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Lettre Infinie
''Lettre infinie'' is the sixth studio album by M, released on 25 January 2019. It follows the album '' Îl'', which was released in 2012. Two singles were released ahead of the album: "Superchérie" on 13 December 2018, and "Lettre infinie" on 14 January 2019. The tracklist was revealed on 24 November 2018, and the album was released on 25 January 2019. The artwork features an alternating black and white interlocking pattern of the letter "M". At the bottom center is a portrait of the singer wearing a golden wig. The track "Superchérie" was co-written with musician Thomas Bangalter, a member of the duo Daft Punk. The track "L'Alchimiste" was written by Brigitte Fontaine. Matthieu Chedid's daughter, Billie, contributed her voice to eight tracks on the album, mostly for background vocals. The final track of the album is dedicated to her. "L'Autre Paradis" is a song dedicated to Raphaël Hamburger, a friend of the singer and the son of Michel Berger and France Gall, to whom the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthieu Chedid
Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971) is a French multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. Chedid began his career as a session musician playing both acoustic and electric guitar. In the late 1990s, he rose to fame as a singer-songwriter and musician under the alias M (often stylized as -M-), blending Nouvelle Chanson, electronic and rock music. In studio, he experiments with various instruments and electronic music, while on tour as -M- he mostly plays the guitar, and is known for his eccentric outfits and dramatic live performances, sometimes including special effects. Chedid has also performed in the 2005 stage musical '' Le soldat rose'' and is part of French-Malian band Lamomali. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with Alain Bashung. Biography Matthieu Chedid was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. His father Louis Chedid is a singer from a family of Lebanese and Syrian ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagram Music
Wagram Music is a French independent record company based in Paris, with offices in Berlin and Los Angeles. History The company was founded by Stephan Bourdoiseau and has been active since January 2003. In 2013, Stephan became the majority shareholder of Wagram. On October 2, 2023, Wagram signed a partnership with Deezer. Record company Wagram's catalog covers various music genres such as French pop, Rock and Pop, world, electronic music, Reggae, Soul, Jazz and Blues. Represented artists include Orelsan, - M -, Lamomali, Fatoumata Diawara, Dominique A, Suzanne, Philippe Katerine, Bertrand Belin, Inna de Yard, Ken Booth, Malik Djoudi, and Corneille. Wagram Music has several subsidiary record labels: * Cinq7, which includes the artists: Saez, Dominique A, Gush, Lilli Wood & The Prick, Melanie Pain, Rover, Oxmo Puccino, Tété, The Dø, etc. * 3ème Bureau, which includes the artists: Orelsan, Casseurs Flowters, Pony Pony Run Run, Naive New Beaters, Brigitte, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Îl (album)
Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971) is a French multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. Chedid began his career as a session musician playing both acoustic and electric guitar. In the late 1990s, he rose to fame as a singer-songwriter and musician under the alias M (often stylized as -M-), blending Nouvelle Chanson, electronic and rock music. In studio, he experiments with various instruments and electronic music, while on tour as -M- he mostly plays the guitar, and is known for his eccentric outfits and dramatic live performances, sometimes including special effects. Chedid has also performed in the 2005 stage musical ''Le soldat rose'' and is part of French-Malian band Lamomali. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with Alain Bashung. Biography Matthieu Chedid was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. His father Louis Chedid is a singer from a family of Lebanese and Syrian extrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rêvalité
''Rêvalité'' is the seventh studio album by M, released on 3 June 2022. Bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, best known for her collaboration with David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ..., plays and provides backing vocals on the album. She also participated in the accompanying tour. The album was certified gold for selling 50,000 copies. Track listing # "Rêvalité" – 2:33 # "Dans ta radio" – 3:02 # "Mégalo" – 2:45 # "Mogodo" – 3:29 # "Dans le living" – 2:23 # "Nombril" – 2:36 # "Petit homme" – 2:46 # "Fellini" – 3:21 # "Une étoile qui danse" – 3:43 # "Ce jour‐là" – 3:58 # "Mais tu sais" – 3:49 # "Home" – 3:11 # "La Langue des oiseaux" – 3:00 Total: 40:36 Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Revalite 2022 albums Wagram Music a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter (; born 3 January 1975) is a French musician. He is best known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, alongside Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. He has recorded and released music as a member of the trio Music Sounds Better with You, Stardust, the duo Together (French band), Together, and as a solo artist. Bangalter's work has influenced a wide range of artists in various genres. Bangalter owned the music label Roulé until its liquidation in 2018. Since Daft Punk's breakup in 2021, he has released music under his solo label, Alberts & Gothmaan, an anagram of his name. He has provided compositions for several films, leading the soundtrack to ''Irréversible'', as well as the ballet ''Mythologies (ballet), Mythologies''. Outside of music production, his credits include film director and cinematographer. Bangalter is the son of French music composer and artist Daniel Vangarde. Early life Bangalter was born on 3 January 1975 in Paris. He began play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, techno, Rock music, rock and synth-pop. They are regarded as one of the most influential acts in electronic dance music. Daft Punk formed after their previous group, the indie rock band Darlin', disbanded. