Kashmir (band)
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Kashmir is a Danish
alternative rock
band consisting of Kasper Eistrup
(vocals
and lead guitar
); Mads Tunebjerg (bass
); Asger Techau
(drums
) and Henrik Lindstrand
(keyboards
and guitar
).
, Denmark
. Shortly after they started performing Thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high school).
When the American
band Nirvana
started to gain success, they changed their name to "Kashmir", after the Led Zeppelin
song
.
In 1993, they finished second in "DM i Rock", a national amateur concert contest, behind Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
and subsequently became popular in Denmark.
In 2000, the band won six Danish Music Awards
: 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Album', 'Best Danish Songwriter', and 'Best Danish Rock Album' for The Good Life
; and 'Best Danish Producer' and 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space".
In 2001, Lindstrand joined the band's lineup.
In 2004, the band won four Danish Music Awards for 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Rock Album' for Zitilites, 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Rocket Brothers" and 'Best Album Cover' for Zitilites.
Their album No Balance Palace (2005), features Lou Reed
reciting a poem by Eistrup on "Black Building" and David Bowie
who sings a duet with Eistrup on "The Cynic". Additionally, the album was produced by Tony Visconti
.
On November 13, 2009 Kashmir released the first single "Mouthful of Wasps" on their website. The band also recently announced via Twitter
that Trespassers
, their sixth full-length album, would see its release on February 1, 2010. Trespassers was produced by John O'Mahony and Andy Wallace and recorded at Jimi Hendrix
' legendary studio Electric Lady Studios
in New York City
.
Notes - Cruzential was re-released in 1997 with two extra songs as Cruzential (Luxury Version 1997).
Live albums
Mini-albums & EPs
Notes - Danish Single Chart peak positions for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space" and "Rocket Brothers" are for the 2010 chart entries.
Fansites
Others
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band consisting of Kasper Eistrup
Kasper Eistrup
Kasper Baltazar Eistrup is the lead singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and founding member of the Danish band Kashmir....
(vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
and lead guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
); Mads Tunebjerg (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
); Asger Techau
Asger Techau
Asger Techau is the drummer in the band Kashmir, and the frontman in the band Little Jimmy Reeves.He is considered one of the best drummers in Denmark....
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) and Henrik Lindstrand
Henrik Lindstrand
Henrik Lindstrand plays keyboard in the Danish rock band Kashmir.- References :...
(keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
).
History
In the spring of 1991, Eistrup, Tunebjerg and Techau formed a heavy blues band under the name "Nirvana" at Kastanievej Efterskole (a continuation school) in FrederiksbergFrederiksberg
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Shortly after they started performing Thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high school).
When the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
band Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
started to gain success, they changed their name to "Kashmir", after the Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
song
Kashmir (song)
"Kashmir" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their sixth album Physical Graffiti, released in 1975. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant over a period of three years, with the lyrics dating back to 1973.-Overview:The song centres around a signature chord progression...
.
In 1993, they finished second in "DM i Rock", a national amateur concert contest, behind Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy was an alternative rock band from Denmark that started in 1988. Between 1994 and 1997, they were highly successful in Denmark and Japan, heading the early 1990s rock revival in Denmark. The trio consisted of Tim Christensen , Martin Nielsen and Søren Friis...
and subsequently became popular in Denmark.
In 2000, the band won six Danish Music Awards
Danish Music Awards
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy . The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards took copyright on the name Grammy....
: 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Album', 'Best Danish Songwriter', and 'Best Danish Rock Album' for The Good Life
The Good Life (Kashmir album)
The Good Life is a 1999 album by Danish rock group Kashmir, which served to greatly increase the popularity of the band. They changed their musical style from the genre of groovecore as seen in their earlier albums Travelogue and Cruzential, into more soft rock...
; and 'Best Danish Producer' and 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space".
In 2001, Lindstrand joined the band's lineup.
In 2004, the band won four Danish Music Awards for 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Rock Album' for Zitilites, 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Rocket Brothers" and 'Best Album Cover' for Zitilites.
Their album No Balance Palace (2005), features Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
reciting a poem by Eistrup on "Black Building" and David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
who sings a duet with Eistrup on "The Cynic". Additionally, the album was produced by Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti
Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers; his lengthiest involvement with any artist is with David Bowie: intermittently from Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity to 2003's Reality, Visconti...
.
