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  • Hi ! This is the official Alive Not Dead profile for the french band IKU. On stage we rock, we groove and we move in every way. We'd like to come to play everywhere in the world and discovering foreign cities and clubs. Cheers.

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  • IKU History : 14 Live Videos from 2007

    Monday, Jun 30, 2008 9:00AM / Members only

    If you want to see and hear how IKU were before 2008, check out the following videos, produced by Les Films du Crépuscule and shot in Paris at the Batofar, on February 4th, 2007 during the music festival "Dirty Babes Fest".




    Among those "old" songs, the only ones we're still playing since our new line-up, are Extremist, Courtney (a new version) and  Wolf's Smile.


    1 - Extremist




    2 - Eyes to the Ceiling




    3 - Courtney




    4 - Putrefaction




    5 - Stop




    6 - Rock 'n' Roll Girl





    7 - Pay ! Pray !




    8 - Tara




    9 - Dissexion




    10 - Lulluby In Bloom




    11 - Wolf's Smile




    12 - Fuck you up!




    13 - Rebel Girl




    14 - Outro (I am a Radikal Whore)


  • Some IKU's 2008 videos

    Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 5:49PM / Members only

    Check out some of reharsals and live performances that we did between January and June 2008 with our new drummer, So. Noel. More stuff coming soon !


    Private Showcase performed on January 20th, 2008, one week before our first gig with Sophie. Excerpts of three new songs : "Wolf's Smile", "Blackberry Morning" and "Daddy Cracker". 


    Improvisation during a music rehearsal, on April 13th, 2008. It finally becames one of our new tracks, "Harpies of RMI (Muscador)".


    Live performance of the song "Wolf's Smile" at the Pix Bar in Paris, on June 7th, 2008.




  • Who is IKU ?

    Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 5:01AM / Members only



    Warning ! From left to right : Akasha (bass/vocals), Sophie (drums),
    Solange
    (guitar) and Anne (guitar) - Photo by Fanny

    IKU
    is a French band formed in 2004.  Members included Akasha Lust a.k.a. 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’re starring in the documentary film Rock 'n' Roll Girls (2008) directed by Frederic Ambroisine.

    The band, close to its parisian roots and to many bands of Paris, has already played in almost 50 different places in France and recorded 2 E.P CD ("Tara" and "Urban's Crack") that will be listenable soon.

    Tara EP  tracks-listing :
     DisseXion
    Eyes to the Ceiling
    Fertilizer
    My Place
    Tara (excerpt on IKU MySpace page)


    Tara EP CD cover (front)

    Urban's Crack EP tracks-listing :
    Extremist (excerpt on IKU MySpace page)
    Stop (excerpt on IKU MySpace page)
    Putrefaction
    Courtney


    Urban's Crack EP CD cover (front)


    Urban's Crack EP CD cover (back)


    Urban's Crack 7" Vynil (front) (2 tracks : Extremist / Putrefaction)
  • First step on Alive Not Dead

    Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 4:59AM / Members only

    Hello Everyone,
    A friend of us told us about that website so we said, why not stay in touch with the rest of the world?
    Let us introduce us, IKU is a 4-headed band based in Paris, we play rock'n'roll since and we've already recorded 2 EP. We gonna add music soon !
    We are here to know you, lovely artist from another country !
    IKU

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  • posted on Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 1:04PM  [Report]
    welcome!
  • Official artist
    posted on Wednesday, Jul 2, 2008 7:14PM  [Report]
    wow that's cool! I'm looking forward to see your live video!

  • posted on Friday, Jun 27, 2008 5:55PM  [Report]
    go on !
  • Official artist
    posted on Friday, Jun 27, 2008 5:24PM  [Report]
    rock on~~

  • posted on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 1:22PM  [Report]
    ola!.. gre8! to cyall ard... btw, putrefaction - accoustic ver's really niceee.. keep more comin' yeah...

    have a gre8! week ahead.. peaceee..
  • Official artist
    posted on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 5:27AM  [Report]
    Hey!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

  • posted on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 4:29AM  [Report]
    welcome to alivenotdead! =)

  • posted on Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 5:42PM  [Report]
    Welcome to alivenotdead! Its great to have you here. I look forward to learing more about you.
  • Official artist
    posted on Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 5:45AM  [Report]
    hey I like dead of the dessert!!! the mood is so right!
  • Official artist
    posted on Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 5:40AM  [Report]
    wow~thanks for the link, I will go check it out now!
    Beside, I do have a band too called Personal Reason. Actually I give up the music already and put all my effort on drawing ^_^
    here's my band's link, you can check it out :
    http://www.reverbnation.com/personalreason

    cheers,
    R
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