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From: Paris, France
Label: His very own Tigersushi
Says: “Making a pure dance album would almost be like composing an album entirely in F major.”
Facts: The style of the “Godfather of French electro” is hard to pin down: part club music, part Jazz, part electronic experimentalism. Joakim discovered electronic music after a schoolfriend left his synthesizer in his room. His first album “Tiger Sushi” was ambient Electro Jazz, his latest release covers his “Best Remixes”. With a friend he made one of the oddest mixed compilations ever, the critically acclaimed “Miyage” released in 2003, a musical trip starting on exotic islands and ending with a cover of The Smiths’ “Meat Is Murder”. The Tigersushi label has its own fashion collection – “Tigersushi Furs”. Joakim is also a remixer and finally, he has a live band too called Joakim and the Ectoplasmic Band.