On November 13, 2009 Kashmir released the first single "Mouthful of Wasps" on their website. The band also recently announced via Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that Trespassers
Trespassers (album)
Trespassers is the sixth album by the Danish band Kashmir. It was released on February 1, 2010.-Track listing:#"Mouthful of Wasps" – 5:16#"Intruder" – 4:24#"Mantaray" – 4:10#"Pallas Athena" – 2:28#"Still Boy" – 5:12#"Bewildered in the City" – 6:29...
, their sixth full-length album, would see its release on February 1, 2010. Trespassers was produced by John O'Mahony and Andy Wallace and recorded at Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
' legendary studio Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Albums
| Year | Title | Charts | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
NL |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
MEX |
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| 1994 | Travelogue | — | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | Cruzential Cruzential Cruzential is the second album from the Danish band Kashmir. The producer and engineer Ron Saint Germain used the two words ‘crucial’ and ‘essential’ constantly, and the title of the album is a contraction of the two words.... |
— | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | The Good Life The Good Life (Kashmir album) The Good Life is a 1999 album by Danish rock group Kashmir, which served to greatly increase the popularity of the band. They changed their musical style from the genre of groovecore as seen in their earlier albums Travelogue and Cruzential, into more soft rock... |
3 |
— | — | — | |
| 2001 | Home Dead | 11 | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Zitilites Zitilites Zitilites is the fourth album by Kashmir. It was released in 2003. Henrik Lindstrand joined the band as a permanent member on this album. "Rocket Brothers", "Surfing the Warm Industry" and "The Aftermath" were all released as singles and were all hits in Denmark. "Rocket Brothers" especially was... |
1 | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | No Balance Palace No Balance Palace No Balance Palace is the fifth album by the Danish band Kashmir. It was released on October 10, 2005. The album features David Bowie on "The Cynic" and Lou Reed on "Black Building", and was produced by Tony Visconti... |
1 | 92 | — | — | |
| 2010 | Trespassers Trespassers (album) Trespassers is the sixth album by the Danish band Kashmir. It was released on February 1, 2010.-Track listing:#"Mouthful of Wasps" – 5:16#"Intruder" – 4:24#"Mantaray" – 4:10#"Pallas Athena" – 2:28#"Still Boy" – 5:12#"Bewildered in the City" – 6:29... |
1 | — | 85 | 89 | |
| 2011 | Katalogue | 7 | — | — | — | Compilation album |
Notes - Cruzential was re-released in 1997 with two extra songs as Cruzential (Luxury Version 1997).
Live albums
- 2008: The Aftermath (Live - CD/DVD)
Mini-albums & EPs
- Child of Kashmir (1st Demo) (1991)
- Kashmir Cabaret (2nd Demo) (1992)
- Travelogue: The EP (UK Edition) (1995)
- The Epilogue EP (1995)
- A Selection of Two Lilies EP (2003)
- Extraordinaire EP (2010)
Singles
| Year | Single | Charts | Album | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
DEN P3 Tjeklisten |
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| 1994 | "The Story of Jamie Fame Flame" | — | — | Travelogue | ||||||||||||||||
| "Rose" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Art of Me" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Travelogue" | — | — | Cruzential | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Bring Back Superman" | — | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| "Prawn's Blues" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Gloom" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Stand" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space" | 27 | 2 | The Good Life | ||||||||||||||||
| "Graceland" | — | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Miss You" | — | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | "Make it Grand" | — | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | "In the Sand" | — | 15 | Zitilites | ||||||||||||||||
| "Rocket Brothers" | 33 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Surfing The Warm Industry" | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | "The Aftermath" | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| "Melpomene" | 16 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | "The Curse of Being a Girl" | 9 | 3 | No Balance Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | "The Cynic" (featuring David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s... ) |
2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| "She's Made of Chalk" | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Kalifornia" | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "Mouthful of Wasps" | 5 | 1 | Trespassers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Still Boy" | — | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| "Pursuit of Misery" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Splittet til atomer" | 4 | — | Katalogue | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Notes - Danish Single Chart peak positions for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space" and "Rocket Brothers" are for the 2010 chart entries.
DVDs
- Rocket BrothersRocket Brothers (Kashmir DVD)Rocket Brothers is a 2004 documentary film directed by photographer Kasper Torsting. It explores the ambitions, anxieties and joys of a creative process in the Danish rock band Kashmir....
(2004) - The Aftermath (2005) - A live concert DVD/CD from Store Vega, CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. November 2–3, 2004.
External links
Official sites- Kashmir.nu - The official Kashmir website
- myspace.com/kashmiryeah - The official Kashmir Myspace
Fansites
- Kashmir-Lounge - Danish and International Fansite
- My Kashmir - Danish Fansite in Danish & English
- Petite Machine - Mexican Fansite
Others