Kalaha is a Danish band consisting of Emil de Waal, Niclas Knudsen, Rumpistol aka Jens Berents Christiansen and electronic producer Mikael Elkjær aka Spejderrobot...
The band takes inspiration from Afrobeat, Anatolian rock, electronic rave music and jazz improvisation.
Kalaha has collaborated with a wide range of artists from around the world including Hilal Kaya, Uffe Lorenzen
In 2019 they played a show together with American bass player Bill Laswell at Black Diamond during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.
Kalaha's debut album "Hahaha", released in 2014, was a live recording from their first show ever as a band. Their follow-up album "Masala" received a Danish Music Award in the category "Special Release of the Year" as well as receiving airplay by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Their third album "Mandala" was also well received by the critics and highlighted as album of the year in the Danish Newspaper Information. The album featured the band's first Turkish song "Çok Küstüm", which became the beginning of a long time collaboration with the Turkish singer Hilal Kaya and also secured the band some attention in Turkey.
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