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A.R. Kane

May 04, 2023

A.R. Kane (sometimes AR Kane or A.R.Kane) was a British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala. After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim, the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album 69 (1988). Their second album, "i" (1989), was also a top 10 hit. They were also part of the one-off collaboration MARRS, whose surprise dance hit "Pump Up the Volume" was released in 1987. Ayuli is believed to have coined the term "dreampop" in the late 1980s to describe their eclectic sound, which blended elements such as distorted guitars, dub production, and drum machines.[2]

A.R. Kane
Promotional image of A.R. Kane
Background information
OriginEast London, England
Genres
Years active1986–1994, 2016–2018
LabelsRough Trade, 4AD, One Little Indian, Luaka Bop
SpinoffsJübl
Past members
  • Alex Ayuli
  • Rudy Tambala
Websitearkane.co.uk

The group broke up in 1994. Though their work fell into relative obscurity in subsequent years, they have been characterised by critics as among the most innovative and underrated groups of their era, and recognized as an influence on styles such as shoegaze, trip hop, and post-rock.[3][4][5][6] In 2012, One Little Indian released Complete Singles Collection, which compiled the group's single and EP releases.

Tambala briefly reformed A.R. Kane from 2016 to 2018 with Maggie Tambala and guitarist Andy Taylor but without Ayuli. This reformation was later spun-off as its own band, Jübl, which has since released two singles and a studio album.

History

Origins

Ayuli and Tambala first met as school children in an East London primary school. Ayuli is of Nigerian descent, while Tambala was born to a Malawian father and English mother. Both were involved in formative and culturally diverse music communities as adolescents,[7] with Ayuli part of a dub soundsystem and Tambala part of a jazz-funk scene.[4] In 1983, Ayuli became an advertising copywriter, one of few black creatives working in the London ad business. The two were both inspired by a mid-1980s Channel 4 performance by Cocteau Twins; Tambala explained: "They had no drummer. They used tapes and technology and Liz Fraser looked completely otherworldly with those big eyes. And the noise coming out of Robin [Guthrie]'s guitar! That was the 'Fuck! We could do that! We could express ourselves like that!' moment."[4]

Attending a party in 1986, Tambala was asked how he and Ayuli knew each other; he lied that the two played together in a band, going on to describe their sound as "a bit Velvet Underground, a bit Cocteau Twins, a bit Miles Davis, a bit Joni Mitchell". A week later, the two were contacted by a label on the strength of Tambala's fabrication.[4] The duo recorded their demo without a drummer, using a guitar and two cassette players.[8]

1986–1994: Recordings

In 1986, A.R. Kane released their debut single "When You're Sad" on One Little Indian. The duo were initially grouped with other "noise pop" acts, and were hailed in the press as "the black Jesus and Mary Chain", despite claiming to have never heard the work of that band.[9] The next year the group signed to 4AD to release the follow-up 1987 EP Lollita, which was produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins and saw the duo melding dub production, guitar feedback, free jazz and studio experimentation.[4][9] While at 4AD, label chief Ivo Watts-Russell suggested that Ayuli and Tambala team with roster mates Colourbox, champion mixer Chris "C.J." Mackintosh, and London DJ Dave Dorrell to record a one-off single. Dubbing the collaboration M/A/R/R/S, the resulting single, "Pump Up the Volume" was a breakthrough effort heralding sampling's gradual absorption from hip-hop into dance music and ultimately the pop mainstream, reaching number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1987.[9]

A.R. Kane followed with their highly anticipated debut album, 69 (1988), which topped the independent charts and received rave critical reviews from the UK music press.[5] Writing for Melody Maker, critic Simon Reynolds described 69 as "the outstanding record of '88."[10] A.R Kane's next release was 1989's Love-Sick EP, followed later that year by their second studio album, "i", in which they engaged more overtly with pop, dance and electronic styles. The duo, dismissive of the wildly disparate attempts by journalists to categorize their unique sound, eventually began referring to their music as "dreampop"; the term was widely adopted by music critics thereafter.[11] Like its predecessor, "i" was released to moderate sales figures and topped the independent charts.[12] Also in 1989, Rough Trade released the Pop EP.

In the early 1990s, the band went on hiatus. During this time, Ayuli and Tambala founded the label H.ark and released EPs by acts such as Papa Sprain and Butterfly Child.[12] Rough Trade went bankrupt in 1991. In 1992, US label Luaka Bop released a 15-song US retrospective of the band's work, titled Americana. Greg Kot of The Chicago Times described the compilation as "a chronicle of sonic innovation in which the boundary between melody and noise, pop and the avant-garde, is blurred continually."[13] The duo ended their hiatus thereafter to record a follow-up album, New Clear Child (1994), and then dissolved following its release.

