kimbra fans only ;): 2012

Mr. Mista

Kimbra sang the hook and a few more lines of this 2008 hit of Nesian Mystik: MUSIC VIDEO

Did you ever dreamt of a duet performed live by Kimbra and herself? I mean a true duet, not just a song with layered vocal loops... No need to imagine. This gives us a glimpse of what it could be like.

Jam session

An image can't catch the spirit of a jam session. But it's so tempting to try it...
Jam session at Funky Claude's Lounge (Montreux), July 15th, 2012.
From left to right, Joey Gonzalez, Brandon Gilliard, Mikey Phillips (on Drums), Mr. ? (does anyone know his name, please?), Kimbra, Marcus Lewis and Lance Powlis.

(The above picture is made out of several frames from this VIDEO)

Stripping down Kimbra's "Good Intent"

(Direct link)

How to recognize true talented artists? Forget about the sophisticated studio produced tracks and don't get dazzled by the customary awesome promotional videos. Just manage to listen to stripped down performances of their songs, live, unplugged. No crews of musicians nor piles of instruments behind which to hide. If the artist still shines then you found it!

(But don't take this too seriously. I know for sure that we woudn't be convinced by a solo-show of a certain Beethoven humming Symphony No. 5 only accompanied by a tambourine.)

New species found every day

wildlife

So you wanna sing a cover of Kimbra's cover of "Plain Gold Ring"

(Direct link)

The Build Up

We already knew that music criticism is not an exact science...

"...tumbling away to tracks like The Build Up, little better than a demo, and so minimal it's in danger of disappearing away into nothing".
(Laurence Green's review of Vows in musicOMH).

" The best thing by a mile is the creaking folk of The Build Up - recalling the Gotye duet in its minimalism".
(Ally Carnwath for The Guardian/The Observer - review of two stars out of five -).

Ils ont changé ma chanson

Sometimes songs break free, for better or worse, and there's nothing their parents can do about it.
This is just an improvised parade of "Somebody That I Used To Know" parodies. In case you missed the real thing, check out the official video of the Gotye song (feat. Kimbra).

The soundtrack of this video is "What have they done to my Song, Ma?", a good old song by Melanie Safka.

First books

Vows: Which version have I got?

K. Jonhson

Hardcover: 1354 pages

Did you know that...?

Kimbra's debut album Vows was first released in New Zealand, and came in two different versions: one for North Island and one for South Island?

A silent NZSL limited edition was also released in 2011 but went unnoticed?

The two disc Australian Tour Edition of the album Vows includes a third hidden disc?

The Vows Ossining Deluxe Edition, only available in Westchester County (NY), is the only edition that includes all the live tracks recorded at Sing Sing Studios?

Kimbra and the Illuminati

D. Icke & T. Turner

Paperback: 3 pages

A much-needed and timely analysis:

Are the illuminati behind Kimbra's international success?

Foreword by an anonymous true illuminatus.

(Please, don't look for these books! You won't find them!)