Jakarta is a French
EDM
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and
electro house
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production team, consisting of Danny Wild, Alan Pride, David Kane, and Dave King.
Their work is available on Hypetraxx Records, and has been remixed by
Mondotek
Mondotek is a German electronic dance music band which started its career in France, with members Danny Daagard and Steve Morane. Their most popular hit is " Alive!". They are also known for their remix of ''One Desire'' by Jakarta
Jakarta ...
. Their music is in the
tribal house style, but with a childlike voice sung by Sirka Falke (AKA Dookey Mackey), who did other vocal work on other dance tracks during the time. Their most relevant tracks are "Superstar" and "One Desire", which did well on the French charts in 2008.
Their first single, "One Desire", was distributed by Airplay Records for France,
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(
Belgium
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,
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), Dancestreet (
Germany
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),
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(
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), TMC Nordic (
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), Magic Records (
Poland
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), and Teta (
Israel
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). "One Desire" stayed at number 2 on the charts for four months in 2008.
The group created two
3D animated video clips with characters that are mostly babies. Their main character is Totosse, a dancing baby with a red
Mohawk haircut
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.
Legacy
It is unknown what the future holds for the band is since they have not been heard of since 2010.
Discography
Studio albums
References
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French electronic music groups
French house music groups