Poni Hoax
Although French electronica has been inarguably cool since the rise of Air in the mid-'90s, Poni Hoax are likely the first band to fuse the sophistication of Gallic dance beats with solid rock & roll attitude (imagine if the Strokes really were as cool and debonair as they pretend to be) and a soupçon of the lyrical perversity and overall suavity last seen in French pop when Serge Gainsbourg was at the height of his powers. The four musicians in Poni Hoax met while studying at the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique in Paris; upon leaving school, keyboardist Laurent Bardainne, guitarist Nicolas Villebrin, bassist Arnaud Roulin, and drummer Vincent Taeger continued experimental rehearsals on their own time while working as studio and tour band musicians. A meeting between Bardainne and the stylish Franco-Cambodian singer Nicolas Ker in a local bar brought the band a charismatic frontman in the camp-cool mode of early Bryan Ferry; the patronage of popular dance producer and remixer Jakim Bouaziz brought the band to the influential electronic indie Tigersushi Records. Poni Hoax's debut EP, Budapest, was released in the fall of 2005. Their self-titled debut album, with a properly faux-decadent cover photo of a nude young girl gazing pensively at, of all things, a live owl, was released in the summer of 2006, with a remix EP following the next year. In 2008, Poni Hoax released their sophomore effort, Images of Sigrid, on Tigersushi France.
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Discografía
9 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Tropical Suite
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Pan European Recording el 3/02/2017
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Images of Sigrid
Pop - Editado por Tigersushi Records el 28/04/2008
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A State of War
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Pan European Recording el 25/03/2013
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We Are the Bankers - EP
Electrónica - Editado por Abracada el 31/05/2010
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Hypercommunication
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Tigersushi Records el 16/06/2008
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Involutive Star EP
Electrónica - Editado por Tigersushi Records el 26/03/2007
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The Bride Is on Fire
Pop - Editado por Tigersushi Records el 1/01/2008
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The Wild (Buvette Rework)
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Pan European Recording el 30/01/2017
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