Poni Hoax bio uk

Poni Hoax is a five man army of «jeunes gens modernes», bookworm musicians and extremely talented composers. Their lead vocalist, Nicolas Ker tackles an ambitious and unique style that walks the thin line between a decadent Morrissey or an elegiac Jim Morrisson, he’s a quizzical dandy with an exotic touch (born from French-Cambodian parents in Egypt). The symbiosis he shares with the band’s lead composer, Laurent Bardainne, can be equated with that formerly uniting Carl Barat and Pete Doherty with maturity on top. Next to this ubiquitous duo, Arnaud Roulin (keyboard/bass), Nicolas Villebrin (guitar) and Vincent Taeger (drums), partners in crime and überaccomplished musicians who have co-oped with the gotha of French « variétés » (Feist, Jane Birkin, Dave! etc.). Together they fuel the fire of an iridescent musical flame laced with infectious, nearly fatal melodies. Under the patronage of deus ex-machina come producer Joakim Bouaziz, one of Europe’s most talented remixers (for the likes of Air, Lionel Hampton, Tiga, Annie etc.) and the author of the acclaimed «Fantômes» album (Versatile 2002) they take the lead in a most unanticipated way. Front-person Ker sometimes recalls the greater accomplishments of past geniuses such as Huysmans and of course Morrison (again). One could qualify their style as rock n roll music but for its uncanny taste for wild hybridation from Italo Disco (Giorgio Moroder) to Noisy, Garage and Murder Ballads (à la Nick Cave). Poni Hoax could be the 3rd millennium Roxy Music, Sonic Youth on Ecstasy, Giorgio Moroder in bed with Arcade Fire. Such a wide array of taste is something quite unprecedented this side of the Atlantic and recalls the exceptional musical genius of the likes of Arcade Fire or Sonic Youth. Now you just need to see them live because they simply rock. Check out their tour schedule on myspace.com/ponihoax, they’ve been playing some big festivals since 2006 such as Benicassim, Eurockeennes, Printemps de Bourges, Montreux, Eurosonics…

What They Already Said… - New York Times (USA): ‘"Dark disco" is the only way I can describe it” Feist (05/06) - Play Music Magazine (Sweden): 'The next big thing is a French band called Poni Hoax' - XLR8R (USA): about the song “budapest" : Holy shit, this is a tune for the summer!” - « World Class ! » JD Beauvallet, Les Inrockuptibles. - « f****** incredible » Philip Sherburne, The Wire - « Budapest is so good I even bought it (sic) » Tiga - « Budapest is the single of the year » Ewan Pearson - « already a hit at Optimo (Glasgow) » Optimo - « amazing » The Glimmer Twins http://www.ponihoax.com http://www.myspace.com/ponihoax http://www.tigersushi.com More Press info and hi-res pictures : http://www.tigersushi.com/site/press Promo Contact : promo@tigersushi.com Booking Contact : Kamel@letaxiprod.com DISCOGRAPHY TSR017 BUDAPEST EP OCTOBER 2005 TSD011 SHE’S ON THE RADIO FEBRUARY 2006 TSRCD013 PONI HOAX JUNE 2006