13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Troy Kingi & The Clutch – All Your Ships Have Sailed

Its no secret, we here at 13th Floor are all in a constant state of wonder at the the musical stylings of Troy Kingi. Today we bring you a new song from his upcoming album, The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar.

The album will be the fourth of his planned 10 in 10 years! Here’s the record company blurb with the lowdown (Its quite a story):

Multi-award-winning, multi-genre-artist Troy Kingi is now set to take us on a deeply personal discovery through an album dedicated to memories, lost souls, and 70s funk.

The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is Troy Kingi’s fourth installment in his 1O 1O 1O Series (10 albums in 10 years, in 10 genres). Brought to life by Troy Kingi & The Clutch, this record is Troy’s most personal work to date; one that invites the listener to share his journey as he combs through recollections of his father who disappeared while driving from Rotorua to Auckland at Christmas time in 2005. Despite search efforts and sporadic reports of sightings, there has been no reliable trace of Troy’s biological father.

Troy’s journey with The Ghost of Freddie Cesar begins in 2007. While going through his missing father’s belongings, Troy found a cassette tape: –

“It looked pretty old and had this hand-scribbled name, ‘Freddie Cesar’ on it, and on the back was just handwritten names of songs. I recognized some of the songs from my early childhood back when my parents were still together and started writing down the lyrics as a form of therapy. I must have forgotten it for a while – but sometime in 2010, I found the notebook of the songs again, but not the cassette tape, so that’s when I decided to find out who Freddie Cesar was. It turns out there is very little out there about him which further compelled me to recreate something.”
“It’s kind of a dedication to my dad and Freddie Cesar, this album. Even though the lyrics aren’t fully mine and the music’s not fully mine, I feel him when I’m singing these songs.”
Much of Freddie Cesar’s life remains a mystery, but listening to the lyrics, it becomes evident that Freddie Cesar may have been a Vietnam Vet, struggling with the issues of the day associated with that life: PTSD, drugs, alcohol, and his inability to settle back into civilian society. Troy’s interpretation of this time as a funk-filled landscape, paints an imagined picture of the life of Freddie Cesar – the closest to a realistic picture.

And if that’s not enough, there’s a film…

THE DOCUMENTARY
Freddie, Where Art Thou?

Freddie, Where Art Thou?  follows Troy Kingi on his personal and soul-searching journey whilst making his latest album The Ghost of Freddie Cesar. Documented by his creative team, Freddie, Where Art Thou?  is told through personal interviews, archival footage, and music videos.

The documentary will be released on September 25^th, 2020 featuring Troy’s recent tour to New Orleans with an insight into an artist recreating a past that no longer exists.

And a tour!

TOUR DATES 

Troy Kingi & The Clutch will bring The Ghost of Freddie Cesar 
to life at the following LIVE shows:  

22 October – Opera House – Napier – Hawkes Bay Arts Festival
23 October – San Fran – Wellington
24 October – Venue TBA – Auckland

More dates (including Summer festivals) to be announced.

For ticketing info and updates, visit www.troykingi.com

The question is, when will he have time to produce the next 6 albums.