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Burundi Black
"Burundi Black" is a 1971 recording credited to Burundi Steiphenson Black. Released as a single, it made #31 on the UK Singles Chart and #74 in Australia. The single was arranged and produced by French pianist, arrangement, arranger and record producer Michel Bernholc (1941 – June 5, 2002). He was a classically trained pianist who had previously worked with pop musicians such as Michel Berger, France Gall, Françoise Hardy and Claude François. For the "Burundi Black" single, he used the pseudonym ''Mike Steïphenson''. The record sampling (music), sampled track B5 from a recording of drumming from Burundi. The recording was made in 1967 by anthropologists Michel Vuylsteke and Charles Duvelle, and was released on the album ''Musique du Burundi'' on the French Ocora label in 1968 (OCR 40), which was re-published as ''Burundi. Musiques traditionnelles'' in 2015, including additional recordings. The song is entitled "Ingoma", which simply means "Song" in Kirundi and most other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundi Steiphenson Black
Michel Bernholc (Paris, 10 July 1941 – Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Montreuil 5 June 2002) was a French composer, arranger and producer. Using the pseudonym Mike Steïphenson, he wrote and produced the 1971 hit "Burundi Black", which made #31 on the UK Singles Chart and #74 in Australia. He also wrote the Victoire Scott song "La Licorne D’or", which was covered by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion (band), Therion on their fifteenth full-length musical album Les Fleurs du Mal (Therion album), Les Fleurs du Mal. Michel wrote the score for the Japanese film ''Michi (film), Michi'' in 1986. In 2002, Bernholc committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. References External links Obituary (in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernholc, Michel 1941 births 2002 deaths 2002 suicides 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century French musicians French composers French male composers Suicides by firearm in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |