Kid Loco's Only Concert in Moscow

The creative story of Kid Loco, whose real name is Jean-Yves Prieur, begins at the age of thirteen when Jean-Yves starts learning to play the guitar. Much later, in the 80s, Kid Loco becomes a co-founder of the alternative record label Bondage (Béruriers Noirs and others). In the 90s, inspired by hip-hop, Kid Loco forms two bands that are far ahead of their time: Mega Reefer Scratch and Catch My Soul, released simultaneously with IAM and NTM. But above all, Kid Loco is an author, composer, producer, and of course, a DJ. 'I was simply asked to become a DJ, so I bought a couple of Technics turntables, more records, and started spinning vinyl all over the world!' he explains the diversity of his interests. He has a huge number of remixes for Pulp, St. Etienne, Talvin Singh, Mogwai, The High Llamas, Departure Lounge, and many others. According to Kid Loco himself, remixing and reworking other people's songs is the best school for a producer, and he has achieved success in this area as well. Kid Loco founded his own label Royal Belleville, and this year the resurrection of the mythical Godchild project is expected. Let's not forget about the soundtrack for the series 'Delta Venus' created by Douglas Gayeton. Kid Loco also doesn't keep a big secret about his wide range of current preferences. Docteur L and Howie B have been elevated to the status of new heroes by him, and having a grand figure like Sebastien Tellier on stage makes one think about serious musical achievements. The latest such achievement was the album 'Kill Your Darling.' Two unique performers joined forces to work on it. The voice of English singer Tim Keegan (Departure Lounge) has resonated with fans of dirty rock and roll for four decades. The female and backing vocals are handled by the singer from Glasgow, Louisa Quinn, who has also adeptly mastered astrology and black magic. Working with Kid Loco has not tarnished the reputation of the session musicians invited to record this album: Alex Bonnie (Cornu) on bass, Guillaume Metenier (Seven Dub, Tanger) on keys, Erik Jansson (Jay Jay Johanson) on harmonica. And of course, Kid Loco himself is also involved in guitars, bass, keys, drums, programming, and harmonica. 'I can even buy heavy rock records,' says Kid, 'when I'm in London, I buy new releases for DJ sets. Since I travel a lot, I look for bargains. In Canada, you can find amazing easy listening, and there's a lot of jazz in Australia. You can put me in the country's garbage bin, and I'll buy it.' While 'Kill Your Darling' is not a synthetic album, it is a synthesis album. Kid Loco can listen to blues, understand, appreciate, dismantle, and reconstruct music according to his own crazy vision. But in the end, this is already a new kind of music, the music of tomorrow. The album consists of exactly 10 tracks, two of which are six-minute instrumentals and four wonderful standard compositions. 'Kill Your Darling' is not just a magnificent album. It is a very original album that provides rich food for thought about the history of popular music. It easily slips into the human consciousness like clean air, lazily drifting in the foul luxury of a brothel. The music is as delicate and beautiful as the glass of a cocktail glass left forgotten on the counter of an empty bar at dawn, as bright as the morning sun rays playing on cactus spines. Blues and rhythm. Rhythm and blues. 'Kill Your Darling' is the first album of the New Millennium. Welcome to a truly New World.