Kings Of Lies
Kings Of Lies
Kings Of Lies is the name of the band featuring Francis Kuipers, a Dutch/English artist, musician and composer, aswell as writer and poet. During his many travels, he collected and studied athnic and experimental music. This resulted in a still ongoing interest and research into sound and music. He created a unique and comprehensive archive of sounds. At this time, Francis mainly live and works in Italy and the Netherlands. Kings of Lies can hardly be described as performing love songs. It is worth mentiononing that the music of Kings of Loies is a hybrid of various styles. Perhaps even more important that the music, and certainly just as important, are the lyric. These are primarily poetic; this can be traced back to Francis performing in duo with Beat Genration poet Gregory Corso for a number of years until Corso's death. In other times, a few of the numbers might have been labeled protest songs. Accoording to their author they are ironic stories that challenge the prevailing morality of our times, characterized by intolerance, economic opportunism and the return of religion. It is clear that the main issue of the songs, indicated by the name of the band, is the lie.