In this day and age, in which advertising for oriental influences is often equated with Islamism and cultural hostility, a formation like Blaak Heat is not easy. So Thomas Bellier, singer and guitarist of the trio, feels, because right at the beginning of the interview he has to make it clear: "We have nothing to do with this IS madness. We simply integrate Arabic sounds into our sound. And that's because we're absolutely fascinated by it. We want to integrate them into western harmonies in order to bring the cultures together. Who knows, maybe with this approach you can bring peace instead of war to this currently crazy planet?!"
Blaak Heat formed in Paris in 2008, but four years later the group moved to Los Angeles. In the meantime only guitarist/singer Thomas Bellier is left of the original line-up, but nothing has changed in the musical vision on album no. three: The aim is not only to bridge the gap between the Orient and the Occident, but also the peaceful coexistence of oriental music and psychedelic rock.