1994–2014: Post-breakup

Following the dissolution of A.R. Kane, Tambala made ambient- and dub-based music with his sister Maggie under the alias Sufi[14] and released the 1995 album Life's Rising on Caroline Records. Tambala serves as head of new media for Ministry of Sound, and previously worked for Virgin Digital in non-musical roles. He has also recorded as MusicOne.[15]

Ayuli was known to be a museum curator in the US. He put out releases under the name Alex!.[16] In 2006, Ayuli contributed vocals to two tracks ("Soulsong" and "Passage") on the album Primario by the Static Discos artist Fax, and also appeared on Fax's album Zig Zag.[17] Ayuli appeared in Beautiful Noise, a documentary on the shoegazing music scene of the 1990s[18]

A.R. Kane's first two albums were reissued in the US by One Little Indian in 2004, and New Clear Child was reissued by 3rd Stone in 2000. Complete Singles Collection, a compilation of the group's EPs and singles, was released in 2012.

2015-present: Reformation and spinoff as Jübl

In 2015, it was announced by Tambala that a quasi-reformation of A.R. Kane, bringing together new and old collaborators, would be taking place that year under the name #A.R.Kane and without the involvement of Ayuli.[19]

In 2018, the revived band (featuring Rudi and Maggie Tambala plus guitarist Andy Taylor) renamed itself Jübl as part of a "forward-thinking rebrand". Rudi commented "I wanted to do something for the 30th anniversary (of 69), to give back to people some of the feeling they have shared with us, and to mark the moment. We discussed remasters, t-shirts, box-sets, re-recording some of the tracks, concerts, re-mixing the entire LP, and so on, but there were ownership and rights issues that became impenetrable barriers, so I just kinda gave up. Then one morning in May I just thought "Fuck it, it's a month away, just get the fuck out of bed and do something." Over coffee I realised that we could only move forward and be free from the nonsense by renaming the band, hence "Jübl". From that moment on everything just clicked into place. The three of us have been performing as A.R. Kane since 2016, and writing new songs too, so the material was there, we just had to make that final push."[20]

Following the name change, Jübl issued two singles - "Thinking Sweet" (in June 2018)[20][21] and "Quiet Sun Slips Over" (in June 2019), both of which would later appear on their first album under the new name, DNA Cowboys, released independently on 1 September 2019.[22]

Legacy and influence

Critic Jason Ankeny described A.R. Kane as "arguably the most criminally under-recognized band of their era" and an important progenitor of such musical developments as shoegazing, trip hop, ambient dub and post-rock.[6] The Guardian has called their work "some of the 80s' most extraordinary music" and noted their influence on subsequent artists such as My Bloody Valentine.[4] The group have been recognized for breaking stereotypes about the styles accessible to black musicians at a time when most popular black artists were relegated to soul, reggae and hip hop.[5][4] Critic Simon Reynolds tentatively referred to A.R. Kane as "the great lost group of the 80s," while pointing out that the group in fact enjoyed fervent support in certain circles of the press and surrounding music scenes during the period.[5] Reynolds later wrote that "A.R. Kane weren't a rock band in the conventional sense [...they] were more like an experimental guitar pop unit who loved to push the recording studio to its limits."[5] Their work was characterized by frieze as "dreamy experimental pop."[23] Pitchfork wrote that, "embracing dub, soul and paisley pop, A.R. Kane pushed boundaries most of their contemporaries completely ignored."[24]

Bands such as Seefeel, Slowdive, Long Fin Killie, Dubstar, and the Veldt/Apollo Heights have cited A.R. Kane as an influence.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Lollita 12-inch EP (July 1987, 4AD)
  • Up Home! 12-inch EP (April 1988, Rough Trade)
  • Love-Sick 12-inch/7" EP (October 1988, Rough Trade)
  • rem"i"xes CD/12" EP (1990, Rough Trade Deutschland)
  • A Love from Outer Space CD/12" EP (1992, Luaka Bop/Sire)

Singles

  • "When You're Sad" 12-inch single (August 1986, One Little Indian)
  • "Baby Milk Snatcher" 7-inch single (June 1988, Rough Trade)
  • "Listen Up!" 12-inch single (October 1988, Rough Trade)
  • "Pop" CD/12"/7" single (July 1989, Rough Trade)
  • "Crack Up" 12-inch single (1990, Rough Trade France/Virgin)
  • "Sea Like a Child" CD single (1994, 3rd Stone)

