Gildas Arzel (born 21 January 1961) is a French singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from

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Discography

Solo

* ''Les gens du voyage'' (1991) * ''Entrer dans la danse'' (1994) * ''Gildas Arzel'' (1997) * ''Autour de nous'' (2001) * ''Greneville'' (2015)

Other work

with Canada (Gildas Arzel, Gween Arzel, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso) * ''Sur les traces'' (1988) with Gabriel Yacoub * ''Quatre'' (1994) with

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(Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Jacques Veneruso) * '' 1 fille & 4 types'' (2003) with El Club (Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi, Michael Jones, Christian Seguret) * ''Plus fort que ça'' (2007)

References

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