The title of Kim's latest single, 'Rama VI', taken from his latest album ‘Cousis’is a reference to a revered Siam King and a street in Bangkok, the city he grew up in as a kid.
The song glimmers in a dreamy haze of synths and while Kim's lyrics remain relatively abstract, it feels like he bares himself most here than on any other song on the album. He sings...
Gouldians, the colorful birds, do not swarm. So when they swarm, it must be a sign. We see a group of different people just before the moment the birds fly over a mansion. The people are having drinks. They are celebrating something, we do not know. Maybe it has to do with the birds. Some people are frightened, some are hopeful, some don’t care.
After the official premiere by Clash Music earlier today, here's the official release of the new video for Kim Janssen's 'Gouldians'. Directed by Wouter Stoter, it shows a 6-second time frame repeated 18 times from different angles. Hence the line - a single moment seen from different angles - at the beginning of the video.
'Gouldians' is on the recently released album 'Cousins'. It's a pop album,...
After the premiere for ‘Bottle Rockets’ by The Line Of Best Fit (UK) and singles ‘Gouldians’ and ‘Dynasty’, Kim’s new album ‘Cousins’ is finally here now, released internationally on Snowstar Records/Caroline Records.
'Cousins', is a pop album, swinging in tone from dark to blinding technicolor, with glossy synths, huge orchestral arrangements and Kim's vocal - at times a Bill Callahan-esque croon, at times a soaring falsetto....
After releasing first official single ‘Gouldians’ and teaser track ‘Bottle Rockets’, which are now good for over 500.000 Spotify plays, now it’s time for Kim Janssen’s second official single; ‘Dynasty’. It’s the opening track of Kim’s upcoming album ‘Cousins’, which will be released world wide on the 31st of March on Snowstar Records.
Kim Janssen's new single, 'Dynasty', is more maximalist and vibrant than anything he has released...
Kim Janssen was born in the Netherlands but raised in Asia, spending most of his childhood in Bangkok and Phnom Penh and his teenage years in Kathmandu.
After the premiere for ‘Bottle Rockets’ by The Line Of Best Fit (UK) and single ‘Gouldians’, Kim’s new album ‘Cousins’ will be released internationally on March 31st on Snowstar Records.
'Cousins', is a pop album, swinging in tone from dark...
Kim Janssen's new single, 'Gouldians', feels explosive and subdued at the same time. With the drums and bass up close and a jangling rhythm guitar as its backbone, it rolls like a fast train.
Kim sounds slightly aloof while wearing his heart on his sleeve, singing about confiding in a pet Jack Dempsey when 'the ice has grown thin' around him and seeking company at strangers' funerals. The Black Nazarene...
Kim Janssen was born in The Netherlands but raised in Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Kathmandu.
After three years of radio silence Kim Janssen finally returned via UK-blog The Line Of Best Fit last year with ‘Bottle Rockets’; a piano-ballad which now has over 300.000 Spotify plays. The live video for new song ‘Cousin’ was the cause for high expectations for his first concert with full band, including...
