Arriving as a breath of fresh air on the French music scene, Danakil's scrappy roots reggae touched a chord with music-loving Parisians. The band formed when its members were in university, and they quickly found an audience lapping up their slow-grooving, keyboard-based reggae grooves. Echoing guitars meet lumbering percussion as lead vocalist Balik tackles global humanitarian issues in his lyrics, rounding out Danakil's truly worldwide approach to reggae music.