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King Bong Sign to Mandrone Records

Posted in Whathaveyou on December 14th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

Italian instrumentalist jammers King Bong have signed to Mandrone Records to release the next in their Beekse Bergen series, the most recent of which, Vol. 8 – Rosebud, came out earlier this month. In addition to this, Mandrone — also responsible for releases by Gramma Vedetta and Aliceissleeping — will reissue the band’s 2017 offering, Sand – Return. By what I’m going to assume isn’t really coincidence at all, I recently snagged a download code from a giveaway for said album in one or the other of the Facebook groups that pops up in my newsfeed, and was glad I did, as the weirdness quirk factor in King Bong‘s jams runs high and exploratory, and it led me to dig a little further into the Beekse Bergen stuff, which I suspect the Mandrone release will do as well for others.

All those jams, extended and vibe-heavy as they are, are recorded live and name-your-price on their Bandcamp. I’m not advocating digital hoarding or anything, but yeah, I kind of am.

The PR wire brought this:

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MANDRONE RECORDS SIGN KING BONG

Mandrone Records is pleased to announce the signing of King Bong, the instrumental jam band from Milan, Italy.

The label and the band will work together for the release of the sixth episode of their Beekse Bergen saga, details of which will be revealed in early 2021. This much-anticipated piece of musical art will be an epic release with many special guests.

To celebrate the beginning of this relationship, Mandrone will run a limited repress of the band’s recently sold out Sand ? Return.

Originally released in 2017, the progressive and multi-layered tracks on this album tell four stories that unfold in four different deserts around the world. The music is accompanied by the evocative artwork of Solo Macello, which will help listeners to fully immerse themselves in this journey.

Mandrone says of King Bong: “We have been following this band since the dawn of times and have been captured by their evolving sound palette and tireless creative work. This is all about the music. Pure music for greedy ears. We’re excited they’ve joined the family.”

King Bong says: “We are happy to partner with the guys from the Mandrone. We’ve been doing DIY since the year of the VIII and we know these guys will help the King to have a louder voice. Plus they’re musicians, so we speak the same language.”

Stay tuned for what will surely be a fruitful collaboration. Reissue details coming soon!

Stream/Download: https://kingbong.bandcamp.com/album/sand-return

Sand ? Return Tracklist
1. Marathon des Sables
2. Uncle the Big Duck
3. Capacocha (Llullaillaco Dreamin’)
4. Biondo (Lo Sai Di Chi Sei Figlio Tu?)

Album Credits
Recorded at Frigo Studio by Francesco Cego
Mixed by Matteo Ravelli and King Bong at Distant Zombie Warning Studio
Mastered by James Plotkin

KING BONG is:
Andrea Ferrari – Electric guitar
Riccardo Balzarin – Electric guitar
Alberto Trentanni – Electric bass
Matteo Ravelli – Drums and percussion

https://www.facebook.com/kingbongofficial
https://kingbong.bandcamp.com/
http://www.kingbongband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mandronerecords/
https://www.instagram.com/mandronerecords
https://mandronerecords.com/

King Bong, Beekse Bergen Vol. 8 – Rosebud (2020)

King Bong, Sand – Return (2017)

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