Kanka (musician)

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Kanka (left), Chris B (right), Villard-de-Lans 2009

Kanka (* 1977 as Alexis Langlois ) is a French dub musician from Rouen . The name Kanka comes from Turkish and means buddy or best friend .

Career

from left to right: MC Olivia, Kanka, Chris B

Kanka's musical career began in 1997 as a percussionist with the French reggae band King Riddim . Through his self-produced solo album Every Night's Dub ... the Parisian label Hammerbass noticed him in 2003 and signed him. In the following years, pieces by Kanka first appeared on French dub compilations. In 2004 he participated again in an album by King Riddim. Kanka has been releasing solo albums since 2005 and has remained loyal to the Hammerbass label. In 2010 he released a dubstep album under the project name Alek 6 . In 2012 he played at the Vieilles Charrues Festival , the largest French music festival. In 2012 and 2016 he performed at the Dour Festival .

style

Kanka is at home in the dub sub-genre Dub Stepper . He cites British and Jamaican dub as role models. Kanka performs live with singer MC Olivia, techno DJ Chris B on bass and other guest musicians. He is a multi-instrumentalist; In addition to keyboards and synthesizers, he also plays drums and bass. In a review of Dub magazine Dubmassive's Watch Your Step album , Kanka's pieces were described as "heavy, consistent compositions" with "devastating bass lines".

Discography

With King Riddim

  • 2000: La Jungle (Act)
  • 2004: Positif (Nocturne)

Solo albums

  • 2003: Every Night's Dub ... (self-published)
  • 2005: Don't Stop Dub (Hammerbass)
  • 2006: Alert (hammer bass)
  • 2009: Sub.Mersion (hammer bass )
  • 2011: Dub Communication (hammer bass)
  • 2014: Watch Your Step (Dubalistik Records)
  • 2015: Abracadabra (Chapter 1) (Original Dub Gathering)
  • 2016: Cool It (Original Dub Gathering)
  • 2018: Interaction (Original Dub Gathering)

As Alek 6

  • 2010: Inside (hammer bass)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kanka at Discogs (English)
  2. ↑ Dictionary entry
  3. ↑ RototomSunSplash.com: Kanka ( Memento from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ OpenAirGuide.net: Vieilles Charrues - Kanka. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Album review on Irieites.de
  6. ↑ Definition of the genre Dub Stepper
  7. ↑ Homepage (PDF; 335 kB)
  8. ↑ Kanka on Dub-Connection.net
  9. ↑ Dubmassive.org: Kanke - "Watch Your Step". Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kanka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langlois, Alexis (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French dub musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1977