Spencer on Trash Can, Resonnance FM, London, the 21th January 2006.

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KING AUTOMATIC CHRONICLES / CHRONIQUES

This garcon is heading straight for the One Man Band Hall of Fame! King A. presents 14 tracks of instantly foot tapping blues punk with some electro weirdness simmering somewhere. It sounds like it was recorded in a dumpster, parked in the red, and if you're still wondering how they built the pyramids, this distort-o-rama/burn your pyjama will surely take your mind off the equatation and have you asking how one man can make a racket like this? The king plays kick and snare drum, guitar and organ + sings - all at the same time, and leaves a smoking tambourine and the smell of melted rockyfour in his tracks. The reverb on this baby will have our interplanetary neighbors filing complaints over off-key organ chords and high frequenzy menagerie for the next two millenniums, but this is worth it.Five out of five for the impressive performance and appropriately deep and focused recording, and - this really opens up in multi-channel!

( LOWCUT - Denmark )



Prêts à refoutre les tympans dans la prise ? Batteur de Thundercrack, King Automatic vient de livrer son premier album en one-man-band, Automatic Ray, un cocktail corrosif et inédit d'electrotrash-punk-blues, une espèce de mix Oblivians / Kraftwerk sous acide de batterie. Percus cryptiques, voix bidouillées, orgue lancinant, guitare ferrailleuse... Ouaip, c'est un des seuls one-man-bands à jouer de l'orgue et de la guitare en même temps... Habile l'animal ! Les quatorze titres vous ramoneront le cortex, du teigneux "Drive Too Fast" à l'hypnotique "Cowboy Of Tchernobyl", en passant par la cover râpeuse du "Mongoloïd" de Devo ou le surf spatial de "Rekord 2066". Voodoo Rhythm l'annonce en vinyle et en CD digi-pack incluant deux titres live.Le bonhomme devrait aussi être en tournée dans le sud en novembre.

( DIG IT! - Toulouse )



Heureusement là dessus arrive King Automatic de Nancy, premier one-man-band de la soirée et batteur à ses heures avec Thundercrack et Sux Evulsors. On est d'abord intrigué par son installation puis quand la musique commence, on est vite happé par la sauvagerie dansante des compos et des reprises (de Kraftwerk aux Ramones!). King Automatic a trouvé une combinaison très ingénieuse entre guitare, orgue (avec des boucles enregistrées en live), tom, grosse caisse, cymbales et le concert s'avère très enlevé et sans le moindre temps mort. Un one-man-band étonnant qu'il va falloir suivre de près!

( SDZ - Paris )



This is the second Voodoo Rhythm release I've listened to, the first being John Schooley and I'm well impressed in the direction this label is going ! The One Man Band World Domination has just begun so look out all you duo wannabe guitar / drumming freaks. King Automatic mixes trashed up blues punk with electronic noise and on occasions the distortion is turned way up it just becomes a wall of noise. The only reference I can point to is Bob Log III though King Automatic has a little more to offer and even plays the organ at the same time as guitar and drums (that alone is a must see). Thank god that Horst is in another state as we get a cover of Kraftwork's "the Model" as well as Devo's "Mongoloid".

( LONG GONE LOSER - Australia )



King Automatic: Automatic Ray (Voodoo Rhythm) Intense, noisy and wild one-man band to end all one man bands. Keys, drums, guitar in an all-out trash attack. Kraftwerk meets Lightin' Hopkins and knives are drawn! MY EARS! MY EYES! MY GOODNESS!

( MOHAIR SWEETS - Canada )