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I think it was at the beginning of 2007 when Joakim played at TRAMP! because the gig took place once the club night had moved from beloved venue Bierkeller (77 Piccadilly), to not so loved North Nightclub.
Here’s a link to the TRAMP! Flickr photo set of that night
I remember having just heard the track ‘I Wish You Were Gone’, becoming slightly obsessed with the repetitive beat and lyrics, and then finding out that Joakim & His Ectoplasmic Band would be playing in Manchester very soon.
It was an interesting, but exciting performance, and very much worth it, though I had had to drag a friend along with me.

Since then, the Frenchman’s songs have made intermittent appearances on my itunes; via blogs or compilations such as, Kitsune X with Teenage Kiss, and Simian Mobile Disco's Suck My Deck which in fact kicks off with Drumtrax.

It appears that throughout his life, Joakim has moved back and forth between different genres of music, beginning with classical (as he was taught piano by Lebanese pianist and composer Abdel Rahman El Bacha), followed by discovering bands like The Pixies and Sonic Youth, and then developing a love and interest for jazz which spurred the creation of his first album Tigersushi. Only once his second album, Fantômes, was released in 2003 were we shown a side of his musical interests which reminisced perhaps a slightly more 80s punk, electro pop, or even funk background.

So here we are, I resisted two posts before unveiling my clearly extremely electronic tendencies when it comes to music.

Deciding to use this entry to pay tribute to Joakim is mainly due to the fact that, though I've always really liked his music, I always seem to forget it's there, which is a shame because some of it is very good indeed!
It is hard to try and box him into a certain category or genre, because as far as we know his versatile history may lead to more musical surprises. Maybe it is just safest to say Joakim is a very experimental type of musician.

Here are some of the tracks which have caught my attention over the years. They're very different from eachother, so if you listen to one and dislike it, you won't necessarily also dislike the next.
Last one is my new favourite. Bon audio appétit

I wish You Were Gone
Teenage Kiss
Commercial Break
Spiders
Come Into My Kitchen (I:Cube tribute to The Electric Kitchen remix)