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WAKE UP IN L.A.–another BOX'd reissue...

 

In 2011, #JK released his second album WAKE UP IN L.A. on Coffee&CheeseCake Records.

It was released on 31 October 2011 by Coffee&CheeseCake Records. It was produced by Jean Koning and recorded in studios in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Amsterdam from June to August 2011.

Wake Up In L.A. produced three singles – "California", "Fading Picture Of A Wedding Dress", and "You Make It Something It's Not".


Dark organ-washed bass-pounding shuffle till it hurts post-post-punk lo-fi danceable terror from Jean Koning (& they’re some damn catchy tunes).


These words above, were spray-painted all over the garage walls—the garage which functioned as a temporary recording studio—when a group of musicians (led by our hero #JK) finished the recordings of Jean’s sophomore album WAKE UP IN L.A. somewhere in early 2011. And some heroic effort it turned out to be.
WAKE UP IN L.A. is—to date—still #JK’s most psychedelic album. Strange storytelling, weird poetry, overdrive organs and distorted guitars. It’s not very difficult to hear that the recording sessions had frequent intermissions for surf-trips, long drinking sessions, and intermediate bonfire hoedowns. And there’s that fantastic tape-hiss humming throughout the final album mix.

WAKE UP IN L.A. is one of those real musicians’ efforts, where creativity, improvising, and musicianship walk hand in hand and create true and original stories set to true and original music in a unique production.

It turned out to be the only #JK album, which was fully promoted and hailed by the NME magazine.

WAKE UP IN L.A. (the BOX'd reissue) is now once again available on vinyl, CD and, digitally, through Bandcamp–#JK’s preferred medium of download and stream.


#JK teamed up with Elastic Stage in London to manufacture and distribute the vinyl and cd’s (directly from the United Kingdom) and Bandcamp and Soundcloud for digital distribution.

Please, visit [this link] for vinyl, CD and other streaming options…