Blaak Heat (band)

Blaak Heat
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles/Paris
Genres	Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Surf rock, experimental
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Svart Records Tee Pee Records Improvising Beings
Associated acts	Spindrift Nebula Sonny Simmons Abrahma
Website	Blaak Heat official website
Members	Thomas Bellier Mike Amster Guillaume Théoden Nicolas Heller Henry Evans
Past members	Tom Davies Antoine Morel-Vulliez Timothée Gacon

Blaak Heat (formerly known as Blaak Heat Shujaa) is a French-American outfit whose recordings blend psychedelic rock with a number of outside sources, such as traditional Middle Eastern music, progressive rock, surf rock, spaghetti western, and metal. The band was founded by Thomas Bellier in 2008 in Paris while he was a graduate student at Sciences Po. In 2012, the band relocated to Los Angeles, signed to Tee Pee Records, and subsequently hired Orange County-based drummer Mike Amster. Blaak Heat has toured Europe and the United States, appearing at festivals such as Levitation Austin, Reverence Valada, and Red Smoke Fest. The band collaborated with Nobel Prize-nominated Gonzo poet Ron Whitehead on two of their releases, leading to multiple live appearances with Whitehead in the US and Scandinavia. Blaak Heat's latest full-length album, Shifting Mirrors, was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Hyde and came out in the Spring of 2016. It has been called "A new standard for a new generation" by PopMatters and "Almost too good to be believed" by Loudwire.

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