Kasabian - Reason Is Treason (remix)

Albums [Sep 2004] Kasabian (UK) [Sep 2004] Kasabian (UK; CD+DVD) [Sep 2004] Kasabian (Worldwide) [Mar 2005] Kasabian (US) [Sep 2004] Kasabian (Japan; Limited Edition) [Jul 2005] Live From Brixton Academy (Internet Release) [Aug 2006] Empire (CD) [Aug 2006] Empire (CD+DVD) [Aug 2006] Empire (Promo) Band Members ♥ Tom Meighan (singer) ♥ Chris Edwards (bass) ♥ Ian Matthews (drums) ♥ Sergio Pizzorno (guitars) Podcast • Listen to Vu! Footnotes [1] Quote from Kasabian News 17/07/06

Kasabian - Reason Is Treason (remix)

Kasabian, formed in 1999, are from Leicestershire, England. Although they were pretty big in England, they're lesser known in the US. The first song I've heard from them is "Reason is Treason" in late 2004, which I love. I later discovered that the song I heard was a remix, which is the version that appears in the US release of this album (Blue cover).

I loved their first album, but by the time the second album was being released, I sort of became disinterested in them. I did like the song "Empire" but the rest of the second album was kind of boring to me.

Perhaps it was because by the second album they got a new guitarist and song writer: Sergio Pizzorno. Chris Karloff, who wrote the first album, was asked to leave the band:

[Chris] Karloff and the band experienced certain creative and artistic differences during the writing and recording of their second album. These irreconcilable and diverging approaches resulted in the band asking Karloff to leave the group. Karloff will pursue a musical career elsewhere.^[1]

Incidentally, Karloff is the one that came up with Kasabian, named after Linda Kasabian of the Charles Mason cult.

PS: I've been toying with the idea of producing a daily W♥M Podcast. If you're reading this at work, you may not be able to listen to the songs because your work computer doesn't have speakers, etc, so perhaps the best way for you to listen to us is through a podcast-like setting? This is incredibly useful if you have your MP3 player to automatically sync!

Unlike some podcasts that basically reads the story to you, W♥M Podcast will basically only introduces you to the song we're about the play. I want to include the other WHMembers on eventually so you can hear what the rest of us sound like :)

Ryan and I just did test recording on Skype and it turned out really good, so perhaps we can do a group discussion about music or something in the near future. Possible interviews with musicians?

 August 31, 2007 12:15 AM  vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com www.kasabian.co.uk