Mike Kingston
Mike Kingston is a multi-instrumentalist front man and composer in ‘Bella Cajon‘ , ‘The Wagtails‘, and Phantasticus. He continues to perform regularly throughout Wellington and New Zealand.
He plays guitar on After Maths & Sciences
and cello on Loose Autumn Moans
and is a key member of The Winter
15/07/2015 at 7:29 pm
[…] formed on winter solstice day 2003 in Wellington, The Winter is an improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman and Dave Edwards… with a sound that swerves from acoustic folk/blues with […]
25/07/2015 at 7:25 am
[…] formed on winter solstice day 2003 in Wellington, The Winter is an improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman and Dave Edwards… with a sound that swerves from acoustic folk/blues with […]
30/08/2015 at 1:58 am
[…] Mike Kingston: guitar, bass, clarinet, electronics Dave Edwards: guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, sanshin, electronics Simon Sweetman: drums and percussion, electronics […]
21/11/2015 at 8:14 am
[…] the fearless fiddling skills of Ana Christie and Alex Hills, matched by the awesome forces of Michael Kingston and Rick Shaw on guitar, all wrapped up in the powerful bass boutique of Jacqui […]
19/05/2017 at 11:04 am
[…] Mike Kingston: charango, guitar, clarinet […]
19/05/2017 at 11:08 am
[…] on guitar, ukulele, banjo, clarinet, piano, harmonica and percussion by Simon, Dave and Mike. acoustic guitar & banjo Simon Sweetman Dave Edwards […]
19/05/2017 at 11:13 am
[…] this Mike and Dave moved to Australia, and the band next played in […]
19/05/2017 at 11:17 am
[…] Mike Kingston – cello, electronic composition (1,4,7), electric guitar (2), acoustic guitar and slide whistle (8) […]
08/02/2018 at 10:26 am
[…] Mike Kingston (cello, acoustic guitar), Paul Winstanley (fretless bass, turntables), Simon Sweetman (percussion), Nigel Patterson (hammond organ), Cylvi M (percussion), Simon O’Rorke (percussion), Francesca Mountfort (cello), Jeff Henderson (clarinet), Blair Latham (alto sax), Sam Prebble (violin, percussion), Chris Palmer (electric guitar), Chris O’Connor (drums), Antony Milton (violin, keyboards), Frey (laptop), Dean Brown (drums) and more… […]
30/12/2018 at 9:42 pm
[…] Patterson – hammond organ & conductor Dave Edwards – guitar & electronics Mike Kingston – guitar Jesse Toews – bass Warwick Donald – bass Antony Milton – violin […]
06/01/2019 at 11:29 pm
[…] of the time I explored the city, and played music with fellow expat kiwis Mike Kingston, Francesca Mountfort, and Cylvi M […]
15/05/2019 at 10:32 pm
[…] NZ, September 2003, for the album ‘Loose Autumn Moans‘, with a mini string section of Mike Kingston on cello and Sam Prebble (RIP) on violin. It also appears on the Gleefully Unknown: 1997-2005 […]
26/12/2019 at 4:18 pm
[…] trio improvisation in tribute to the extinct New Zealand bird the huia by Dave Edwards, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman. The 19-minute final track remains an underrated fiffdimension epic. [send us […]
26/03/2020 at 9:01 pm
[…] songs with string section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
08/04/2020 at 9:50 pm
[…] songs with string section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
12/06/2020 at 4:03 am
[…] Loose Autumn Moans band songs, recorded the following year with a string section of Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman on percussion. Without the interludes Loose Autumn Moans in turn becomes a […]
12/06/2020 at 9:22 pm
[…] songs with string section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
01/07/2020 at 5:02 pm
[…] Mike Kingston (cello) […]
15/07/2020 at 2:18 pm
[…] for the ear, recorded in Melbourne VIC, and Sydney and Gosford NSW, by Dave Black with Cylvi M, Mike Kingston and Francesca Mountfort […]