CD: KH023
RELEASED: 2004
LABEL: Karmic Hit

01. Somna
02. Limbo
03. Sleep With Me
04. Fall In Love
05. Space
06. The Egyptian
07. Midnite In America
08. Linda Wong
09. English Kiss
10. Double Exposure *
11. Over *

* previously unreleased

Digitally remastered reissue of the original 1991 album expanded with two new, never heard tracks and revised artwork. For Steve Kilbey, ordinariness in music, often caused by mundanity of motive (eg. money) is an ennervating fact of life that drains him dry. More and more he felt compelled to provide an antithesis for the aridity of what he heard around him, and to that end, he put together his own 24 track studio in 1991. The music of this album was recorded spontaneously over the course of six months while his studio was in various stages of completion. This album has the same undertones as The Church's Sometime Anywhere, an almost spooky yet beautiful style of mellow alternative is at work here. Tracks like Somna and Fall In Love are just plain different, there are no other recording artist pushing this envelope. The essential and uplifting "Midnight in America", "The Egyptian", "English Kiss" (both classic Kilbey) and the fabulous "Linda Wong" . Narcosis+ is Steve Kilbey's most dreamy solo album, a tangibly melancholy, intricate, incredible production. Listen to it in a soft and comfortable place and give in.

Influences / Similar Artists:
The Church, Jack Frost, Marty Willson-Piper, Peter Koppes, Noctorum