Founded: 2008
Location: England
Mount Kimbie is an English electronic music duo consisting of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos. Formed in 2008, the duo expanded on the musical template of the UK dubstep scene, releasing early EPs Maybes and Sketch on Glass to critical praise the following year. Their debut album Crooks & Lovers in 2010 received further acclaim and was listed as one of the defining albums of the decade by DJ Mag.The band signed with Warp Records in 2012, and released their second album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth the following year, third album Love What Survives in September 2017, and a double album MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning in November 2022. They have collaborated with artists such as James Blake, King Krule, and Micachu.
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"It's been a weird ride, with plenty of acclaim, but even now it still feels like there's something scratching at their skin from the inside."
"Mount Kimbie's new path seems to have taken them further away from the idiosyncrasies and quirkiness that made them stand out in the first place."
Towards the end of their long set, they really crank up the strobe-light madness and ear-wrecking noise, ensuring the ecstatic crowd leaves wholly satisfied.
A great set and proof that electronic music comes into its own as a live performance.
The electro pair will hit up Syd and Melb
“We thought that we had cracked the way to tour, and we thought we were so experienced in it... but it’s been the total opposite. You really just forget how full-on it is."
The best way to describe Cold Spring… is that it sounds like a slow motion dream about a great party that you’re happy to indulge in, despite knowing none of it is real and that you’ll have to wake up eventually.
The greatest strength, by far, of Cold Spring Fault Less Youth is the live percussion tracking.
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth will drop May
It’s proof that Mount Kimbie have truly carved their own niche, and their next effort is likely to be just as alluring.