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Hiding In The Light

by Kimono Kult

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1.
I was stubborn Destroying all the remedies Trying to conceive the voices that you gave to me Eating with the cats Eating with the colors That want to take me off of it You have to think of all my lost friends You have to think of all my senses I got lost in the middle of your essence As I went in to the center of my conscience Consciences respond to your pain To your pain Everything, anything but the pain This pain ********************************************* Terca fuí Destruyendo los remedios Tratando de concebir las voces que me diste Comer con los gatos Comer con los colores que quieren quitarme de encima Tienes que pensar en mis amigos perdidos Tienes que pensar en mis sentidos Me perdí en el medio de tu esencia Me fuí en centro de mi conciencia Conciencias responden a tu dolor tu dolor A tu delor Todo menos el dolor Menos el dolor
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Las Esposas 03:23
In my house I own film that has to be developed Develop the sixteen millimeter camera! You people have to know how to begin to share the distortions To know how to work well without rules I have a black man in El Paso, El Paso; that I need There is is a black man in El Paso, El Paso; that I need He is very small! Starting to share With my wife Who has already lost her mind Starting to share with my wife, wife Who has turned into a crazy strife With this intention of trying to understand Of trying to under-stand the art of loving I am the wife I love you! Look at me but do not touch me Loot at me but do not touch me Look at me... God is a symbol of your body I do not like it anymore ****************************************************** En mi casa tengo rollos que se tienen que revelar Revelar la cámara de dieciséis milímetros Tienen que comenzar a compartir distorsiones Saber trabajar bien sin reglas Tengo un negro en El Paso, El Paso que yo necesitoay un negro en El Paso, El Paso que yo necesito Esta chiquito! Empezar a compartir con mi esposa Ya se volvió bien loca Empezar a compartir Con mi esposa, esposa Se volvió bien re-loca Con el intento de com-prender De comprender el arte de amar Yo soy la esposa Yo te amo! Mírame pero no me toques Mírame pero no me toques El Dios es el símbolo de tu cuerpo Ya no me gusta
3.
The action destroys me The action controls me The movement nudes me The movement destroys me The action is the balanced result of movement directed by intelligence of my inner sound, of my inner noise The movement destroys me The movement nudes me; strength without direction Power without direction will never make it Never, never; toward harmony The dead They speak and do not take action They speak and do not forgive The dead Say farewell The powers says farewell The powers says farewell and suddenly they shut up... ********************************************** La acción me destruye La acción me controla El movimiento me desnuda El movimiento me destruye La acción es la resultante equilibrada del movimiento dirigido por la inteligencia ...de mi ruido interno, de mi ruido interno El movimiento me destruye El movimiento me desnuda; fuerza sin dirección Fuerza sin dirección no llegaría Jamás, jamás; la harmonia Los muertos; Hablan y no accionan Hablan y no perdonan Los muertos; Se despiden Se despiden las fuerzas Se despiden las fuerzas y luego se callan.
4.
Foolish I have been Drowning myself in fear Flying with two Is better than staring at the night alone I will reject the good Of all my loved ones Because I am like this Very ugly and poorly raised Closed up, unstable! I will exchange my faith For a bit of your essence Wanting to see my being Complement this loss Flying with you Better than night watching the shores alone I will swallow the evil of all my loved ones Closed up, unstable! ************************************************** Necia soy Ahogandome en el miedo Volar con dos Mejor que ver la noche sola Rechazaré el bien de todos mis queridos Por que yo soy así Muy fea y mal criada Cerrada, inestable! Cambiaré mi fe Por un tanto esencia Quiero ver mi ser complementar la perdida Volar con dos Mejor que ver la noche sola Tragaré el mal De todos mis queridos Cerrada, inestable

about

The hazy horizon of Los Angeles. Since it iproves perpetually unpredictable, it is not odd when one finds their co-conspirators in disparate locales, often smoothing out the vague and jagged status quos that are only a figment of our own minds anyway. Enter KIMONO KULT, who’s initiates include current and ex- members of Mars Volta, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bosnian Rainbows, Swahili Blonde, Le Butcherettes, Dante Vs. Zombies, and Raw Geronimo – all who are adamant that this is not some “all-star” vanity project. In fact, one cannot even SEE Kimono Kult - one can only HEAR Kimono Kult (in theory with the true definition of OCCULT as “something hidden”).

A new project recorded, produced and shot-called by Neurotic Yell CEO and Swahili Blonde mastermind Nicole Turley, Kimono Kult synthesizes all the signature styles and influences from a cream of crop wrecking crew she has at her immediate grasp. Vocally fronted by the untamable Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes, Bosnian Rainbows) their debut EP “Hiding In The Light” are four songs of electro/dub/afro-beat/ avant-freak/jazz-like conversations of instrumental ecstasy.

Opening the record, you hear Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta, Bosnian Rainbows) backwards string-arrangement on “Todo Memos el Dolor” (“Everything, Anything But The Pain”), initially reminiscent of Scott Walker’s “It’s Raining Today” before the drum machines anchor it into more modern territory. Teri's shrill vocals plead with hybrid emotion as they tip-toe through the minimalist abstraction, while hallucinatory synths help narrate the tapestry. "Las Esposas" (The Wives) begins with a mysterious spoken-word intro, referencing a taunting, dusty 16mm film that may hold such Jodorowskian phantasmagoria, beckoning the character like an estranged lover as Omar's slithering guitar line interlaces science-fiction beeps/bloops over Nicole's pounding electro-rhythm. "La Vida Es Una Caja Hermosa" (Life Is A Beautiful Box) sees some fractured, sour synths filling voids between a post-punk dub foundation, while guitar interplay between Dante White (Dante Vs. Zombies, Starlite Desperation) and John Frusciante help build a mountain of subtle sonic thunder before it all dissolves gingerly into unanticipated silence. The EP ends with it's catchiest accessible track "La Cancion de Alexandra" (Song Of Alexandra), an anthemic procession of self-realization where devotion and sacrifice hold hands. Some playfully sophisticated strings from Laena Geronimo (Raw Geronimo) push and pull with dueling trumpet lines to the forefront of this defiant, re-imagined march, Terri Gender Bender taking the role of the writhing Pied Piper as the credits begin to roll of this brief but incredibly resonant recording. - Gabriel Hart

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released March 4, 2014

Lyrics by Teri Gender Bender

Performed by....
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar, synths, strings
Teri Gender Bender - vocals, guitar
John Frusciante - guitar
Nicole Turley - drum machine, bass, synths, trumpets, backing vocals
Dante White-Aliano - guitar, synths
Laena Geronimo - bass, violin, trumpets

Recorded, mixed, produced, and mastered by Nicole Turley

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