Flavien Berger (born 2 July 1986, in

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) is a French

singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has ...

. A hybrid artist blending electro and psychedelia, Berger discovered music composition on his

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with the game ''

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''.Flavien Berger: "I Started Making Music with My PlayStation 2"
Les Inrocks Berger pursued sound design at the ENSCI - Les Ateliers. He began his first experiments with other art students, who later formed the collective Sin and then moved to

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. Together, they produced installations, video projects for which Flavien composed the original scores. He released his debut album, ''Léviathan,'' in 2015. In , he released his second album, ''Contre-Temps''. The album was recorded in 2017 in

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, under the influence of the landscapes and the temporality of the place.

Discography

Albums

* ''Léviathan'' (2015) * ''Contre-Temps'' (2018) * ''Dans cent ans'' (2023)

Singles

* "La Fête Noire" (2018) * "Maddy La Nuit" (2019)

References

{{Authority control 1986 births Living people French singer-songwriters Musicians from Paris