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JOKER

About Me


JOKER: THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO IN EVERY DECK.
One American boy, one Kiwi girl: From opposite sides of the globe, Joshua Sellers and Angie Bastion craft smart, heartfelt songs, with a flair for the dramatic and the dreamy.

JOKER's debut album, HOMECOMING is woven from a tapestry of musical influences, from the Beatles, U2, Coldplay and more. Full of shimmering guitars and anthemic choruses, Joker is for soul-searchers who possess the courage to love.

HOMECOMING will be released 17 February 2009, available through CD Baby and Your Indie CD (more independent distributors to follow).

Drop by our official website at twojokers.co.nz

Feel free to contact us via e-mail at: twojokers (at) inbox (dot) com.









My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2008
Band Website: www.twojokers.co.nz
Band Members: JOKER is:

Joshua Sellers (lead vox, guitar, bass, keys, electronics, music, lyrics, string arrangements)

Angie Bastion (lyrics, music, keys, backup vox)



Influences: The Beatles, U2, Sigur Rós, Doves, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Bic Runga, Crowded House, Cocteau Twins, The Moody Blues, Brian Wilson, Mogwai, Low, The Bee Gees, ELO, Moby, Robbie Williams, Bread, Travis, REM, The Verve, Spiritualized, Evermore, Elbow, Roxy Music, Grant Lee Phillips...
In general: classical music, sixties rock'n'roll, new wave, britpop, ambient and too much more to mention...

Sounds Like: Hope.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Homecoming has been released

We are happy to announce the release of our debut album Homecoming, now on sale at CD Baby:Your Indie CD will be distributing our CD in Europe.  We'll let you know where to go to purchase it from ther...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:00 GMT

Album release date set

We are proud to announce the release date for our debut album, Homecoming for 17 February 2009.We'll be selling the CD through CD Baby to begin with, but intend to expand to other independent distribu...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Joker's official website up!

We've set up our *official* website here: www.twojokers.co.nzThere's still a little bot of construction to do, but the bulk of it is finished.  There is music to listen to, photos to look at, videos t...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT

A bit of caroling: "Silent Night"

We've uploaded a mellow instrumental version of "Silent Night" to enjoy for the holiday season... :-) 
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Uploaded cover tune: Joy Division's "Atmosphere"

We've uploaded for the moment a cover of Joy Division's 'Atmosphere'-- just taking a new drum machine for a test drive...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:10:00 GMT

New song upload: "Pendulum"

We've uploading a new song, 'Pendulum' which also features Angie doing a bit of singing.  This isn't the final mix, but close to final.  Enjoy!
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:08:00 GMT

New song upload: "Drinking Sand"

Angie & I have uploaded the opening track to our album Homecoming, entitled "Drinking Sand."  This was the first song Angie & I collaborated on in late 2005.  I had come up with mos...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:41:00 GMT

Pale Blue Dot video

I have just uploaded a somewhat hastily thrown together video-- not of our music, but rather a tribute to Carl Sagan. The video contains an excerpt of Sagan reading from his book Pale Blue Dot with m...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:42:00 GMT

New track uploaded - "12 Km"

I've put this song up for someone who has a big race to run this Sunday morning in Christchurch.   "12 Km" is actually a hidden track at the end of the Homecoming album and it is one of two ins...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:28:00 GMT

New song in the works - "Through the Door"

Spent a good portion of the weekend recording a new song Angie & I have been working on, called Through the Door.  Actually, I had put together a draft of this song some months ago.  Sin...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:30:00 GMT