CD: RR 8652-2
RELEASE DATE: 1999
LABEL: Roadrunner

01. Undertow
02. Misty Tune
03. Jack the Wingbeat
04. Yellow Mystic
05. Easy Tune
06. Evil Tune
07. Kalimantan Rocks
08. Big Hose Forgery
09. Pump Probe
10. The Mushroom Fleet
11. Yellow Mystic (remix)
12. Bonus: KONG Screenscrewer

For more than 9 years now KONG has been one of the most exciting live-bands from the Netherlands. With a quadraphonic stage set-up (playing from the four corners of the hall) and a repertoire of dark, instrumental, metal-rock the quartet, in every respect, has been a highhanded outcast in the Amsterdam pop-scene. Already for 5 albums the quartet has maintained this instrumental concept. But on the recently released cd Freakcontrol, the KONG-sound has undergone a major face-lift. In fact KONG has been inspired by dance-music for years, but this time the influence becomes more obvious than ever. Without losing anything from the typical KONG-elements like a sense for dynamics and edgy contrasts, Freakcontrol is a record that connects to the temporary big-beat sound. It's not a coincidence that the last track 'Yellow Mystic' is a remix by Junkie XL's Tom Holkenborg, who produced a couple of former KONG-albums and for years shared the rehearsalroom with KONG. If you like OZRIC TENTACLES and PORCUPINE TREE than you will LOVE Kong's Freakcontrol !