SHAKATAK

United Kingdom
1980

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Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980. Shakatak scored a number of chart entries, including two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, "Night Birds" (1982) and "Down on the Street" (1984), plus a further 12 entries in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles.[4] The group is still active and popular throughout the world, particularly in Japan and the Far East, and generally produce a new album every two years on JVC Records.

For the last 14 days:

350 tracks
1454 stations
73 countries

Radio stations which play SHAKATAK online

Night Birds

Afrikaap Radio

Night Birds

Easy Jazz

L'aggio l'amour

Euro Smooth Jazz

SHAKATAK top songs

1	Down On The Street
2	Night Birds
3	Dark Is the Night
4	Day by Day
5	Watching You
6	Mr. Manic & Sister Cool
7	City Rhythm
8	Rio Nights
9	Invitations
10	Street Walkin'
11	Lovely Day
12	Down On the Street
13	Space Dance
14	Blue Azure
15	Don't Blame It on Love
16	Down on the Street
17	Something Special
18	Osaka Skyline
19	Andre's Place
20	Bitch To the Boys
21	Out of This World
22	Livin' In the UK
23	Light On My Life
24	Domino Dance
25	Tortola Sunset

SHAKATAK quotes

I usually start playing around with processed guitar or bass to get a sound that I am happy with, then I base a piece around that, adding extra sounds, mixing it right, and just layering sounds until I’m happy.