Avant-garde folk: adventures in Australia. Change, love, exposure and real life.

14 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Alternative Folk, FOLK: Modern Folk



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'UNDER', the fourth and NEW Kenny Schick/Basement3 CD, is the heart-felt sound track of an amazingly extraordinary, romantic and life changing adventure in Australia.

For Kenny, the last couple years of a long and diverse musical career have been all about bold reassessments of self, a redefinition of his sound, and the decision to take his very personal âstudio projectâ, Basement 3, into the âliveâ realm. Inspired by the soulful, naked approach of acoustic musicians such as Gillian Welch, Iron and Wine, and Nick Drake, Kenny made the brave move to take a decade long method of dense, complex orchestration and turn it upon itâs head. The result of this seemingly contradictory musical approach, this âstripping downâ, yields a product that is very accessible to a wide range of audiences and reveals Kennyâs skill as a front man. In keeping with his journey of extreme changes and opposites, his quirky irreverent sense of humor is the perfect ying to the yang of his often dark, introspective music.

With the freedom and mobility a solo act affords, and the desire to explore his mind and this new musical direction more deeply, Kenny started to ponder the possibilities of travel. Having had more interest in his artsy music abroad, he entertained the idea of a musical adventure in Europe, but an Australian friend redirected his focus to the southern part of the planet.

Having lived his whole life in the San Francisco bay area, Kenny needed a little shove to take this big dive â and it was New Yearâs Day 2006 that Kenny met an Australian girl named Sabine on myspace.com. After a 7 month online romance, Kenny quit all his bands, his part time job, left family and friends, and set out on a year long adventure down under.

The new Kenny Schick/Basement3 CD, âUNDERâ, was born on the opposite side of the world. Mostly written and recorded on a laptop in a small apartment in St. Kilda, Victoria, âUNDERâ is an all-acoustic venture. It is naked, exposed, and rawâit both documents and reflects the âjourneyâ and fulfills the evolution of Kennyâs musical direction.

Many of the songs on âUNDERâ, like âCalling Youâ, âGhostâ, and âGoâ are very much a product of this journey. The lyric, âDry as a bone, a ghost alone, an echo in the phone, fire cinder and stoneâ from âGhostâ, is an example of a recurring theme that interweaves imagery of the land, the people, and feelings of nakedness with âmentalâ and âspiritualâ insights that were born of this journey. This is a CD for âtravelersââfor those on a journey in search of an extraordinary life.