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David Shakiban’s musical beginnings came in high school with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and blossomed in his college years when he started to play guitar, strongly influenced by the improvisational styles of the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Phish. Starting out with some friends from Syracuse in the project “Jones”, David began to hone his guitar, performance, and song-writing skills, and he came to perform in many of the Bay Area’s popular music venues. David later went on to create the band “Free Zaza”, which further expanded David’s knowledge of music, songwriting, and performing as a professional. Eventually, David went solo with his self-named project “Shakiban”, bringing his accumulated knowledge to the release of his first album, “ZA”, in 2003. This first album explored David’s interests in songwriting, and showed his growing skills as writer, singer, and guitarist.Ready to go into a new musical direction, David invited friend and producer, Tim Aldridge, to create some tracks together to perform live. The result was JackRabbit, a blend of improvisational jamming with electronic beats, and some of the most exciting music to date. Using Ableton Live, David and Tim recorded early mixes of what since David has taken further in his solo project. With bassist John Cha and new found percussionist/tabla player/flutist, Aharon Wheels Bolsta, Shakiban is writing and recording new material for the 2nd album, “ZAZA”, exploring this new electronic/improv direction. Combining guitar, bass, and tabla improvisation with studio produced rhythms and ambient soundscapes, Shakiban unites the stylings of Carlos Santana, the Grateful Dead, and Pink Floyd with modern electronic influences like Kruder & Dorfmeister, Groove Armada, and Asana. The band is now building a local following with plans to begin consistent touring in 2010. |
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