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Tales of Addictive Games & Exotic Pets (14 track album)
This album brings together material produced between 2017-2019, telling the stories of a cast of characters including an exploited angler fish, an obnoxious boy racer, a homicidal housewife, an overzealous street evangelist and many more. The album combines full band arrangements with my “Unangelic Voices” acapella vocal looping. Made up of remastered and remixed material … Read moreTales of Addictive Games & Exotic Pets (14 track album)
Life as a Tourist – Dance Redux (single)
An electro-industrial reimagining of a live favourite. The original version of this song appears on the album Songs From The Age of Human Error.
Exotic Pets (EP)
Tales of marginalisation, featuring a displaced deep sea angler fish, an apocalyptic street preacher and a song once classified as an act of mutiny by the French military. Track by track: 1 – Animals In The Zoo – A twisted piano-led samba with a message for those that like to fashionise diversity while avoiding any … Read moreExotic Pets (EP)
Ugly Doris (single)
The second track to be released from the upcoming Exotic Pets EP, this is a fishsploitation boogie telling the tale of Doris, a deep ocean angler fish taken and displayed in an aquarium exhibit under the unflattering eponym. The original inspiration for this was a flyer for a sealife centre advertising a “Nightmares of the … Read moreUgly Doris (single)
Animals In The Zoo
Animals in the Zoo is the lead single from Exotic Pets, the second in a trilogy of concept EPs due in September 2019. A twisted piano-led samba with a message for those that like to fashionise diversity while avoiding any inconvenience or loss of status. Animals In The Zoo by Kerry JK
Writing Philosophy
I dream in high contrast, burning ice cold Melodramatic, bipolar and bold When I go light I am cheery and droll But when I go dark you will fear for my soul. I mostly write about people. I happen to be one of the those people, but if it’s not obvious I like to be … Read moreWriting Philosophy
Music Kept Me Sane: A Retrospective
Quicksand Kerry is the name and persona I settled into during the ten year period between 1998 and 2008, a time highlighted by expressions of gender fluidity, forays into DIY performance art and gothic industrialism. This album is a compilation of music recorded in various guises during that time, remastered in 2019. 1: Quicksand Kerry … Read moreMusic Kept Me Sane: A Retrospective
Songs Of A New Gendernation
Trans and non-binary compilation album for National Theatre of Scotland. As part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Adam World Choir, I had the opportunity to curate and produce a compilation album of music submitted by choir members from around the world. I got to work with some fantastic transgender and non-binary artists, each with their own … Read moreSongs Of A New Gendernation
Jenni Bluish And Her Fauxchestra
Cross-gender vocal jazz and faux big band. Jenni Bluish was an experimental project to develop a convincing and expressive feminine jazz voice, inspired by performers like Joey Arias. I coupled this with original big band arrangements realised by midi instruments (Jenni’s “Fauxchestra”). I released an EP on Bandcamp as Jenni Bluish, along with some standards … Read moreJenni Bluish And Her Fauxchestra
Player Versus X?
Symphonic industrial metal. Started in late 2013, I found myself wanting to write some darker, heavier music again. Also, while at the time I was focused on teaching and had no intention of going back on the road to be an active musician again, I did want to go through the processes of making an … Read morePlayer Versus X?