For three years
Bert Taken and
Arjo van Loo of Black Market Audio worked on their second album "Shake". The result: 14 songs and 6 interludes that sound like TV-tunes, like pop songs that take the listener by a time-warp through time and space or like a soundtrack for a true Tupperware party. Their main motto is: ‘The sexiest words are those without meaning! Just sing along!’
"Shake" is the long awaited successor to their succesful debut album
Autorama. With "Shake" they made the album that they’ve been missing in their record-collection. A cocktail (shaken, not stirred) according to the unique but also trustworthy BMA recipe: Yeh-yeh beats, Hammond-driven grooves, schlagermelodies, garnished with tropical fruits from Tiki-Bongo & every now and then a tribute to the typical Dutch pop sound.
Black Market Audio thinks making happy music is serious business. Whether it’s funk, disco or skank, it swings, grooves and pops in every way. The duo describes their music as "dance-classics, lounge, pop, big beat, easy tune, jazz, exotica, rare groove, skank, psychedelica, mood music, triphop, soundtracks and top 40". Well, gimme another cocktail like that!
Arjo - organs & keys, basslines, arrangements, sounddesign.
Bert - jazzmaster guitar, (electric) sitar, beats, noisy samples, bad vocals, artwork.