Alexis Djoshkounian better known by his stage name Alexis HK (born 2 April 1974 in

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. In 2004, still with Labels, he added further musicians Jérome Boivin the double bass player of Java and the guitar player Sébastien Martel as well as Norwegian singer Silje Grepp in his tours, and in 2005 released ''C'que t'es belle en live'' that included many live pieces recorded during a session with radio station FIP (also known as France Inter Paris). In 2007, he opened for singer

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. On 23 March 2009, he released his album ''Les Affranchis'' produced by Matthieu Ballet with Alexis HK band musicians Philippe Entressangle, Simon Mary, Pierre Sangra, Joseph Racaille, Jerome Bensoussan and invitees Liz Cherhal and Renan Luce as backing vocals. This was followed by an extensive tour that ended with a concert at

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in Paris on 6 December 2010. 2011 saw another 2-month tour under the title ''Seuls à trois'' with Renan Luce and

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. In September 2012, he released his album ''Le dernier présent'' with the title track pre-released as a single.

Personal life

*Alexis Djoshkounian is a French singer of

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origin. *He is companion of Liz Cherhal. With her, he has written a book CD for children under the title ''Ronchonchon et compagnie''. Juliette, Jehan and Loïc Lantoine also took part in the recording. *He has also made a 52-minute auto-portrait documentary titled ''Ainsi parlait... Alexis HK'' that was directed by Serge Gauthier-Pavlov and released through "L'AUTRE Film". *He has also contributed to ''Bordel'', a

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published by

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and Stéphane Million.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums Live albums Book albums (songs and spoken text album)

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexis HK 1974 births Living people French people of Armenian descent 21st-century French singers 21st-century French male singers