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''Kuidas kuningas Kuu peale kippus'' (How the King Wanted to Go to the Moon) is an
album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
released in 2004 by
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and
Kosmikud Kosmikud are an Estonian alternative rock group founded in 1999. They released their first album ''Ei roosid'' in 2000, after their singer Taavi Pedriks died. The remaining three members of the band – Aleksander Vana (guitar), Kristo Rajasaare ...
. The singles are "Kuninga imekanad", "Sepa kahurikuul" and "Tisleri kastitorn". This album is based on the 1976 TV musical ''Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus'' by
Peeter Volkonski Prince Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director. Biography He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978. In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's can ...
and Dagmar Normet. Now, 28 years later Kosmikud and No-Big-Silence give the songs new energy. The original arrangement was done by the Estonian rock band
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(1971-1988).


Style

For many NBS fans this album may seem to sound very strange on first listen. The music can be considered to be a mash of
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's and
No-Big-Silence No-Big-Silence (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as Aggressor, is an Industrial metal/ rock band from Estonia. History Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995) The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Mare ...
's music. While "Vapper major annab au", "Sepa kahurikuul" and "Tisleri kastitorn" sound more like standard
No-Big-Silence No-Big-Silence (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as Aggressor, is an Industrial metal/ rock band from Estonia. History Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995) The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Mare ...
songs, the other tracks can be seen as NBS/Kosmikud mash-ups.


Track listing

# "Kuninga imekanad" ("King's Wonder-chicken") – 2:31 # "Vapper major annab au" ("Brave Major Salutes") – 1:25 # "Tisleri imelind" ("Joiner's Wonderbird") – 3:52 # "Sepa kahurikuul" ("Blacksmith's Cannonball") – 2:13 # "Koka laul" ("Chef's Song") – 3:26 # "Tisleri kastitorn" ("Joiner's Tower of Boxes") – 2:18 # "Ehitame torni" ("We're Building a Tower") – 1:55 # "Ei jaksa me" ("We Haven't Got the Strength") – 2:19 # "Hei pinguta ja rassi" ("Hey Strive and Toil") – 13:18 * The real length of "Hei pinguta ja rassi" is 2:14 and is followed by 7:55 of silence before a small clip of the band doing a recording session comes in at 9:29 which lasts for 3:50.


Personnel


No-Big-Silence

*Cram –
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(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9) *Kristo K –
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
(3); backing vocals (8);
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*Willem –
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(1, 3, 5, 7); backing vocals (8) *Kristo R –
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
; backing vocals (8)


Kosmikud

*Hainz - vocals (5, 8, 9) *Aleksander Vana - guitar *Kõmmari - bass


Others

*Peeter Volkonski - vocals (6, 7, 9) * Hele Kõre - vocals (1, 5, 7, 8) *Peeter Malkov -
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(3) *DJ Sinda -
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(4)


Notes

*No-Big-Silence & Kosmikud featuring Peeter Volkonski and Hele Kõre. *Music by Peeter Volkonski, lyrics by Dagmar Normet, arranged by No-Big-Silence and Kosmikud. *Recorded at No-Big-Silence Studios winter 2003/2004. *Mastered by Kristo Kotkas. *Drawings by Aivar Juhanson, photos by Viktor Koshkin, design by Cram.


External links


Entry for the album in EstonianMetal.com
{{Authority control 2004 albums No-Big-Silence albums Kosmikud albums Estonian-language albums