CirKus are a trip-hop band formed by Burt Ford, Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry

Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...

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History

DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Camerson McVey) as an assistant recording engineer. They began to work on their own material at Karmil's home studio in London. Ford was singing, then Karmil's girlfriend Lolita Moon (Neneh and Cameron's daughter Tyson) was asked to sing on some tracks. Eventually Neneh Cherry joined the team and performed rapped/sung vocals. Ford and Karmil convinced Cherry to move to Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and the band settled in Cherry's country house near Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

 and recorded their first album Laylow, released in 2006. They are currently based between Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 and London

London

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The group released a second album, Medicine, in France in March 2009.

Albums

• Laylow (2006)
• Laylower (2007)
• Medicine (2009)

Singles

• "Starved" (2006)
• "Is What It Is" featuring Martin Jondo (2006)
• "You're Such An..." (2007)
• "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" with Youssou N'Dour
  Youssou N'Dour
  Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax, a type of music...
  
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• "Bells" (2011 US)

Instruments used on stage

• Burt plays Novation
  Novation
  In contract law and business law, novation is the act of either replacing an obligation to perform with a new obligation, or replacing a party to an agreement with a new party...
  
   X-Station
  X-Station
  The Novation X-Station is a virtual analog synthesizer, audio interface and MIDI controller made by the British company Novation. It is the end-result of adding an audio interface, a KS-class synthesiser and an effects section to the company's ReMOTE controllers. The product was sold for a short...
  
   and Kaoss Pad 2
• Lolita plays Roland
  Roland
  Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Historically, Roland was military governor of the Breton March, with responsibility for defending the frontier of Francia against the Bretons...
  
   V-Synth (with its D-Beam
  D-Beam
  The D-Beam Controller is a Roland Synthesizers interface that controls sound and effects via hand movements interacting with an infrared beam of light. Although controlled in a similar manner to a theremin, it should not be confused with one. The theremin operates with radio frequencies.It was...
  
   system that allows her to control some parameters with her hand) and Akai
  Akai
  Akai is a consumer electronics brand, founded by Saburo Akai as , a Japanese manufacturer in 1929. It is now headquartered in Singapore as a subsidiary of Grande Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, which also owns the formerly Japanese brands Nakamichi and Sansui. The Akai brand is now used...
  
   MPC
  MPC
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• Karmil plays Blueridge sunburst dreadnought acoustic guitar (Contemporary Series), Gibson Les Paul standard and a patrick eggle berlin pro V.
• Both guitar and bass use line 6 pods.
• Ableton Live is used to run triggered loops and samples

External links

• www.cirkustent.com official website
• CirKus on Neneh's unofficial website