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IKU : GANG OF GIRLS SHOWCASE + FEMALE TROUBLE NIGHT
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 4:24AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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IKU is a French rock band influenced by Grunge and Riot Grrrls music, formed in 2004. Members included Akasha 'Sick' Lust (Bass guitar and singer), Solange Protin (guitar), Anne Mercier (guitar) and Céline Vanier (drums), who left the band and was replaced by So. Noel in December 2007. They’ll be the main characters of my documentary Rock 'n' Roll Girls.

IKU (before) : Solange, Akasha, Anne & Céline
Before, So. Noel started to work already with Akasha in the experimental electro band d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e (since February 2007).

So. & Akasha on the set of a d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e. video
She was also the drummer of a Stoner rock band with Akasha and Solange the same year, Harpi RMI.

2007 : Akasha, Solange & So. = HARPI RMI
But since she joined IKU, they decided to merge the two bands. So, basically now, The "Old" IKU + Harpi RMI = The "New" IKU.

IKU (now) : Anne, Akasha, Solange & So.
The following video shot by Laurent Vallet (Hold The Line, 70 Miles Family) & me, is an excerpt of a 40 minutes showcase played on January 20th, 2008, one week before the first official gig of the "New" IKU at the Female Trouble night, where the Italian garage punk band Motorama and French "60's dance gang" The Freakettes will perform as well.

DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO IN BETTER QUALITY (78 MO) HERE

Frédéric Ambroisine (January 21st, 2008)

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lifan_tseng
posted on Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 5:27PM [Report]

i like this atmosphere
that seems like the masks
float in the air!! =)
cool~~
stunti
posted on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008 9:44AM [Report]

NICE.
Always nice to see girl rock band.

Too bad I'm not in Paris anymore :-(
Maybe they can subscribe to AnD ;-)

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Born in Istres (France), Frederic Ambroisine studied mathematics, then filmmaking in Paris in his twenties...
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Born in Istres (France), Frederic Ambroisine studied mathematics, then filmmaking in Paris in his twenties. At the same time, he was also trained as a stuntman by the Figlarz Action crew (SCORPION, 36, BABYLON A.D., LARGO WINCH etc.). He started as a filmcritic in 2000 on the website DVDRAMA, which is now one of the most popular French daily e-magazines about movies and DVD. Since 2002, he also wrote in several French magazines specialized in Asian Cinema, including KUMITE, ASIA PULP, MAD ASIA and SCORE ASIA. At the end of 2003, Frederic started to work as a documentary director on the SHAW BROTHERS French DVD collection distributed by WILD SIDE FILMS. He interviewed hundreds of Hong Kong artists and did more than 60 short documentaries between 2004 and 2006 related to Shaw Brothers kung-fu classics, inlcluding THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN, THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN, COME DRINK WITH ME, KILLER CLANS, KING BOXER, THE 8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER etc. He also directed a few dozens of short documentaries about recent Hong Kong movies including the INFERNAL AFFAIRS trilogy, ONE NITE IN MONGKOK, P.T.U., DUMPLINGS, S.P.L., DOG BITE DOG... In 2006, he directed INSIDE HO YUK, his first 52-minute documentary (the other ones were 26 minutes or less). He’s now preparing his first musical documentary, ROCK 'N' ROLL GIRLS.
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Occupation: Director , Screenwriter , Magazine Editor
Age: 34
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