Fishtank | zh

This page is for Singapore band Fishtank (www.myspace.com/fishtankrock) and also East Coast band FISH TANK (www.facebook.com/fishtankuk) After seeing the band’s substation show, Wakemeupmusic label founder John Chiong was electrified. And in 2001 – Fishtank spoke their very first words. 2001’s Souvenir Novelties & Party Tricks hurtled towards jaded, unsuspecting music fans at warp speed. Fishtank’ unique punk-ska sensibility was fresh, immediate, weird and exquisite – a cacophony of melodic intricacy tempered by a quirky, childlike enthusiasm. It became the little album that could – and would – turn local indie-rock on its head. Fishtank had arrived. If Souvenir Novelties &...

The LA Weekly calls them “cross pollinated gypsy music….one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet.” Formed in 2005 and playing everywhere from the hippest LA clubs to festivals, cultural centers, museums, parades, and even on the street, the band includes two explosive violins, the world's best slap bass player, musical saw, flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar, trombone, opera, jazz and gypsy vocals, accordion and one little banjolele. Tackling everything from French hot jazz to wild Serbian and Transylvanian gypsy anthems, Flamenco, and oddball originals, the band is a not to be missed event for world music lovers...and...