Compilation albums

  • Americana CD/LP (1992, Luaka Bop/Sire)
  • Complete Singles Collection 2CD (2012, One Little Indian)

References

  1. ^ Tate, Greg. "Black to the Futurism". Artforum. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ King, Richard (2012). How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975–2005. Faber & Faber. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-571-27832-9.
  3. ^ Purdom, Tim (13 November 2012). "A love from outer space: dream-pop icons A.R. Kane interviewed". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Fitzpatrick, Rob (19 September 2012). "AR Kane: how to invent shoegaze without really trying". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e Reynolds, Simon. "ReynoldsRetro". Reynoldsretro.blogpsot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b "A.R. Kane – Biography & History – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ^ "The Quietus – Features – A Quietus Interview – The Future Came And Went: A. R. Kane Interviewed". Thequietus.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ^ Eady, Will. "A MOMENT IN MUSIC HISTORY: A.R. KANE AND THE BIRTH OF DREAM POP". I Am The Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "A.R. Kane Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1988). "A.R. Kane: Supercolourfragilelipsticksexyallahdosehush". Melody Maker. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. ^ "The official website for independent record label 4AD". 4AD. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  12. ^ a b Reynolds, Simon. "ReynoldsRetro". Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  13. ^ Kot, Greg. "Noise Makers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  14. ^ "SUFi – Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  15. ^ "MusicOne – Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Alex! – Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  17. ^ . 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  18. ^ "Beautiful Noise". IMDb.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Cult dream-pop act A.R. Kane announce first show in 20 years". Factmag.com. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. ^ a b 'Song Premiere: "Thinking About You" by Jübl', The Big Takeover, 5 June 2018
  21. ^ 'Review: Jübl – Thinking Sweet EP', 27 June 2018 on thinkinglyrically music blog
  22. ^ DNA Cowboys | Jübl, 1 September 2019 on Bandcamp
  23. ^ "Craft of the Lost Art". frieze magazine (110). October 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  24. ^ . Pitchfork. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

External links

  • Whatever Happened To... A R Kane (from January 1999 issue of Q magazine)
  • A.R. Kane entry on Discogs.com
  • Jübl Facebook page
  • Jübl Bandcamp page

