Kick Bong
Encyclopedia
Kick Bong is the Psybient
project of French
producer Franck Jousselin. Kick Bong's sound is somewhat darker than the average "Chill Psy" or "Psybient
", and places greater emphasis on percussion, such as breakbeats
.
and international psytrance parties such as Effervetranses, Gaia, Audiovenum, Le Gibus (fr), and Le Tryptique (fr), Glade (Uk), Boom festival (Portugal), Arcadia (France), Existence (Spain), Sinergia (Portugal), Omni (Spain) ,Waveform festival (Uk), Le Glaz’art (Paris), Utopia (Portugal), Hadra (France), and Digital Harmonium (France).
genres including Funky House
, Electro Pop and Acid Jazz
. He began producing Psybient
in 2001.
2011 Remixed (Cosmicleaf Records)
2010 Made of Down (Blue hour sounds) - From Nowhere
Psybient
Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic chillout, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even...
project of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
producer Franck Jousselin. Kick Bong's sound is somewhat darker than the average "Chill Psy" or "Psybient
Psybient
Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic chillout, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even...
", and places greater emphasis on percussion, such as breakbeats
Break (music)
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece....
.
Performances
Kick Bong has performed at FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and international psytrance parties such as Effervetranses, Gaia, Audiovenum, Le Gibus (fr), and Le Tryptique (fr), Glade (Uk), Boom festival (Portugal), Arcadia (France), Existence (Spain), Sinergia (Portugal), Omni (Spain) ,Waveform festival (Uk), Le Glaz’art (Paris), Utopia (Portugal), Hadra (France), and Digital Harmonium (France).
Compilations
Since 2001, Kick Bong has released 18 titles that have appeared on 17 compilations.Background
Frank first played drums at age 12. Since 1996 he has composed and collaborated in a number of Electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
genres including Funky House
Funky house
Funky house is a loose definition for a commercially oriented, disco-influenced subgenre of house music. Like most variants of house, the genre follows a traditional four to the floor house beat, and makes heavy use of synthesizers, samples and soulful vocals, although unlike in more...
, Electro Pop and Acid Jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
. He began producing Psybient
Psybient
Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic chillout, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even...
in 2001.
Albums
- 2005 A Cup of Tea? (Ultra Vista Rec.)
- 2008 Flower Power (Kick Bong album) (Cosmicleaf Rec.)
- 2010 Kind Of Imagination (Cosmicleaf Rec.)
- 2010 What's up in this World? EP (Another Chance Records.)
2011 Remixed (Cosmicleaf Records)
Compilations
- 2001 Global Psychedelic Trance Vol. 7 (Spirit Zone Rec.) - "Eclosys"
- 2002 Global Psychedelic Chill Out Vol. 3 (Spirit Zone Rec.) - "Vaporum"
- 2002 Global Psychedelic Trance Vol. 8 (Spirit Zone Rec.) - "Chill's"
- 2003 Global Psychedelic Chill Out Vol. 4 (Spirit Zone Rec.) - "Tropical Trip"
- 2003 Mountain High (Candyflip Rec.) - "Incense"
- 2004 Green Instant (Clima Rec.) - "Dream Again"
- 2005 Chilling Goddess (Peak Rec.) - "Gravity"
- 2005 Chillogram (Peak Rec.) - "Welcome E.T."
- 2005 Electronic Summer in Corsica (Hoots Rec.) - "Secret"
- 2005 Mountain High 2 (Candyflip Rec.) - "Way of Life", "Ballad"
- 2006 Nova Natura 2 (Cosmicleaf Rec.) - "Landscape"
- 2007 Chiller Vol. 1 (Chillcode Music) - "Pure Love"
- 2008 Buddha Zen Chillout (SoulCandi) - "Flower Power"
- 2008 Hadravision - A Chillout Exploration (Hadra Rec.) - "Voodoo Beach"
- 2008 Materia Musica (Ajana Rec.) - "Vague à l'âme"
- 2008 Tranchillizer (Peak Rec.) - "Drumridoo"
- 2009 Sonic Atmosphere (Sonic Motion Rec.) - "Stone"
2010 Made of Down (Blue hour sounds) - From Nowhere