before I get into the next artist I'm going to feature I must give Daniel Iorio big love for allowing me to link to his latest song here. I'll be featuring Daniel again at some point, because he's just got too much talent (and music!) *not* to do so. suffice it to say that I just love his stuff - and his yummy voice! - that much that I want to do whatever I can to help people find out about it. that's basically the whole point of these 'featured artist' things here on my blog, really - to help promote artists who I believe deserve my support because they're talented musicians and also good people. to see my original entry about Daniel and his music, click right here. I'll add links to these featured artists in my links section.

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Kearon de Clouet - or KdC as he's often called - is an Australian artist who's another one of my favourite musicians; I originally met him and learned of his music via the Lewis Taylor fan site. recently Kearon returned to live gigging for the first time in years, and did it so well that I knew I had to get his music on here as soon as possible. he's been so busy helping other people get their music produced/recorded - his day job - that his own music has taken a bit of a back seat. that's changed now with the impending release of his new album, Urban Survivalist, which to begin with will be available for purchase via his makinnoize.com website. anyone out there with music industry connections, get this man proper distribution for his music, please!

fans of soul-type-groove music will almost certainly find themselves wanting to add KdC's album to their collection. by the way, since I'm fairly clueless about music genres, you'll almost always find that the music I feature will be so much more than just the simple 'label' I give it. I'm a real fan of multi-textured, layered and complex, interesting sounds - and Kearon's music doesn't disappoint one iota in that respect. or in any respect, for that matter. this man is one of the most talented artists I know, with a production skill unequaled by most independent artists, as well as a personal humour that roams all over the place. he's fun, he's funny, a really decent person - though watch out for the aforementioned humour - and as you can see from his pictures, he really is (quoting myself) quite ridiculously easy to look at. afternote: can't believe I forgot to mention at first how much I love K's voice & lyrical expression too!
                                                                                

I can't really sing KdC's praises enough, I'm that impressed, so I'm just going to shut up now & give you the links to hear his stuff. below will be links to mp3 files as well as video from his recent live appearance - an acoustic gig, up close and personal, at the Zenith Theatre, in Australia, on April 24/04. if your internet connection can handle it, definitely download the videos to watch... I would never have guessed by watching these that Kearon hasn't gigged in so long, he seems such a natural at it.

oh, one more mention: Kearon was asked back to play at the Zenith again this weekend (the organizers had gotten so many calls asking when he'd be back!), but unfortunately his voice has been altered to a 'wimpy alien' - his words - sound by laryngitis and he can't make the gig after all. however, Kearon put together an Enhanced CD to sell at the gig this weekend and this is still available via email from his site also (go to the contact page). the CD includes 6 tracks from Kearon's upcoming album, the entire video of his first up close and personal gig at the Zenith Theatre, as well as a special extra video that - as K says & I concur because I've seen it - 'no one would expect', from about 3 years ago.

mp3s - click to stream, or right-click & 'save target as' to download
I Always Forget	mp3 - 3.22 mb
Your Next Love	mp3 - 3.31 mb
I Got To Roll	mp3 - 3.93 mb
I Always Forget - Live & Solo	mp3 - 2.52 mb
videos - right click & 'save target as' to download... unzip & play!
	Windows Media	Quick Time
I Always Forget (3:08)	wmv - 2.6 mb	mp4 - 7.9 mb
I'm Yours (3:15)	wmv - 2.3 mb	mp4 - 8.2 mb
Your Next Love (2:27)	wmv - 4.2 mb	mp4 - 6.1 mb