Kes Band is a trio from Melbourne: Karl E. Scullin (KES), (of Mum Smokes), and former member of Bird Blobs; Julian Paterson (Minimum Chips, Mum Smokes etc), and Lehmann B. Smith. Two Kes Band albums have been released to date, each features different musicians: Paddy Mann (Grand Salvo), Oliver Mann, Laura Jean, Biddy Connor (Sailor Days), and Nick Veneables (Jessica Says).
Two albums - Kes Trio and Kes Band III - are to be released in 2010 following a Japanese tour with Tokyo band My Pal Foot Foot. The two groups, Kes Band and My Pal Foot Foot, have released a split album, Floating Gardens, through the suhaak-haaksu label.
Kes released two solo albums - ‘The Jellys In The Pot’ & ‘The Grey Goose Wing’, then Kes Band - a more communal effort. ‘The Jellys In The Pot’ was released by Unstable Ape in Australia; ‘The Grey Goose Wing’ & ‘KES Band’ (the latter recorded by James Cecil of Architecture in Helsinki) and were released by Mistletone. The entirely instrumental Kes Band II album was released in August 2009. |
