TEKE::TEKE

Description

Taking its name from a Japanese urban legend, TEKE :: TEKE began as an homage to the star guitarist of the Eleki Japanese sound, Takeshi "Terry" Terauchi. The group is made up of seven members (Maya Kuroki, Serge Pelletier, Hidetaka Yoneyama, Etienne Lebel, Ian Lettre, Mikhail Stein, Yuki Isami) and has influences ranging from post-punk to noise through folk, classical, Latin, Balkan music and of course Japanese (four of the seven members are of Japanese origin). The band uses rock instruments as much as traditional Japanese ones (shinobue flute, shamisen and taisho koto). The group released their first EP Jikaku in 2018, and just released a new single Kala Kala in early February.