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; guitarist Lone Kent; cellist and singer Caroline Lavelle; trumpeter Christian Lechevretel, who has appeared on all of Zazou's albums after ''Sahara Blue''; clarinetist and flutist Renaud Pion, who has appeared on all of Zazou's albums since '' Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses''; drummer

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; and

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ese recording artist

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's album '' Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ'' in his fusion of musical polarities (traditional and modern, electronic and acoustic) on his own album ''Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses''. His groundbreaking 1983 album ''Noir et blanc'' (recorded with Congolese singer ) garnered a lot of international attention, and is widely recognized as one of the earliest and most impressive experiments in fusing African and electronic music. Zazou regarded his work during the 1980s as his time of apprenticeship in the studio. On his 1986 album, ''Reivax au Bongo'', he experimented with fusing classical vocals with an electronic backdrop. On his 1989 album, ''Géologies'', he combined electronic music with a string quartet. The albums that he has released under his own name from the 1990s onwards are usually

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s that draw from literary or folk sources and revolve around a specific theme. The collection of songs on each album assemble contributions from a diverse and global range of pop, folk,

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, and classical recording acts. Zazou's 1992 offering, '' Sahara Blue'', was based on an idea by Jacques Pasquier. Pasquier suggested Zazou commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of author Arthur Rimbaud by setting music to Rimbaud's poetry. Contributions included spoken word from Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Dalcan and music by

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and Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Tim Simenon, and

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. He even adapted a traditional

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n song. In 1994, he released the album '' Chansons des mers froides'' (called ''Songs from the Cold Seas'' for the

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market). The album was based on ocean-themed traditional folk songs from northern countries, such as Canada, Finland, Iceland, and Japan. It featured vocals by pop and rock artists such as

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, Värttina,

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, and Siouxsie Sioux in addition to recordings of shamanic incantations and lullabies from Ainu, Nanai,

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, and Yakut singers. Musicians included

, Brendan Perry, Budgie and the Balanescu Quartet. A cameraman accompanied Zazou on the project and they shot and recorded in

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, Canada,

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, Japan,

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, and

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. The single "The Long Voyage" was the only song to be an original composition from Zazou. He wrote it in gratitude to his record company

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who gave him complete artistic liberty. Performed by Suzanne Vega and John Cale, it was released as a single in 1995. The single featured remixes by

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as well as Zazou himself. His 1998 album, ''Lights in the Dark'', showcased ancient

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sung by Irish singers. Zazou's collaborative 2000 album ''12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed)'' with Sandy Dillon was regarded as a financial and critical failure. In the book "Sonora Portraits 2", which accompanies the CD ''Strong Currents'', Zazou says that ''12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed)'' was his most elaborate album. He describes it as a work of black humour and regards his instrumental composition "Sombre" on the album as one of his best songs ever. ''Strong Currents'' was released in 2003 and featured an all-female vocal cast which included

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, Melanie Gabriel, Lori Carson, Lisa Germano, Irene Grandi, Nina Hynes,

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, and Caroline Lavelle. Musicians included

, Dennis Rea,

and Archaea Strings. The album took six years to complete. In 2004 Zazou released a companion CD of sorts, ''L'absence,'' which included instrumentals, many of the same female vocalists that were featured on ''Strong Currents,'' and one male vocalist, French singer Edo. Zazou was a member of the musical collective named Slow Music. The lineup also included

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and

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on guitars, Fred Chalenor on bass,

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on drums, and Bill Rieflin on keyboards and percussion. He contributed electronics to the group's music. At the same time, he was exploring other electronic music in other work, including a soundtrack for

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's silent film '' La passion de Jeanne d’Arc'' and the multimedia collaboration released as a CD in 2006, ''Quadri+Chromies''. Zazou's last projects are documented on the Music Operator interactive multimedia web site, which graphically documents his collaborations while in the background his music plays. In January 2008 Hector Zazou released his ''Corps électriques'' album, featuring "one of the original

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s" KatieJane Garside, Bill Rieflin, Lone Kent and nu-jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. The last project he worked on is an album entitled ''In the House of Mirrors'', on Crammed Discs, in which he offered a new take on classical Asian music, subtly reprocessed with a nod to some of the music produced in the 1970s by

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and Fripp & Eno. ''In the House of Mirrors'' was recorded in

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with the collaboration of four outstanding instrumentalists from

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and

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, as well as guests such as Diego Amador and Nils Petter Molvær. This album came out only a few weeks following his death in September 2008.

