Shaka Ponk
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Shaka Ponk is a French
electric-rock band created in 2000. They mix different forms of popular music into their songs in addition to world music although predominately with a electronic-rock sound. Lyrics are written mostly in a mixture of English
, French
and Spanish language
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Shaka Ponk got its start between Paris and Berlin in 2005 from a concept that brings together music, imagery and activism. The former web designer and imaginative frontman of the group, Frah, along with guitarist, CC, came up with a highly original project that combined conventional rock-n-roll elements (dirty guitar riffs and cardiac stimulating beats) with new techniques such as VJ-ing, which mixes sounds and images around an animated monkey character named Goz who is as much a part of the group as the other five members. Since then, the band has been extremely active online creating complex videos and innovative motion graphic work as well as their own online channel, Monkey TV.
Shaka Ponk performed in New York City for the first time October 2009 in the celebrated CMJ Musical Festival and on November 7, AOL chose the track “How We Kill Stars” off the new album as the Music Video Of The Day. The band released their album Bad Porn Movie Trax in the United States on March 1, 2010.
In 2011 the band added a female singer, Samaha Sam, and released their album The Geeks And The Jerkin' Socks in June, 2011.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
electric-rock band created in 2000. They mix different forms of popular music into their songs in addition to world music although predominately with a electronic-rock sound. Lyrics are written mostly in a mixture of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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History
Shaka Ponk is a Paris-based band that has created a sound that blends electro, rock, punk, and dance with a stunning live show that combines advanced digital animation with an unsurpassed display of energy from the band members. Released under the French record label tôt Ou tard/ Guess What ! (Yael Naim - Piers Faccini) Bad Porn Movie Trax is composed of fourteen high-energy tracks including singles "How We Kill Stars" and "Do."Shaka Ponk got its start between Paris and Berlin in 2005 from a concept that brings together music, imagery and activism. The former web designer and imaginative frontman of the group, Frah, along with guitarist, CC, came up with a highly original project that combined conventional rock-n-roll elements (dirty guitar riffs and cardiac stimulating beats) with new techniques such as VJ-ing, which mixes sounds and images around an animated monkey character named Goz who is as much a part of the group as the other five members. Since then, the band has been extremely active online creating complex videos and innovative motion graphic work as well as their own online channel, Monkey TV.
Shaka Ponk performed in New York City for the first time October 2009 in the celebrated CMJ Musical Festival and on November 7, AOL chose the track “How We Kill Stars” off the new album as the Music Video Of The Day. The band released their album Bad Porn Movie Trax in the United States on March 1, 2010.
In 2011 the band added a female singer, Samaha Sam, and released their album The Geeks And The Jerkin' Socks in June, 2011.
Discography
- Hyppie Monkey (EP, released on December 2, 2005)
- Fonk Me (single, released on March 17, 2006)
- Loco Con Da Frenchy Talkin (first album, released on March 24, 2006)
- Bad Porn Movie Trax (2009)
- The Geeks And The Jerkin' Socks (released on June 6, 2011)
Singles
- Hell'O (2006)
- How We Kill Stars (2009)
- Do (2009)
- Let's Bang (2011)
- Palabra Mi Amor (2011)
- Sex Ball (2011)
External links
- Official web-site
- Shaka Ponk at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....