King Midas Sound

After 2 singles on Hyperdub, and a release on Soul Jazz, King Midas Sound's "Waiting for You" is the debut album from Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin's new group. In previous collaborations, Roger performed as a highly respected poet, but when he opened his mouth to sing in a fragile falsetto, everything changed and King Midas Sound was born.

The signature intensity of their previous solo projects remains, but the mood and feeling is radically different. As opposed to Roger's spoken word pronouncements and The Bug's fierce battleground dancehall, King Midas Sound is more like an opiated aftermath.

"Waiting for You" is all about intimacy. Roger’s falsetto is fragile and vulnerable; a sound somewhere between Gregory Issacs and Vincent Gallo, nestled inside an intimate blanket of bass and vertiginous atmosphere. On 3 of the album cuts, the duo becomes a trio, as the bittersweet backing vocals of Hitomi (from Dokkebi Q) adds a further disorientating swirl around the mix like memories gatecrashing the present.

Two years after Hyperdub released Burial's 'Untrue' it is still rare to find albums packed with such intense and honestly exposed feelings.

King Midas Sound are here to stay and they want to rock your stage.

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