Arkarna
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Arkarna | |
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Origin | London, England |
Genres | Lalo Creme Sebastian Beresford (formerly of Leftfield) |
Website | http://arkarna.net/ |
Arkarna is an English
) and drummer Sebastian Beresford. Arkarna has enjoyed sold out tours in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, as well as various headlining festival slots. The band is noted for its energetic live performances and for fusing many music genres.History
Formed by Ollie Jacobs in England in the mid-1990s, Arkarna debuted in 1997 with the album
Acoustic guitarist and backing vocalist James Barnett, formerly a member of Lunarci, recorded for
The trio were signed to
In 2010, Arkarna joined forces with session musicians Tim Owen (drummer) and Dave Landers (bassist) to perform in front of over 30,000 fans for
New material started to appear in 2011 for their third album; the first single from which was "Left Is Best". The promo video for "Left Is Best" first appeared on YouTube in December 2011.
With millions of loyal fans in Indonesia, on 20 October 2014 Arkarna was invited back by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to perform live in front of over 250,000 people at the presidential inauguration in the National Monument.[citation needed]
On 17 August 2015, the band were summoned back to Indonesia to launch their new single, "Kebyar-Kebyar",[5][non-primary source needed] in the Indonesian language to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the independence of Indonesia.
Music
Some of Arkarna's more popular songs are "House on Fire" and "Eat Me", both of which appeared on Arkarna's debut album Fresh Meat. "House on Fire" has featured on U.S. sitcom series
Ollie Jacobs
Jacobs started out doing remixes for
Jacobs has also collaborated with various well-known artists and producers including
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS [8] | ||
Fresh Meat |
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78 |
The Family Album |
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— |
Music is my Therapy |
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— |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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UK [9] |
AUS [8] |
US Dance [10] | |||
1995 | "Are You Scared" | — | — | — | Non-Album Single |
1996 | "House on Fire" (12 single) | — | — | — | |
1997 | "Eat Me" | — | 69 | — | Fresh Meat |
"House on Fire" | 33 | — | 3 | ||
"So Little Time" | 46 | — | — | ||
"The Futures Overrated" | — | 69 [11] |
12 | ||
1998 | "The Futures Overrated" (1998 Version) | 100 | — | — | Non-Album Single |
2000 | "Life Is Free" | — | — | — | The Family Album |
"Sink" | — | — | — | ||
2001 | "Rehab" | — | — | — | |
2012 | "Strange Creature" | — | — | — | Music is my Therapy |
"Left Is Best" | — | — | — | ||
2015 | "Kebyar-Kebyar"[12][non-primary source needed] | — | — | — | Non-Album Single |
Remixes
- Art of Noise: "Yebo [The Arkarna Dub]" (1995
References
- ISBN 978-0879306281.
- ^ "ARKARNA – Original Members". Retrieved 15 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "Rollover Music UK". Rollover.co.uk.
- ^ "Kebyar-Kebyar – ARKARNA Indonesian Hit Single 2015". Facebook. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Top UK Hit Songwriter 2013". Retrieved 15 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ King, Mollie (23 December 2013). "Photo by @molliethesaturdays". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 17.
- ^ "Official Charts > Arkarna". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / Arkarna > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 10 May 1998". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 14 June 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- ^ "Kebyar-Kebyar – ARKARNA Official Video". Facebook. Retrieved 15 September 2015.