Akatz started as a reggae band in 1992 in Bakio, coast area of the Bay of Bizkaia, when some friends decided to get together to get away from the cold winter in Basque country.The idea was to be able to defend their own songs, to find a personal style in reggae and of course to experiment it live. As a big-band  ,their set line goes from 12 to 8 people, AKATZ had had lot of different musicians and have changed their members frequently.,that why there a big akatz family all over the area and some of the best basque musicians have played in the band as established part of the team. heir way to play ska,rocksteady and roots made them release the first oficial album with Brixton Records called " 12 aos de exitos" ("twelve years of succeed") as a compilation  of their top of the top items.