Oakland’s the student body presents have been tagged as “afro punk". expect truly unusual electronic music with influences taken from alternative rock, punk, jazz, hip hop or soul. this album is released in collaboration with dephazz’ phazzadelic imprint. the student body presents are the artistic couple miasha williams and eric porter from oakland and recently caught a lot of attention with the “afro punk” track “boxes” which was released on the “black rock coaltion” cd (new york) and on a 7inch on rubaiyat. the first promo-mailout of the cd in germany cauced a big media echo in germany’s independent music scene from indie rock magazines to jazz lounge radios. although the band-project the student body presents is very young, miasha and eric are experienced underground artists … miasha made vocal performances in locations like the cbgb’s gallery, the nuyorican poets cafe, the java house or the moon cafe in brooklyn. eric opened shows for acts like outkast, rakim, dead prez, played in the band of nu soul icon julie dexter, appeared in clubs like the bluenote/new york & jazzcafe/london. his project “afrikan sciences” was signed by bitasweet, the label of bugz in the attics and released on other labels such as deepblak from oakland or amalgama from puertorico … selected quotes: tom wieland (vienna - panoptikum, 7): “this is not your usual electronica album: it’s fresh,exciting & brave enough to follow a different way; deepness galore!” georgia ann muldrow (los angeles - stones throw): “you two is as fonky as always is… broccollis jammin. like stoney browder an’nem.” sense magazine uk (london): “this is a genuinely original work, and yet it manages to retain a classical edge, drawing you in with retro-futuristic production and witty, insightful, uplifting lyrics. i love the student body and stand behind them 100%.”