Music Style Fusion of soul, funk, hip hop and rock.

Musical Influences They range diversly from Sly and the Family Stone to Alice In Chains.

Similar Artists We sound like Kaldera - you decide which pidgeon-hole we fit best.

Artist History KALDERA - the story so far... Picture it; Berkshire, way back in 1997 - drums, guitar, bass guitar and a DJ / Turntablist - jammed some funky breaks. The sound was simple but tight! Spring 2000 'D-Smooth' arrived on the scene and "Kaldera" was formed. Dan aka 'D-smooth' - a multi-talented musician who cuts up on the turntable, percussion, plays keyboard, waxes lyrical, together with Lee aka 'Dr. Allaz' - drummer extraordinaire, Tiki aka 'Tiki' - the big bad bass man and - last but not least - Ruari aka 'Quick draw' - Turntablist /percussionist. "Kaldera"? I hear you say! "Kaldera" got its name thanks to Ruari's mother, Annie, who reads a lot of interesting books. The original spelling of 'Caldera' is the description of the inside of a Volcano crater after it has erupted! When a volcano containing unexploded remains was discovered in Santorini, Greece - sitting just off the coastline of the island - the name 'Kaldera' was chosen for the volcano believing that the 'K' has more impact than the 'C'. By September 2000 "Kaldera" were looking for a vocalist, preferably female, to join the band. 'Quick draw' and 'D-smooth' found an advert in a music shop window for a vocalist looking to start a band, her influences fit the picture. This is where 'Natalie G' was found, and after hearing Natalie's voice the band fell for her. At last they were able to put lyrics to their sound. April 2001 "Kaldera" began searching for more musicians, feeling that their sound needed more. 'Dr. Allaz' found a wicked guitarist by the name of 'Fat Tone'. 'Fat Tone''s arrival led "Kaldera" to the studio where they recorded their first EP which was completed in just two days! "Kaldera" have the ability to get it right first time, and came through with flying colours. Just check it out for yourself! If you tried to categorise the style, well… it's kind of like, BLUESOULROCKFUNK and HOPDRUMHIPBASS! Now it's 2002 and things have changed. 'Natalie G' and "Kaldera" parted company when Natalie left to pursue a solo career on the London Club circuit. Of course "Kaldera" didn't stop there and speedily wrote new material. A few months later "Kaldera" stumbled across a replacement singer - Debbie Howard who is also from Berkshire. On one of "Kaldera"'s usual nights' out they bumped in to Debbie who had worked with Tone in the past. "I've been looking for you for seven years!" Tone cried. Debbie successfully auditioned for the band with an Acapella number in the middle of the Fez club. "You've got the job" Nice!!!!! Feeling whole again "Kaldera" were soon inspired to write loads of KICK ASS material, and are ready to take the world by storm. You will soon be able to sell your sordid stories to the Sun. They're going to be BIG…………

Group Members 'Diva' Debs - Lead Vox 'Quickdraw' Ruari - DJ, Percussion 'Stickman' Lee - Drums 'Phat' Tone - Guitar 'Tiki' Michael - Bass 'D-Smooth' Daniel - DJ, Keys, Vox

Albums EP#1 - First Demo CD / Pre-Zen-Ting Current CD

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Location Bracknell, Berkshire - United Kingdom

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