Killer Meters

They first emerged in 2005 with a stunning album of Meters covers and since then they’ve taken on the fantabulous Karime Kendra as a full time vocalist. This lady is a true phenomenon.

Her amazing voice and electric stage presence is a family tradition. Her mother is the Northern Soul legend, Ty Karim, but Miss Kendra has more than earned her own formidable reputation. She’s now rightfully regarded as one of the UK’s best yet still relatively unknown soul mistresses. Her appearances on the Killer Meters first album drew a heap of plaudits and led to a lot of collaborations, most recently on Shawn Lee’s underground smash album “Soul In The Hole” (Ubiquity Records). The forthcoming album showcases her at the top of her game and this single is a little teaser showing the styles she can attune that fine voice of hers to.

The Killer Meters were originally the brainchild of Virgil Howe aka Sparo a producer DJ who has released a number of mix CD’s and albums on Scenario Records and a stalwart on the former London pirate institution Itch FM. Their first album led to 4 years of heavy gigging and and sessions with other bands. The almost constant gigging and playing led to them being perhaps the tightest funk outfit in the British Isles and also helped them develop their own sound. The first single from their new album was released in late 2008 and gave a taster of the psych/funk/fuzz/rock sound they’ve made their own. They felt that 2009 was the year they had to get back into the studio and they’ve been working hard on album worthy of their new sound.

Fans who have seen them play live since their debut album will be waiting for this. After numerous gigs and sessions in other bands, the group are now so tight live that fans are almost begging them for something to take home at the end of each show. Now they have it!