Gloria Holwerda-Williams : Vocals and tambourine
Empee Williams : Vocals and guitar + effects
Influences
Louie the Charmer, the Lumpen
Sounds Like
suicide, new bloods, jeanne lee, julia lee, lee hazlewood, low, stevie wonder, mc 5, basement 5, jackson 5, grandmaster flash and the furious 5, ESG, XTC, MIA, MOG, devo, the books, sonic death, john cooper clark, metabolist, mekanik kommando, young marble giants, violent femmes, victims family, three mustapahas three, mohammed jimmy mohammed, cop shoot cop, no means no, x-ray spex, world domination enterprises, skunk anansie, nina simone, patti labelle, patti smith, curtis mayfield, kurtis blow, attila the stockbroker, specials, fishbone, bad brains, selecter, repetitor, deeelite, public enemy, public image ltd, the clash, the beat, run dmc, last poets, last minute trio, linton kwesi johnson, congos, grace jones, jimi hendrix, sly and the family stone, sly and robbie, drunken boat, african headcharge, wilson pickett, sam cooke, jesus lizard, will oldham, savoy grand, gil/joao/astrud/bebe gilberto, john/alice coltrane, sun ra, susana baca, the ex, revenge of the carrots, zea, zoppo, gone bald, sex ettek, kadaverbak, plan kruutntoone, post office, john prop & louise lilani, archie shepp, velvet underground, ornette coleman, lydia lunch, birthday party, wire, slits, new age steppers, david bowie, iggy pop and the stooges, bob marley and the wailers, siouxsie and the banshees, jonathan richman and the modern lovers, teenage jesus and the jerks, joy division, aretha franklin, paris, dionne warwick, dusty springfield, bruce springsteen, au pairs, allez allez, gang of four, new order, mascara, burnt sugar, nervous cabaret, kimya dawson, jeffrey lewis, saul williams, fats domino, shaka khan, shakazulu overdrive, butthole surfers, mekons, queen latifah, salt 'n' peppa, mc lyte, oxbow, jungle brothers, yohimbe brothers, palace brothers, elaine brown, james brown, james carr, james chance, marvin gaye, tito puente, spanish harlem orchestra, hector lavoe, ruben blades, celia cruz, prince, augustus pablo, shuggie otis, otis redding, red c/krayola, kid creole and the coconuts, cocorosie, jimmy cliff, one speed bike, godspeed yo black emperor, durutti column, dj arnold, pfaff, blues brother castro, the moi non plus, big piney, dress, pj harvey, raymonde howard, blondie, cilla black, leonard cohen, coil, psychic tv, einstuerzende neubauten, swans, bush tetras, B-52's, talking heads, minutemen, meat puppets, oumou sangare, mahmoud ahmed, martha and the muffins, shellac, arab strap, glenn branca, rhys chatham, smog, cat power, black heart procession, skeleton crew, no safety, dna, jah wobble, jah division, oneida, numbers, lightning bolt, sightings, tv on the radio, life without buildings, eight frozen modules, third eye foundation, camaron de la isla, carlos santana, this heat, sole, melvins, iva bittova & pavel fajt, polje lavante, squirrel bait, three mile pilot, god is my co-pilot, beaver, hospital bombers, danielle dax, parliament/funkadelic, sam & dave, rocket surgeons, dali's screwdriver, new kingdom, grand buffet, sugar hill gang, old tricky, dj booth, dj spooky, dj spinna, anne elliott.
KANIPCHEN-FIT is vocalist Gloria and vocalist/guitarist Empee Holwerda-Williams.
Gloria is known throughout the Tri-state area and beyond as a poet and visual artist, while Empee is also a member of the Amsterdam based music group SOLBAKKEN, who are best known in the US for their collaboration with San Diego’s Black Heart Procession, on the ’In The Fishtank’ series (released through Touch and Go).
KANIPCHEN-FIT uses two voices, electric guitar, tambourine, maracas and minimal beats for optimum effect. The music is unsentimental, the lyrics try to stay ironic, taking on subjects as rain, corruption, faith, the American flag and prison entertainment.
KANIPCHEN-FIT has performed at Galapagos, Bowery Poetry Club, WMC and Diesel Gallery in New York, at art openings in Pittsburgh and New Orleans, as well as Romein, Leeuwarden and Paradiso, Occi and Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam.
In the Fall of 2009 KANIPCHEN-FIT went on a two week tour through Germany, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Italy and France with ZEA from Amsterdam, culminating in a split 7", released through Makkum/ Red Wig records.
Spring 2010 the debut KANIPCHEN-FIT CD will be released on the Dutch HOOVERFLAG label, distributed by KONKURRENT!
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Hi! a rare "mass comment posting" (i'm sorry about that) to say that my new EP is online. If you have some time to kill... Hope you'll like it. thanx S.
