Joakim will perform at Propaganda

Joakim Bouazziz somehow gradually and imperceptibly became one of the very noticeable creative units in the vastness of French electronics. His musical education began, however, surprisingly early and non-electronically - already at the age of 5 the young talent could play the piano. Subsequently, Joakim became a virtuoso pianist, loved complex jazz (Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra), was fond of indie rock (Pixies and others), what As One, Carl Craig and Plastikman did, as well as the products of the Warp and Mo Wax labels. However, his real passion for electronics began when a school friend forgot his synthesizer at his house. New forms of expression meant new scope for creativity, and after several months of active writing and sending demos to Gilb'R (Versatile label manager), Joakim learned that his debut album Tigersushi, recorded under the name Joakim Lone Octet, had been decided to be released by Versatile's experimental division, Future Talk.
The result was an album that was considered by some to be a "boring take on '60s modal jazz ideas" and was hailed by others as a highly original manipulation of electronic songwriting. For some time, Joakim remained an intriguing loner among the French musical clans, but less than a year later his debut album was remixed by 4 Hero, Next Evidence and DJ Medhi, and a little later, Joakim became the head of his own label (named after his album, Tigersushi), and produced such musicians as K.I.M., Panico, Principles of Geometry, Volga Select and the acclaimed collections of the More GDM label (routinely characterized by critics as "wreathed in smoke" and "Paris-New York travel with No Wave airline").
It was on these collections that Joakim insidiously presented tracks from his next album “Fantomes”, which clearly made it clear to his listeners what PIL, Robert Wyatt, Philip Glass, and Arthur Baker were well aware at one time - “love isn’t a game poodles play”. The album sounded like the work of an updated, reborn, sweeping and strong musician, and not the octopus-like jazzman who made Tigersushi in his time.
This was followed by the acclaimed release "I Wish You Were Gone", and in January 2006, a new EP of the musician appeared, entitled New Electro Bomb For His Future, containing "Drumtrax" - a punk-funk-electro explosion in the style of "what the hell". Versatile обещает новый альбом Joachim в текущем, 2006 году. Лучше бы им сдержать своё обещание, а то правда, какого чёрта?
28 октября, суббота, Пропаганда, выступление Joakim (Tigersushi, Paris, France)