Joseph King
- HOMETOWN:
- New York, NY
- MYSPACE:
- myspace.com/josephkingmusic
Joseph King began his musical career while a Religious Studies major at Stanford University. Upon graduating in 1998 he moved into an overcrowded artist abode in San Francisco, where he immersed himself in beat poetry and psychedelic rock, dabbled in the budding Bay Area rave scene, and spent countless nights chasing ghosts through the dive bars of North Beach and Haight Ashbury. He toured the West Coast and Southwest in a used R.V. for a year before migrating South in March of 1999, where he spent 6 years as the songwriter, frontman and founder of Austin-based cult favorites Canvas. After 3 albums, over 500 shows, and near-perfection of the indie-bohemian lifestyle with Canvas, Joseph began to feel a need for artistic and spiritual reinvention. In October of 2005, he relocated to New York City where he is now living, writing, and breathing life into a new musical entity. Best described as down-tempo rock with reggae and trip-hop undercurrents, Joseph's sound is derived from a myriad of influences ranging from Manu Chao to Morphine, The Postal Service to The Police, Quentin Tarantino soundtracks to Brooklyn-based electronica producers. Accompanied only by a laptop, guitar, and long-time muse Katrina, Joseph is currently in awe of the City...
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