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Rustines (LP​/​CD​/​digital, 2017)

by The Akulas

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Sikorski 02:30
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Moon Shot 02:17
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The Mafista 03:04
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Rustines 02:37
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Special 230 02:00
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Crossfire 02:20
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about

Think reverb soaked guitar twang.
Think pounding drum beats.
Think cheesy organ sounds.
Think thumping bass vibes.
Shake all of that together – do not stir.
Serve cool.
That’s The Akulas.

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Spotify: spoti.fi/2Pj0aDg
YouTube: shorturl.at/nvyGU
Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Akulas-379703088758152
Webpage: www.akulas.be
Songkick: bit.ly/32g4mJ4
Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/5436882-The-Akulas

credits

released March 4, 2017

Fine instrumentals, originating between the sun blasted shores of California and the dry deserts of Reverbistan. Rooted in Ghent (Belgium) since 2005, The Akulas remain inspired by the sixties sounds of surf music, Hammond craze and European beat and instrumentals.

After a critically acclaimed 5-track EP released in 2012, The Akulas proudly presented a follow-up full album ‘Rustines’ early 2017 on Green Cookie Records.

Over the last years, The Akulas earned their stripes as a live band on stages in Belgium and also in the Netherlands. They played at events such as North Sea Surf Festival (Amsterdam, NL), Viva Lola Festival (Sint Niklaas, BE), Night of the Phantom (Ghent, BE), Rockabilly Day (Assenede, BE), European Bug In (Chimay, BE), De Nieuwe Anita (Amsterdam, NL), Charlatan (Ghent, BE).

Watch the movie clip of ‘L’Amour Chaud’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRdUuFhR1bY

Keep in touch: www.akulas.be and info@akulas.be.

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ALBUM CREDITS
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All tracks by The Akulas except: The Searchers (David Axelrod), Moon Shot (Jerry Segger), The Mafista (Neal Hefti), Le Sang Du Soleil (Gaston Martin - Gerald Matthey), SL-54 Automatic (Fifty Foot Combo), Cemetary Stomp (Mike Lobbett), Special 230 (Andre Brasseur), Crossfire (T.J. Fowler - Tom King), Man Of Mystery (Michael Carr).

The Akulas are: Udo (Gretsch drums), Willem (Framus Star bass driven by a Fender Bassman 100), Benjamin (Nord organ) and Ruben (Fender Jaguar & Jazzmaster driven by a Fender Dual Showman Reverb and a Fender Reverb Tank).

Recorded live at Number Nine Studios (Gentbrugge, BE) by Sebastian Omerson on February 27th, 28th & 29th 2016. Mixed by Pieterjan Coppenjans. Mastered by Jerboa. Produced by The Akulas. Artwork by Willem Bekers. Front cover picture EC (photo by Christian Lambiotte). Back cover picture Architecture Archive (photo by Willy van Damme).

Special thanks to staff at Number Nine Studios (including Dries Hoof, a green big muff PI, a special floor tom, a vintage Hofner bass and a Japanese rotary speaker), Mike and Nikos at Green Cookie Records , Stam Ghent, our families and fans.

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REVIEW
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The Akulas play surf, yes, but spiced up with various influences like a horror church organ in the 1963 cover Cemetary Stomp by The Essex, easy tune in the André Brasseur cover Special 230 from 1965 and a lot of exotica - exotica like in Arthur Lyman, not like Vegas Grind - in their own Taboo/Misirlou variation L'Amour Chaud, all topped with a Booker T groove. The twangy surf lead guitar alternates the melody with the organ while both play melody lines and neatly complement and alternate each other and the bass guitar also regularly pumps its own lines, topped with bongos and interwoven with references and fat winks to surf classics: the own Holiday Panic uses the Wipe Out drum breaks to end up somewhere completely different and the 1965 Carol K(aye) & the Hitmen cover The Searchers links the tune of Out Of Limits to a western chase.

Rustines contains five original compositions + nine covers and it is in those covers that you get a good idea of what The Akulas stand for: the two most famous, Man Of Mystery by The Shadows and Crossfire by Johnny & the Hurricanes, get a complete makeover, the others come from very different corners from the first half of the sixties: unknown surf (Moon Shot by Kenny & the Fiends from 1964), Telstar organs like Le Sang Du Soleil from Les Relax (CH) from 1964 and film music (The Mafista by Neal Hefti from his Batman Theme And 11 Hefti Bat Songs LP from 1966, the song does not appear in the TV series), maybe not all surf, but successfully run through the Akulas merry-go-round. Does this deluge of influences seem chaotic? Not exactly, because the result are catchy instrumentals cut to size by whom Fifty Foot Combo (whose SL-54 Automatic is covered here by the way) is good but too loud, although The Akulas undoubtedly blow the roof off live which you can check for yourself at Saturday 4 March during the release party in the Charlatan in Ghent (B). Please note: the CD will only be available in 300 copies and there are also 300 vinyl copies (GC055LP) available.

--- Reviewed by Frantic Franky (Boppin' Around) < www.boppinaround.nl/RECENSIES-2017-1/RECENSIES-2017-1.htm >

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