West meets East (2009)

In the summer of 2008, WHAKi was ready to record their second album. Zakk traveled 3,000 miles, from Portland, OR to Savannah, GA, where he and Judd locked themselves in a studio for 1 week. The result was 10 hours of WHAKiness, which over the course of a year, became West meets East. This is the second release from WHAKi and it is only available at the WHAKi store in 2 creamy versions. (more liner notes)

West meets East - Powdered Creamer Version

WHAKi fills your cup with a 256 kbps MP3 download of the album as well as a digital download of the liner notes released on December 23, 2009. Make it milky for only $9.99.

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West meets East - Half and Half Version

Straight from the cow, WHAKi makes it thick and creamy giving you a full digital download of the album as well as a CD/DVD package that includes the album, short videos from the band and making of the album documentary. The first Half (digital download) will be released on December 23, 2009. The second Half will be shipped by February 2010. Get your fill for only $16.99.

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All songs were written by Judd Higgins and Zakk Kuzda. Produced by Long John. Mixed by Jelly. Engineered by Jelly, assisted by A. Fritter. Cover Art by Jacob Martin

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WHAKi (2008)

In an effort to get the ball rolling on a new WHAKi album, a compilation of songs from both The Beginning of WHAKi and the Noodlin’ sessions were remixed and released. This is the first official release from WHAKi and it is available to download at iTunes and Amazon. (more liner notes)

Judd Higgins – Drums, Vocals and other various percussion
Zachary Kuzda – Guitar, Bass and other various melodic instruments

All songs were written by Judd Higgins and Zakk Kuzda. Remixed by Jelly. Artwork by Sprinkles.

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Noodlin’ (2005)

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
It was a quiet spring morning in the college town of Athens, OH. Armed with a borrowed guitar, a drum set and two stomachs full of Casa, things were about to change. It has been six years since Judd and Zakk have played any music together. It took almost no time to get back into the swing of things and with six years more talent, they have never sounded better. With this completely improvised set, WHAKi had been reborn. (more liner notes)

Judd Higgins – Drums, song titles and artwork
Zachary Kuzda – Guitar

These recordings were originally recorded live to a digital video camera. The mix is a little drum heavy due to the recording process.

All songs were written by Judd Higgins and Zachary Kuzda with the exception of the original MTV theme song and the melody from “Every Night is Ladies Night”, which was written by John Scofield and Adam Deitch, both performed in “Whaki go to the Circus”.

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The Beginning of WHAKi (1999)

After leaving their previous band, Superman’s Water Pistol, Judd and Zakk wanted to go in a different direction. They were working on a number of ideas and WHAKi was the one thing to bring them all together. WHAKi started off as recording project, but as the music was being written, they started to see a story unfold. They started writing a movie to go with the accidental soundtrack (It’s a little backwards, but that’s WHAKi).
The condensed plot: WHAKi, the hero who wears white shirts with khaki pants, has something an evil doctor wants, DNA Level C. The movie follows WHAKi through his adventures where, ultimately, he must stop the evil doctor and his gingerbread man army. (more liner notes)