Hocus Pocus

Various artists named Hocus Pocus. 1. - Hocus Pocus is a Hip Hop band from Nantes, France. Formed in 1995, their music is a mix of all hip-hop true elements with live instrumentation influenced by jazz, soul & funk music. This band gives positive vibrations, stepping outside the French rap box. The alchemy between the intruments and the main rapper/DJ/band leader 20Syl, results in a appreciable coherence. The lineup includes muscians Matthieu Lelièvre (on fender rhodes) Hevré Gogard (on bass), and Antoine Saint-Jean (on drums) with DJ Greem and 20Syl (MC), both members of C2C, the DJ crew, 2003-to-2006 DMC World DJ Team Championships winner. Often compared with The Roots, Their live performance are often showy, mostly when the standard live instruments communicate with the turntables. Discography - 18/10/2007 : 15 tilte CD/12" "Place 54" - 26/12/2006 : "73 Touches", La Réédition - February 2005 : 13-title CD/12" "73 Touches" - December 2004 : Maxi Single "On And On part.2" - June 2002 : 8-title CD "Acoustic Hip Hop Quintet" - January 2003: Maxi single "Conscient" - October 2001 : Maxi single "On and on" - 1998 : Mixtape album "Seconde Formule" They created On and On Label (ex-Coups2Cross), under wich one you can find C2C (DMC world chmpions in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006), The Procussions. For more informations please go to http://www.onandon-records.com/hocuspocus.php 2. - Real Name: Ferry Ridderhof & Peter Garnefski - A duo that produces hardcore music. Aliases: Boobytrax, Doop, Ferry & Garnefski, Headcracker, Krimson, Madam, Mandroid, Rare Candy, Sebastian Blender, Sponk, Sugar 'N' Spice, Thick Red Spot, Vicious Delicious, Waxattack, X-Orgasmic Most famous for their Here's Johnny record. 3. - Real Name: Dirk Nuttelmann Aliases: Dirk Nuttelmann, Penny Lane, Sandy Releases:Vibrator (12", Maxi, Cle) 4. - Hard rock band formed in 1986, first known as Lust. Members: John Uhlinger, Ken Kennedy (2), Kurt Menck, Mike Easlo Had songs feature on some compilations like Nashville Rock, What You Haven't Heard... and Hear Rock City Tennessee Tracks. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.