May 04, 2023
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A R Kane sometimes AR Kane or A R Kane was a British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album 69 1988 Their second album i 1989 was also a top 10 hit They were also part of the one off collaboration MARRS whose surprise dance hit Pump Up the Volume was released in 1987 Ayuli is believed to have coined the term dreampop in the late 1980s to describe their eclectic sound which blended elements such as distorted guitars dub production and drum machines 2 A R KanePromotional image of A R KaneBackground informationOriginEast London EnglandGenresDream popexperimental rockshoegazeavant pop 1 Years active1986 1994 2016 2018LabelsRough Trade 4AD One Little Indian Luaka BopSpinoffsJublPast membersAlex Ayuli Rudy TambalaWebsitearkane wbr co wbr ukThe group broke up in 1994 Though their work fell into relative obscurity in subsequent years they have been characterised by critics as among the most innovative and underrated groups of their era and recognized as an influence on styles such as shoegaze trip hop and post rock 3 4 5 6 In 2012 One Little Indian released Complete Singles Collection which compiled the group s single and EP releases Tambala briefly reformed A R Kane from 2016 to 2018 with Maggie Tambala and guitarist Andy Taylor but without Ayuli This reformation was later spun off as its own band Jubl which has since released two singles and a studio album Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins 1 2 1986 1994 Recordings 1 3 1994 2014 Post breakup 1 4 2015 present Reformation and spinoff as Jubl 2 Legacy and influence 3 Discography 3 1 Studio albums 3 2 EPs 3 3 Singles 3 4 Compilation albums 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditOrigins Edit Ayuli and Tambala first met as school children in an East London primary school Ayuli is of Nigerian descent while Tambala was born to a Malawian father and English mother Both were involved in formative and culturally diverse music communities as adolescents 7 with Ayuli part of a dub soundsystem and Tambala part of a jazz funk scene 4 In 1983 Ayuli became an advertising copywriter one of few black creatives working in the London ad business The two were both inspired by a mid 1980s Channel 4 performance by Cocteau Twins Tambala explained They had no drummer They used tapes and technology and Liz Fraser looked completely otherworldly with those big eyes And the noise coming out of Robin Guthrie s guitar That was the Fuck We could do that We could express ourselves like that moment 4 Attending a party in 1986 Tambala was asked how he and Ayuli knew each other he lied that the two played together in a band going on to describe their sound as a bit Velvet Underground a bit Cocteau Twins a bit Miles Davis a bit Joni Mitchell A week later the two were contacted by a label on the strength of Tambala s fabrication 4 The duo recorded their demo without a drummer using a guitar and two cassette players 8 1986 1994 Recordings Edit In 1986 A R Kane released their debut single When You re Sad on One Little Indian The duo were initially grouped with other noise pop acts and were hailed in the press as the black Jesus and Mary Chain despite claiming to have never heard the work of that band 9 The next year the group signed to 4AD to release the follow up 1987 EP Lollita which was produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins and saw the duo melding dub production guitar feedback free jazz and studio experimentation 4 9 While at 4AD label chief Ivo Watts Russell suggested that Ayuli and Tambala team with roster mates Colourbox champion mixer Chris C J Mackintosh and London DJ Dave Dorrell to record a one off single Dubbing the collaboration M A R R S the resulting single Pump Up the Volume was a breakthrough effort heralding sampling s gradual absorption from hip hop into dance music and ultimately the pop mainstream reaching number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1987 9 A R Kane followed with their highly anticipated debut album 69 1988 which topped the independent charts and received rave critical reviews from the UK music press 5 Writing for Melody Maker critic Simon Reynolds described 69 as the outstanding record of 88 10 A R Kane s next release was 1989 s Love Sick EP followed later that year by their second studio album i in which they engaged more overtly with pop dance and electronic styles The duo dismissive of the wildly disparate attempts by journalists to categorize their unique sound eventually began referring to their music as dreampop the term was widely adopted by music critics thereafter 11 Like its predecessor i was released to moderate sales figures and topped the independent charts 12 Also in 1989 Rough Trade released the Pop EP In the early 1990s the band went on hiatus During this time Ayuli and Tambala founded the label H ark and released EPs by acts such as Papa Sprain and Butterfly Child 12 Rough Trade went bankrupt in 1991 In 1992 US label Luaka Bop released a 15 song US retrospective of the band s work titled Americana Greg Kot of The Chicago Times described the compilation as a chronicle of sonic innovation in which the boundary between melody and noise pop and the avant garde is blurred continually 13 The duo ended their hiatus thereafter to record a follow up album New Clear Child 1994 and then dissolved following its release 1994 2014 Post breakup Edit Following the dissolution of A R Kane Tambala made ambient and dub based music with his sister Maggie under the alias Sufi 14 and released the 1995 album Life s Rising on Caroline Records Tambala serves as head of new media for Ministry of Sound and previously worked for Virgin Digital in non musical roles He has also recorded as MusicOne 15 Ayuli was known to be a museum curator in the US He put out releases under the name Alex 16 In 2006 Ayuli contributed vocals to two tracks Soulsong and Passage on the album Primario by the Static Discos artist Fax and also appeared on Fax s album Zig Zag 17 Ayuli appeared in Beautiful Noise a documentary on the shoegazing music scene of the 1990s 18 A R Kane s first two albums were reissued in the US by One Little Indian in 2004 and New Clear Child was reissued by 3rd Stone in 2000 Complete Singles Collection a compilation of the group s EPs and singles