Joakim Biographie

Joakim is hard to pin down: part club music, part jazz, part electronic
experimentalism.

One of France's foremost electronic musicians, Joakm has a background in
classical music, US & UK indie rock and jazz. He discovered electronic
music after a schoolfriend left his synthetiser in Joakim's room, later
latching onto indie and electronic labels such as Warp and Mo Wax. His
first album 'Tiger Sushi' was ambient electro-jazz, before he moved onto
electronics with 'Fantômes' [2003], and later 'Monsters and Silly Songs'
[2007], on which he combines post-rock, disco, electronics and, well, silly
songs. "Making a pure dance album would almost be like composing an album
entirely in F major," says Joakim. "I jump from one idea to the next. I
simply have to try everything and see where it leads."

Joakim runs the Tigersushi label, releases a broad spectrum of music
including Maurice Fulton, E.S.G, Poni Hoax and Metro Area. Joakim does live
sets, DJs and he's also a remixer; he's recut tunes from Tiga, Air and
Antena's 'Camino Del Sol' - the latter of which was one of the biggest club
tunes of 2006. Finally, he also has a live band, Joakim and the Ectoplasmic
Band, on which he plays machines, keyboards, guitars and sings. Fingers in
many pies then.

Joakim also does his own artwork for his record sleeves.