Blaak Heat (formerly known as Blaak Heat Shujaa) is a French-American musical group whose recordings blend

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with a number of outside sources, such as traditional Middle Eastern music, progressive rock, surf rock, spaghetti western, and metal. The band was founded by Thomas Bellier and Antoine Morel-Vulliez in 2008 in

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while they were graduate students at

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. In 2012, the band relocated to

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, signed to

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, and subsequently hired Orange County-based drummer Mike Amster. Blaak Heat has toured Europe and the United States, appearing at festivals such as Levitation Austin, Reverence Valada, and Red Smoke Fest. The band collaborated with Nobel Prize-nominated Gonzo poet Ron Whitehead on two of their releases, leading to multiple live appearances with Whitehead in the US and Scandinavia. Blaak Heat's latest full-length album, Shifting Mirrors, was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer

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and came out in the Spring of 2016. It has been called "A new standard for a new generation" by

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and "Almost too good to be believed" by

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Members

Current members

* Thomas Bellier -

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

(2008–present) * Mike Amster -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(2012–present) * Guillaume Théoden -

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(2016–present) * Nicolas Heller -

(2016–present) * Henry Evans -

(2015–present)

Former members

* Tom Davies - bass (2015) * Antoine Morel-Vulliez - bass (2008-2014) * Timothée Gacon - drums (2008-2012)

Discography

Albums

* ''Blaak Heat Shujaa'' - 2010 - Improvising Beings * ''The Edge Of An Era'' - 2013 -

* ''Shifting Mirrors'' - 2016 - Svart Records,

Extended plays

* ''The Storm Generation'' - 2012 -

References

External links

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Tee Pee Records
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