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Categorization for Kinky too difficult to determine |
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2/26/2009
BRIAN MORI
Tucsonans who like the frenetic rhythms of Mexican quintet Kinky will probably revel in the band's newest CD, "Barracuda."
"It is more aggressive than the others and resembles the live energy we have," Kinky guitarist Carlos Chairez says during a phone interview. "It's a little mean, a little mysterious. The Barracuda is always in the dark and it's ready to grab anything that passes by."
The album is a continuation of the band's sonic exploration and defies categorization.
"The ideal fan is one that is craving new stuff," he says. "We're characterized as electronic but we love rock and a lot of different genres . . . Live, we experiment with the songs. We rock it a lot more."
Kinky's music, about two-thirds of which is in Spanish, is a high-speed fusion of '80s and '90s electronica, rock, some jazz, and regional Mexican stylings. Also in the mix: synthesized audio, heavy percussion, guitar and even some accordion.
"A lot of people have tried to categorize the music but we cannot really put any labels on it because we have been invited to play rock bars and jazz festivals," Chairez says.
In many of their songs, the group combines several of these genres to create a musical gumbo of sounds. In others, the sound is almost so mainstream American rock, it could easily throw off the unfamiliar listener.
"(Kinky) is about going further. In a sexual connotation or a musical context, it means the same to us," Cha... read the complete story >>
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