Hocus Pocus Biography - Sweetslyrics

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<#8221; <#8221;Place 54<#8221;
- 26/12/2006 : <#8221;73 Touches<#8221;, La Réédition
- February 2005 : 13-title CD/12<#8221; <#8221;73 Touches<#8221;
- December 2004 : Maxi Single <#8221;On And On part.2<#8221;
- June 2002 : 8-title CD <#8221;Acoustic Hip Hop Quintet<#8221;
- January 2003: Maxi single <#8221;Conscient<#8221;
- October 2001 : Maxi single <#8221;On and on<#8221;
- 1998 : Mixtape album <#8221;Seconde Formule<#8221;


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 <#8216;N<#8217; Spice, Thick Red Spot, Vicious Delicious, Waxattack, X-Orgasmic

Most famous for their Here<#8217;s Johnny record.

3. Real Name: Dirk Nuttelmann
Aliases: Dirk Nuttelmann, Penny Lane, Sandy
Releases:Vibrator (12<#8221;, Maxi, Cle)