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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.

IKU History : 14 Live Videos from 2007

Monday, Jun 30, 2008 9:00AM / Video / Music / 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)

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Some IKU's 2008 videos

Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 5:49PM / Video / Music / 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.

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Who is IKU ?

Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 5:01AM / Information / Music / 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)

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First step on Alive Not Dead

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 4:59AM / Information / 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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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 ba...
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