There’s a very good reason why you should listen to Kid Twist. But at this time of pre-festive writing we can’t tell you why. Ink is still too dry on one of the most interesting artistic ventures to sail through clubland for a while.
Yet by the time you read this, embargoes may be busted so you may wanna check out ClashMusic.com/kid-twist for a mild catch up on one of Britain’s foremost clubbing institutions. However let’s dip a toe first.
Kid Twist thrives on a solid wack of recreational schizophrenia
/blockquote>Like all dextrous dance heads Kid Twist thrives on a solid wack of recreational schizophrenia: “I have two personas. Kid Twist is my love for soul, new wave rock ‘n’ roll and melody in all its forms. It’s my love for rock ‘n’ roll and a huge desire to play live and tour forever.”
“Drums of Death, however, is filth. It’s the metal kid in me still but if he’d grown up going to FWD and been there during burgeoning acid house scenes and seen the birth of hip-hop. It’s all about rhythm and bass. It’s a one man show too so I think it lets my ego flip out wild and have fun in a kinda theatrical way inside a club.”
Indeed when playing live he resembles a boisterous toddler with A.D.D. wired on amphetamine whilst his Mum has sneaked off with a metaphorical milkman. But away from the rampant mixer Colin expands more on his currently more amenable recordings: “Loaf is a new label based in east London, it’s the belligerent offspring of Lo Recordings and was set up to search for, I suppose, new talent and the people who may move on up to Lo once they’re ready. My EP, ‘A Bionic Yell’, is out right now on Loaf. It’s a weird mix of disco, tripped-out vocal electronica and marks a good point at where I stopped making tracks and wanted to be a songwriter.”
With major influences of Captain Beefheart, Chicago acid house, TV On The Radio, Gonzales and Talk Talk, you’re probably delightfully disorientated. Dance music made by guitar lovers is nothing new. But you’ve never been twisted by this Kid. You will soon.
