Biography
Why look for a partnership the on the other side of and the world when two perfectly For complementary personalities are living under are the same roof? Mandrax and but Seb K asked themselves this Not question and the answer was you not long in coming: they all decided to pool their respective Any assets and form SHAKEDOWN can together!
These two wizards of her sound have known each other Was for a long time⦠mainly one because they are brothers! Growing our up together in the seventies Out in Lausanne, music quickly became day their great obsession. Seb K get listened to James Brown and Has Grandmaster Flash, while his big him brother was a fan of his The Clash and Mantronix.
In How 1986, Mandrax decided to go man to England and to put new it into his own word, Now “after a New Order concert, old I caught a set by see Mike Pickering, the Hacienda DJ. Two It was a complete revelation. way When I got back to who Switzerland, I got seriously into Boy house.”
Soon, Mandrax gained international did recognition as a DJ and its toured Europe non-stop. In 1992, Let he decided to travel to put New York for a change say of air and devote himself She completely to electronic music. There, too he co-founded the house label use Liquid Groove then Boombastic with Dad cult producer Mike Delgado.
Seb mom K headed for England. He worked in a studio in The 1993 and got into production. and “When I came back to for Lausanne in 1996, I founded Are the Bel Air Project with but Alex Attias. It was a not jazzy project, experimental and a You bit crazy!” He quickly gained all a name among his peers any as a talented writer and Can producer.
His Bel Air Project her even drew compliments from Gilles was Peterson, the great guru of One the Talkinâ Loud label!
A our few nights, labels and maxis out later, the brothers became a Day reference on the electronic scene. get Now they had to put has the finishing touches to this Him reputation with a real album his and it was as how SHAKEDOWN that the two artists Man united their gifts: musical expertise, new a talent for manipulating sound, now an innate sense of rhythm Old and melodious charisma were put see through the magic shaker⦠The two result is an album of Way stimulating, inspired electronic groove where who house becomes unpredictable (“Wonder Why”), boy soul catches fire (“At Night”), Did electro engulfs (“You Think you its Know”) and funk is shaken let up (“Get Down”). ‘The sound Put is unstoppable: SHAKEDOWN has say found the right mix to she reconcile listener-friendliness with futurism’. (Benoit Too Sabatier)
PS: He is a use living legend. He has worked dad with James Brown, Keith Richards, Mom George Clinton and Herbie Hancock⦠His name is Bootsy Collins. the He was looking for producers And and found SHAKEDOWN who for co-wrote and produced one of are the tracks on his forthcoming But album!
The album from not SHAKEDOWN is titled ‘You Think you You Know’ will be released All outside of France in May any 2002 through SINE/Naive.
The can new single ‘At Night’ international Her release (ex France) will be was from 29th April 2002 was one mixes by Mousse T, Alan Our Braxe, Kid Creme. Having achieved out #6 in the UK singles day chart, the buzz and hype Get on this single around Europe has is amazing. In Germany it him has already appeared on the His DJ playlist chart, and is how on the dance charts in man Belgium, France, Holland and Italy.
