RocknRoll spirit with a passion for funk and energy Bull

Funk Zoo to release new single Would You

Bull Funk Zoo is set to release his inner animal with
a solid blend of rock and funk elements in his new
single Would You.
Time Out Dubai has described Bull Funk Zoo as Dubais
most recognisable vocal chords praised his debut album,
which featured Hamdan Al Abri, as mixing Hendrix
style riffing, Red Hot Chili Peppers-ish rock-funk and
a dirty garage stomp, on a record complete with
both soulful yearners, up-tempo burners, and plenty
of retro funk-flavoured grooves.
His upcoming single release Would You? takes up where
the album left off by bringing back energy-driven
rocknfunk glory with a great portion of experimental
open-mindedness.
But this time Bull Funk Zoo sang, performed all the
instruments, wrote, recorded and produced the single all
himself.
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVYjgKDTfEk
Bull Funk Zoo is the brainchild of producer, multi instrumentalist, vocalist, and accomplished
guitar player Assaad Lakkis. Taking on influences from Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili Peppers
and Rage Against The Machine, to John Coltrane, Miles Davis or Tom Waits, Bull Funk Zoo
is a colourful musical project that feeds from a buzzing variety of nearly every genre.
Bull Funk Zoo had featured Eslam Jawad -M.C (former Gorillaz and Wu Tan Clan) and Hamdan
Al-Abri on many live shows in the past. On his new album he will be on vocals and guitar and has
put a new rhythm section together. He describes the outcome as sounding like a big bad bull
fornicating and stompin' the grounds with an attitude. Bull Funk Zoo brings together
individual vibes of creativity that keeps everyone guessing even us.
Bull Funk Zoos debut album was recorded in 2013 and got the highest ratings for an
unsigned bands record by Rolling Stone. In the Middle East, he has made a name for
himself, playing in front of up to 30000 people at concerts. In 2013, he also supported Sting . Bull
Funk Zoo is continuously working on new material, videos and other creative endeavours. He
says: "Creativity is my drug of choice, it has got me in a vise.
Assaad was born in Dubai after his parents had to escape the devastating war in Lebanon in the
70s. Music has always played a big role for him. He was growing up to the likes of James Brown,
Earth Wind and Fire, Boney M and various Motown artists. When he was four years old he
first saw Kiss performing on TV and, for the first time, the idea of rocknroll both intrigued and
scared him. Enchanted by the magic that those kind of performances had over him, he later
moved on to listening to bands like Metallica or Megadeth and broadened his musical horizon
as much as possible, constantly craving new experiences.
At the age of 17, he moved to the US for a few years to go to university and further dig into
unknown musical realms. During this time, he also discovered punk rock and realised that the
mentality of this genre fitted in perfectly with his own worldview. Both musically as in life, Assaad
is a free spirit who is willing to cross boundaries in order to expand his mind. Hed surround
himself with like-minded people such as the spoken word artist Eric Bailey or Glen Burris, a
well known horn player who played and recorded with Miles Davis on Man With The Horn.
After moving back to Dubai in 1999, Assaad released his music as part of his musical project
Abstrakt Collision. One of the songs he recorded with Abstrakt Collision got nominated for the
independent music awards in the U.S and another was featured in the movie Papers.

His alter-ego and musical concept Bull Funk Zoo derived from an idea he had: It's a description of
the energy of the music I wanted to create. Growing up on funk and rock, I thought "Bull Funk" is
the ideal description; it's got attitude, heart, grace and an in-your-face kind of approach. Zoo is
the description of the Bull Funk collective, hence Bull Funk Zoo. A lot of my good friends told me
to have Bull Funk Zoo as my stage name
The Single Would You is out on 29th April 2016.
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/bullfunkzoo/
https://twitter.com/bullfunkzoo
https://www.instagram.com/bullfunkzoo/
https://www.youtube.com/user/BullFunkZoo
https://soundcloud.com/bullfunkzoo
https://bullfunkzoo.bandcamp.com
For more information contact publicity2@quitegreat.co.uk or call 01223 844440

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