King of Spain

This is the band we have filmed for the performance of our music video project called King of Spain. We first developed an interest in the band when we sampled their music on their MySpace page when we were looking for a 3 minute track to use in the video. What particular peeked our interest in the band was the demo version of their song Flick the Switch, which after several listenings to the song we instantly knew that this was the song we wanted to use for the video because we felt that the song had depth and different interpretations without the restriction of a defined narrative by the lyrics. Also because the band was unlabelled and not signed on to create any of their songs into a music video by a record company, this meant that we didn't have to follow a similar narrative or structure that was already predefined by previous videos.

Their website and blogs told us that their next gig would be in London at the Notting Hill performing ArtsClub. We then arranged with the club manager to get permission to film the band performing at the club, which we were allowed to do. After King of Spain's performance at the club our group leader asked them to perform for our music video which the band happily agreed to for us. Thus our contact with the band was arranged and we begin pitching and sharing our ideas with the band for the music video. Since we were using a demo version of the song 'Flick the Switch' the band gave us the permission to place the video on YouTube as the official Demo music video version to the song. The studio performance took place in a private recording room at East Putney.

King Of Spain, who have been together for 3 years, were also featured on ShiftyDisco10, a triple CD compilation album celebrating the Indie label’s tenth birthday back in 2007. They also run 'flux=rad', a regular night at London's legendary 12 Bar Club aimed at showcasing the best in lo-fi/alternative music.