Capitol K is the name under which Kristian Craig Robinson works as a musician, producer, recording engineer and label manager. He was born in

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and raised in

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and

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, and now based in

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. Capitol K first came to prominence from the single "Pillow" which peaked in the

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at number 99 on 9 March 2002. His early releases combined, found sound,

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aside hi-fi production,

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and

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that went someway to establishing the

folktronica Folktronica is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring uses of acoustic instruments – especially stringed instruments – and incorporating hip hop, electronic or dance rhythms, although ...

genre along with fellow artists,

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Four Tet Kieran Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting UK albums such as '' Rounds'' ( ...

and

Tunng Tunng are an English folk music band. They are often associated with the folktronica genre, due to the electronic influences evident in some of their work. Tunng are often noted for their use of unconventional instruments, including seashells a ...

. Robinson was first signed to the record label

Planet Mu Planet Mu is an eclectic English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance m ...

(1999) who released the debut album ''

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'', and then to

XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been ran and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group. Although only releasing an average of six album ...

(2002) who released the album ''

Island Row ''Island Row'' is the second album by IDM producer Capitol K. The record was released by Planet Mu in 2000, and re-released by XL Recordings in 2002. "Pillow" peaked at No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart. Critical reception ''Exclaim!'' wrote that ...

'' before he created the Faith and Industry label (2004) which has released recent Capitol K material as well as artists, John Johanna,

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, Blue House, and

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. Capitol K currently runs the recording studio Total Refreshment Studio part of the Total Refreshment Centre. Capitol K's work as a producer and recording engineer notably includes,

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nominated

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's album ''Friend'',

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's second album ''

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'', Flamingods' ''Majesty'', and

's first album entitled ''

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''.

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, Bas Jan and

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of the bands

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and

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. He was a member of the Brazilian artist singer

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's band. And a member of

Du Blonde Beth Jeans Houghton (a.k.a. Du Blonde) (born 3 January 1990) is an English multi-disciplinary musician, composer, artist, animator and video director. Their influences range from psychedelic rock, Punk rock, punk, blues, 1960s garage rock and So ...

's band for her

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tour. The period 2009 to 2015 Capitol K played synth and bass with the

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. He also performed on and co-produced their 2014 album ''

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''. in 2005 Capitol K release the album ''Nomad Junk'', composed from field recordings made in Hong Kong city,

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and

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. In 2012, Capitol K released the album ''Andean Dub.'' The album combined the sounds of Peruvian ''

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'' music and more broadly Latin American

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with electronic sounds. In 2015 Capitol K programmed, produced and co wrote the debut Loose Meat album. In 2018, Capitol K released the album ''Goatherder''.

Discography

Albums

Singles/EPs

References

External links

Capitol K official homepage
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