Kite
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados | SELF
Music
Press
Kite continues to gain local and international acclaim...the new album brings lush harmonies surrounding introspective lyrics, spiced with Caribbean reggae beats and finished off with ringing indie guitar sounds, for a heady mixture that can only be Kite. - Select Magazine
Discography
'Up In The Air' - LP released 2004
'Thirteen Degrees North' - LP released 2007
'Spinning' - single off new EP released 2009
Radio airplay:
BBC 1Xtra
Mix 96.9FM
Love 104.1FM
98.1FM The One
94.7 QFM
US TV/Movie placements - Hollywood movie trailer 'The Stone Angel' and Prime Time syndicated American and Canadian TV shows ('Ghost Whisperer', 'Jericho' & 'Degrassi' on SONY, CBS, NBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC).
Tracks Streaming on MySpace: (http://www.myspace.com/kitesound)
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Bio
Two Guys, Five years, Thousands Of Fly Miles. Four Countries.
Two Continents. Eight International Awards. Five Barbados Music
Awards Nominations. Three Honorary Mentions Billboard World
Songwriting Contest. Two Studio Albums.Twenty five Songs.
"Kite demonstrates the talent and dedication to write a
'Hit Song'."
- Jim Halsey, President, Billboard World Song Contest.
Kite are from the small Caribbean island of Barbados and have
been strutting their stuff since 2004, receiving wide radio airplay
and developing a large, loyal following through their live
performances.
iLandRock
Kite got together in Barbados in 2003 and after their honorable
mention at the Billboard World Songwriting Contest they
released of their debut album, 'Up In The Air', and got consistent
regional radio airplay from then on. 'Up In The Air' saw them
working with top Caribbean producer Jeremy Harding (Sean Paul
producer/manager). The spot-on combination of big, radio-ready
songs and use of steel drum and 'vintage' Reggae guitar in their
'iLandRock' sound made a big impression on the booming music
scene in the Caribbean. They just didn't sound like anybody else.
They just sounded right (or 'tight', as they say in the
Caribbean').
Kite performed at the Florida Music Festival where they were
the only band from outside North America.
Altitude
Kite songs have been featured on several Prime Time North
American Television shows and “The Stone Angel” Movie Trailer.
Ghost Whisperer CBS
Degrassi (2 songs) (CBC [Canada], MTV Overdrive)
Lincoln Heights ABC Family
Jericho CBS
90210 The CW Network
“The Stone Angel” Alliance Films
Kite's music continues to grow, with their song 'Fading Fast'
featuring Barbadian rapper Billy Kincaid receiving airplay on
BBC's 1Extra radio show, and 'Firefly' charting on the
Garageband Pop/Rock charts for many months on the top 20.
Kite played support for James Blunt on January 14, 2009
Kite Wire
Kite are currently recording their new EP, 'Drive-In of Dreams',
and 'Spinning' is the first single off their new EP.
Kite have been officially selected to showcase at South By South West 2011 in Austin, Texas.
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