K÷, a unique collaboration between kindred spirits: Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker and Peter Hook, have released the first video from their three track EP of brand new songs.
Jaz Coleman explains “Remembrance Day is a good example of this being essentially a song about how Covid-19 has changed our lives but written some 30 years ago! Indeed I remember thinking when I wrote the lyric ‘what the fuck is this about?’ – it’s certainly not the conventional 11/11 Remembrance Day dominated by the poem of Rupert Brookes, The Soldier (and others). However, the prose of K÷’s Remembrance Day is certainly about megadeaths and now it’s happening in real time.
Looking back to early 2020 our colleague Andy Gill (of Gang Of Four fame) died unexpectedly from a respiratory problem. Then a year later I received news that my beloved Uncle Bob Pandy (who was a second father to me) died on Christmas Day. I went into shock and contracted a handful of illnesses including Covid-19 from which I have fully recovered I am happy to say!”
The K÷93 EP is available as a numbered 10″ on clear vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Limited to just 2000 copies worldwide, this beautifully presented release also includes a gig flyer postcard and exclusive sleeve notes by Jaz Coleman and Peter Hook.
Recorded in 1993 at Peter Hook’s studio, the recordings were lost until November 2019 when Chris Kettle (formerly of E.G. Records) handed Jaz a DAT cassette at a record signing for Magna Invocatio in a London record store, remarking “look what I found“.
Remastered from the original cassette, the session “could be described as spontaneous and magical” by Coleman “I think it surprised all of us. Peter encouraged the softer, lower tones of my voice. And then of course we emerged from the haze and went our separate ways.“
“I think these tracks are great. I hope something else happens or at least we play them some time.I’ve missed you lads! ” exclaims Hook.
“When you listen to this rare chemistry, you will understand why I’ve always felt this experience begs for a full opus magnum somewhere in the near future.” – Coleman.
To pre-order the K÷93 10″ and exclusive merchandise including T-shirts and mugs go to: https://www.kd93.co.uk
K÷93 EP track listing
1: Remembrance Day
2: Giving Up The Ghost
3: Scrying