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| Background information | |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Eleki, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, enka, noise, punk, art-rock, avant-garde, hip hop, film soundtracks, Bulgarian music, Brazilian music, |
| Instrument(s) | Guitars, bass, drums, trombone, flute, shinobue, keyboard, gaïda, vocals, percussion |
| Years active | 2017-present |
| Labels | Kill Rock Stars SUB POP |
| Members | Sei Nakauchi Pelletier Hidetaka Yoneyama Mishka Stein Yuki Isami Etienne Lebel Ian Lettre Maya Kuroki |
| Website | https://www.teketekeband.com |
TEKE::TEKE is a Japanese-Canadian psychedelic rock band, whose music blends Japanese rock and surf rock influences. [1] Their album Shirushi, was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize, [2] as was their follow up, 2023's Hagata.
The band was formed by guitarist Serge (Sei) Nakauchi Pelletier, trombonist Étienne Lebel and drummer Ian Lettre, originally as a Takeshi Terauchi tribute band, after they discovered Terauchi's music while on tour with rapper Boogat. [3] They added guitarist Hidetaka Yoneyama, bassist Mishka Stein and flautist Yuki Isami and made their live debut in a 2017 show at the Distorsion Festival in Montreal; [3] by the time of the band's second show at the Pop Montreal festival, they had added vocalist Maya Kuroki and evolved from a straight Terauchi cover band to performing original material inspired by Japanese eleki music. [3]
Their debut EP Jikaku was released in 2018, [1] and Shirushi, their full-length debut album, was released in May 2021 on Kill Rock Stars. [4]
They followed up in 2023 with Hagata, which was longlisted for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize. [5]
In 2024 it was announced they were commissioned to create an original album soundtrack for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Shadows . [6] Sei Nakauchi Pelletier has also had credits as a film composer, and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025 for his work on Diary of a Father (Journal d'un père). [7]
