About Kevin King
Kevin King is a Woodwindist and Composer from the south side of Chicago, Illinois. King honed his skills on the Chicago music scene under the tutelage of Chicago Legends Willie Pickens, Orbert Davis, and Diane Ellis. King is an improviser on all woodwind instruments including, Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone. The Regime Currently includes Nick Litman on Bass, and Shravan Raghuram on Drumset. King has played all over the country with countless artists including Arturo Sandoval, Lauryn Hill, The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, The Temptations, Marcus Strickland, Marquis Hill, Joel Ross, Arturo Sandoval, Willie Pickens, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Buddy Guy, Adam Neely, etc. The Kevin King Regime is a culmination of King’s vision of creating a “Heavy Band with improvisation”. “ The Kevin King Regime is influenced by every sound known and unknown to man creating a sound unlike anything heard before. The original compositions I write are in many ways a symbol of the values I live by. An urgency to improve the world we live in with the art of sound creation, experimentation, and exploration. The music is a reflection of the world itself.”
King’s Debut Album Call To Action will release in 2025.
About Shravan Raghuram
Shravan Raghuram is a musician from Chicago. He is a multi-instrumentalist at heart, and his musical style relies on intuition and improvisation, bringing influences from various types of music to his home base, the drum set. Raghuram has played in various groups over the years, spanning a variety of genres including (but not limited to) rock, jazz fusion, metal, prog, experimental, indie, folk, hip-hop, funk, and ambient. Largely a self-taught musician, he has been able to cultivate a unique musical style by observing and listening to music compulsively and picking apart ideas and techniques used in his favorite records, of which there are many. Raghuram and his good friend Kevin King were recently reunited and have been exploring a fresh, collaborative musical idea that blends the intensity and passion of heavy music genres with the immediacy and uncertainty of musical improvisation.
About Nick Litman
Nick Litman is a bassist originally from the Chicago suburbs. Drawing from a variety of musical influences such as psych rock, kraut rock, and heavy metal, Nick plays with an emphasis on improvisation and love of heavy distortion. Over the years he has worked closely with Shravan Raghuram to develop an ear for live jamming and becoming a rock solid rhythm musician.