was released in 2012 2015 present Reformation and spinoff as Jubl Edit In 2015 it was announced by Tambala that a quasi reformation of A R Kane bringing together new and old collaborators would be taking place that year under the name A R Kane and without the involvement of Ayuli 19 In 2018 the revived band featuring Rudi and Maggie Tambala plus guitarist Andy Taylor renamed itself Jubl as part of a forward thinking rebrand Rudi commented I wanted to do something for the 30th anniversary of 69 to give back to people some of the feeling they have shared with us and to mark the moment We discussed remasters t shirts box sets re recording some of the tracks concerts re mixing the entire LP and so on but there were ownership and rights issues that became impenetrable barriers so I just kinda gave up Then one morning in May I just thought Fuck it it s a month away just get the fuck out of bed and do something Over coffee I realised that we could only move forward and be free from the nonsense by renaming the band hence Jubl From that moment on everything just clicked into place The three of us have been performing as A R Kane since 2016 and writing new songs too so the material was there we just had to make that final push 20 Following the name change Jubl issued two singles Thinking Sweet in June 2018 20 21 and Quiet Sun Slips Over in June 2019 both of which would later appear on their first album under the new name DNA Cowboys released independently on 1 September 2019 22 Legacy and influence EditCritic Jason Ankeny described A R Kane as arguably the most criminally under recognized band of their era and an important progenitor of such musical developments as shoegazing trip hop ambient dub and post rock 6 The Guardian has called their work some of the 80s most extraordinary music and noted their influence on subsequent artists such as My Bloody Valentine 4 The group have been recognized for breaking stereotypes about the styles accessible to black musicians at a time when most popular black artists were relegated to soul reggae and hip hop 5 4 Critic Simon Reynolds tentatively referred to A R Kane as the great lost group of the 80s while pointing out that the group in fact enjoyed fervent support in certain circles of the press and surrounding music scenes during the period 5 Reynolds later wrote that A R Kane weren t a rock band in the conventional sense they were more like an experimental guitar pop unit who loved to push the recording studio to its limits 5 Their work was characterized by frieze as dreamy experimental pop 23 Pitchfork wrote that embracing dub soul and paisley pop A R Kane pushed boundaries most of their contemporaries completely ignored 24 Bands such as Seefeel Slowdive Long Fin Killie Dubstar and the Veldt Apollo Heights have cited A R Kane as an influence Discography EditStudio albums Edit 69 July 1988 Rough Trade reissued 2004 One Little Indian i October 1989 Rough Trade reissued 2004 One Little Indian New Clear Child September 1994 Luaka Bop reissued 2000 3rd Stone EPs Edit Lollita 12 inch EP July 1987 4AD Up Home 12 inch EP April 1988 Rough Trade Love Sick 12 inch 7 EP October 1988 Rough Trade rem i xes CD 12 EP 1990 Rough Trade Deutschland A Love from Outer Space CD 12 EP 1992 Luaka Bop Sire Singles Edit When You re Sad 12 inch single August 1986 One Little Indian Baby Milk Snatcher 7 inch single June 1988 Rough Trade Listen Up 12 inch single October 1988 Rough Trade Pop CD 12 7 single July 1989 Rough Trade Crack Up 12 inch single 1990 Rough Trade France Virgin Sea Like a Child CD single 1994 3rd Stone Compilation albums Edit Americana CD LP 1992 Luaka Bop Sire Complete Singles Collection 2CD 2012 One Little Indian References Edit Tate Greg Black to the Futurism Artforum Retrieved 11 December 2021 King Richard 2012 How Soon is Now The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975 2005 Faber amp Faber p 206 ISBN 978 0 571 27832 9 Purdom Tim 13 November 2012 A love from outer space dream pop icons A R Kane interviewed Fact Magazine Retrieved 25 August 2016 a b c d e f g Fitzpatrick Rob 19 September 2012 AR Kane how to invent shoegaze without really trying Theguardian com Retrieved 31 July 2017 a b c d e Reynolds Simon ReynoldsRetro Reynoldsretro blogpsot com Retrieved 31 July 2017 a b A R Kane Biography amp History AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 31 July 2017 The Quietus Features A Quietus Interview The Future Came And Went A R Kane Interviewed Thequietus com Retrieved 31 July 2017 Eady Will A MOMENT IN MUSIC HISTORY A R KANE AND THE BIRTH OF DREAM POP I Am The Industry Retrieved 4 September 2016 a b c A R Kane Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 10 February 2017 Reynolds Simon 1988 A R Kane Supercolourfragilelipsticksexyallahdosehush Melody Maker Retrieved 14 July 2016 The official website for independent record label 4AD 4AD Retrieved 31 July 2017 a b Reynolds Simon ReynoldsRetro Reynoldsretro blogspot com Retrieved 31 July 2017 Kot Greg Noise Makers Chicago Tribune Retrieved 25 August 2016 SUFi Listen and Stream Free Music Albums New Releases Photos Videos Myspace Retrieved 31 July 2017 MusicOne Listen and Stream Free Music Albums New Releases Photos Videos Myspace Retrieved 31 July 2017 Alex Listen and Stream Free Music Albums New Releases Photos Videos Myspace Retrieved 31 July 2017 cloudchamber 1 October 2009 Archived from the original on 1 October 2009 Retrieved 31 July 2017 Beautiful Noise IMDb com Retrieved 31 July 2017 Cult dream pop act A R Kane announce first show in 20 years Factmag com 17 April 2015 Retrieved 31 July 2017 a b Song Premiere Thinking About You by Jubl The Big Takeover 5 June 2018 Review Jubl Thinking Sweet EP 27 June 2018 on thinkinglyrically music blog DNA Cowboys Jubl 1 September 2019 on Bandcamp Craft of the Lost Art frieze magazine 110 October 2007 Retrieved 21 August 2016 Pitchfork Album Reviews A R Kane 69 i Pitchfork 29 October 2010 Archived from the original on 29 October 2010 Retrieved 8 April 2020 External links EditWhatever Happened To A R Kane from January 1999 issue of Q magazine A R Kane entry on Discogs com Jubl Facebook page Jubl Bandcamp page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A R Kane amp oldid 1149166542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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