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records. Their debut album, ''Homework (Daft Punk album), Homework'', was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by the singles "Around the World (Daft Punk song), Around the World" and "Da Funk". From 1999, Daft Punk assumed robot personas for public appearances, with helmets, outfits and gloves to disguise their identities. They made few media appearances. Daft Punk's second album, ''Discovery (Daft Punk album), Discovery'' (2001), earned acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine (born 24 June 1939) is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress. Early life The daughter of two teachers, Brigitte Fontaine developed her taste for writing and drama very early. She spent her childhood in small villages of Finistère, then in Morlaix. At 17 years old, she moved to Paris to become an actress. In 1971, she was one of the women who signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly admitting to having an abortion at a time when it was illegal in France. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Berger
Michel Jean Hamburger (28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992), known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a songwriter he wrote for artists such as his wife France Gall, Françoise Hardy or Johnny Hallyday. He died of a heart attack at age 44. Biography Berger was born on 28 November 1947 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of Jewish parents, Dr. Jean Hamburger and Annette Haas, a concert pianist of Swiss-Jewish origin. Berger first became known to the French public in the 1960s as singer of hit song ''Salut les copains'', after which he became record producer and songwriter for EMI and where he wrote amongst others ''Les Girafes'' for Bourvil in 1967. In the early 1970s, he moved to Warner Music where he produced the early albums of Véronique Sanson, and ''Allah'' in 1989. In 1973, he was responsible for producing the album '' Message personnel'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Gall
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "", representing Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, Luxembourg. Later in her career, she worked with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Her most successful singles include "", "" and "". Early life Gall was born in Paris on 9 October 1947, to a highly musical family. Her father, the lyricist Robert Gall, wrote songs for Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour. Her mother, Cécile Berthier, was a singer as well and the daughter of Paul Berthier, the co-founder of Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. The only daughter of her family, France had two brothers: Patrice and Philippe. In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Ségal
Vincent Ségal (born 1967 in Reims, France) is a French cellist and bassist. He studied at the National Music Academy of Lyon and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. He is mainly known for the variety of his collaborations and unusual projects. He has worked with Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello, Cesaria Evora, Blackalicious, Carlinhos Brown, the French reggae band Tryo, Franck Monnet, the experimental project Mujeres Encinta, Georges Moustaki or with Alexandre Desplat in the O.S.T. of ''Lust, Caution'' and other of his films. In 1986 he and Cyril Atef and formed the band Bumcello, a downtempo electronica duo that won the Victoires de la Musique award and was named Electronic artist of the year 2006. He played on every Matthieu Chedid (''-M-'') album. In 2009 he worked with Sting on his album '' If on a Winter's Night...''. In October of the same year he recorded, in the studio of Salif Keïta in Mali, the album ''Chamber Music'' with Ballaké Sissoko Discography As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius (band)
Cassius was a French musical duo active from 1988 to 2019 and consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Zdar and Boombass (or sometimes Philippe Zdar and Hubert Boombass). Under its different incarnations the duo is likened to the " French touch" movement of electronic music in the second half of the 1990s. Members Boombass Hubert Blanc-Francard (; aka Boombass), born 31 March 1967, is a French musician and producer. He is the son of sound engineer Dominique Blanc-Francard and the older brother of the French musician Mathieu Blanc-Francard, better known by his stage name Sinclair. Zdar Philippe Cerboneschi (, ; aka Zdar; born 28 January 1967 in Aix-les-Bains and died 19 June 2019 in Paris) was a French musician, producer and sound engineer, of Italian descent. Zdar was Dominique Blanc-Francard's assistant at studios +XXX (Plus30) when he met Boombass in 1988. Outside the Cassius group, Zdar was producer and sound engineer. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
