"Kingdom of Not will saw your understanding of rock holes, rephrase amphibian states and transport you to a warbling narcotic nebula that David Lynch only hinted at" - NUMBER 6/ KFJC MUSIC DIRECTOR
“Fed by trash culture and fairy tales, spiked by violent, half-understood intrusions from adult reality, Journey To The Far Side Of The Room reads like a coded account of a traumatized but imaginatively liberated childhood… It gets under your skin, and into your brain. It is an odyssey of oddness and an Iliad of illness (in the hip hop, as well as the medical sense). It's worth hunting down…"- BEN GRAHAM/ THE QUIETUS
"An odd journey where nothing from our merely human subconsciousnesses is forbidden." - TERRASCOPE, UK
“A silver disc so brimming with creative genius that it’s amazing it doesn’t get all over you when you remove it from its modest fold out slip case… like strolling through the most excellent of acid trips, an adventure waiting around every corner – a panoply of lyrical and musical delights…” – LACUNAMUSIC BLOG
"Needless to say, this fucking music is FUCKING AMAZING!!!!! I fucking LOVE it. Like a cross between WEEN, Fred Lane, Dogbowl and The Frogs - like a litter of sick puppies with those 4 parents. It’s magnificent stuff. This is, well, what can i say - to be honest, it's 100% Shimmy-Disc. Wish I still had my label...No I don't, actually. It made me crazy! " - KRAMER (Shimmy Disc/ Bongwater)
“PICK OF THE WEEK! Damnably warped to a surrealist lo-gloss polish, and shined by some other bodily fluid. Kingdom of Not don't much care about your world. They're not living in it.” - TRIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE BLOG
"Dan Carbone (aka Buddd Underwood) is a formidable representative of the Surrealist Art Form. He brings an astounding child-like and personal imagination to his work, abetted by The Slow Poisoner who seamlessly supports Dan's visceral visions of reality. It's a wild ride into a surreal world that mixes memory and fantasy into a magical concoction. I'm proud to be associated with anything he does."
- PHILIP PROCTOR, FIRESIGN THEATRE
"Good effects through non-random wordplay that at times approaches the distant memories of preachers and emergency control officials, with sensitivity where children are involved." - RON DUMAS
"An effectively disturbing collaboration." - SF BAY GUARDIAN
" A Riotously funny two-headed side show assault!" - SF WEEKLY
"The sign of a formidable talent!" -SYNCHRONIZED CHAOS
“The history of the Alliance by humor and pop music is poor and ambivalent at best. The humor often undermines the serious nature of the subject matter (Satanist metal) or the self-importance (California Poodle Rocker) and their various offshoots. The jokes are deliberate but quickly devolve into a rock cabaret travesty. The California duo of "Kingdom of Not" nevertheless dares to leap into the arena of land mines known as "musical humor" and achieves something far beyond: a surprising work of grace and dignity. A little consideration to the precarious California USA.” - FRITZ OSTERMAYER & THOMAS EDLINGER/ RADIO FM4 AUSTRIA
"Will reanimate your Inner Cadaver!" - JIM WEIDLE
"Hindu gods played out in a voodoo wax museum by a 19th-century rockabilly band, fronted by a silent-film-era movie monster."
- AUDIENCE MEMBER
credits
released February 23, 2013
KINGDOM OF NOT is
BUDDD UNDERWOOD & THE SLOW POISONER
Written & Performed by KINGDOM OF NOT
With assistance from the following:
Electric Sawed-off piano(Autoharp)-BILLY BILL MILLER (1,5,8,9,10,12)
Ukulele, Sitar and Additional Guitars - UNCLE RAY WILCOX (5,7,10)
Upright and Electric Basses - RICHARD J. BERMAN (2,3,5,7,9,10)
Farfisa, Moog, Rhodes and other Keyboards - ALEX CORY (6,8,11)
Copyright 2013 Migg Tweeny Music BMI
Artwork by BULK FOODVEYOR
Recorded by ALEX CORY
Mastered by KRAMER at Noise Miami
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