Discography

Albums

* 1976 ZNR – ''Barricades 3'' (Isadora) * 1978 ZNR – ''Traité de mécanique populaire'' (Scopa Invisible) * 1979 ''La perversita'' (Scopa Invisible) * 1983 Zazou / Bikaye / CY1 – ''Noir et blanc'' ( Crammed, CD-reissue with extra tracks, 1990) * 1984 ''Géographies'' ( Crammed/Made to Measure Vol. 5) * 1985 Zazou / Bikaye – ''Mr. Manager'' ( Crammed/Pow Wow) * 1985 ''Reivax au Bongo'' ( Crammed/MTM 2) * 1988 Zazou / Bikaye – ''Guilty!'' ( Crammed) * 1989 ''Géologies'' ( Crammed/MTM 20) * 1989 ''Géographies / 13 proverbes Africains'' ( Crammed/MTM 5, CD-reissue) * 1991 Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses with Hector Zazou – ''Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses'' ( Phonogram France) * 1991 Various Artists – ''Nunc Musics'' (Taktic, compilation with two tracks by Zazou) * 1992 '' Sahara Blue'' ( Crammed/MTM 32) **Lead vocalists: Samy Birnbach, Richard Bohringer,

, Dominique Dalcan, Sussan Deyhim, Lisa Gerrard and

of Dead Can Dance, Gérard Depardieu, Anneli Drecker, Barbara Gogan, Khaled, Ketema Mekonn, Malka Spigel,

(as "Mr. X") **Contributors: Kent Condon, Yuka Fujii, Kenji Jammer, Vincent Kenis, Nabil Khalidi,

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, Christian Lechevretel, Keith Leblanc,

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, Gilles Martin, Denis Moulin, Renaud Pion,

, Steve Shehan, Guy Sigsworth, Tim Simenon, Elizabeth Valetti, Daniel Yvinec, Mr. X * 1993 Sainkho – ''Out of Tuva'' ( Crammed) * 1994 Penta Leslee Swanson – ''Sorrow and Solitude'' (ErdenKlang) * 1994 '' Chansons des mers froides'' / ''Songs from the Cold Seas'' ( Columbia) **Lead vocalists:

, John Cale,

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, Lioudmila Khandi, Kilabuk & Nooveya, Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Wimme Saari,

, Siouxsie Sioux, Värttina,

, Lena Willemark **Contributors: Ainu dancers of

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, Balanescu Quartet, Budgie, Tchotghtguerele Chalchin, Barbara Gogan,

, Lightwave, Sargo Maianagacheva, Demnine Ngamtovsovo, Brendan Perry,

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, Sakharine Percussion Group, Noriko Sanagi, Sissimut Dance Drummers, Angelin Tytot * 1995

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& Hector Zazou – ''Glyph'' ( Crammed/MTM 37) * 1997 Barbara Gogan with Hector Zazou – ''Made on Earth'' ( Crammed) * 1998 ''Lights in the Dark'' (

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) **Lead vocalists: Breda Mayock, Katie McMahon, and Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola. **Contributors: Pierre d'Aquin, John B., Richard Bourreau, André Compostel, Kent Condon, Francoise Debout, Papa D'jabate,

, Mark Isham, Caroline Lavelle, Lucie de Lisieu, Germain de Loing, Denis Mc Ardle,

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, Kristen Noguez, Carlos Núñez, Brendan Perry, Hossam Ramzay, Minna Raskinen, Thierry Robin,

, Noriko Sanagi, Silap' (choir), Ivan Tchekine, The Wiltshire Souls, and Daniel Yvinec. * 1998 Mimi – ''Soak'' (

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, four tracks produced by Zazou) * 1999 Carlos Núñez – ''Os amores libres'' ( BMG) * 1999 Laurence Revey – ''Le creux des fées'' (

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) * 2000 Sandy Dillon & Hector Zazou – ''12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed)'' ( Crammed/First World) * 2001 Arlo Bigazzi / Claudio Chianura / Lance Henson – ''Drop 6 — The Wolf and the Moon'' (Materiali Sonori compilation, including "The Abandoned Piano (War Version)" by Zazou with

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) * 2001 Anne Grete Preus – ''Alfabet'' ( WEA, Zazou produced two tracks) * 2002 PGR – ''Per grazia ricevuta'' ( Mercury) * 2003 Sevara Nazarkhan – ''Yol Bolsin'' ( Real World) * 2003 ''Strong Currents'' (Materiali Sonori) **Lead vocalists:

, Lori Carson, Melanie Gabriel, Lisa Germano, Irene Grandi, Nicola Hitchcock, Nina Hynes, Caroline Lavelle, Sarah Jane Morris, Catherine Russell, Emma Stow **Contributors: Archaea Strings,

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, Pierre Chaze, Mathias Desmiers, Lone Kent, Carlos Núñez, Renaud Pion, Dennis Rea,

, Ryuichi Sakamoto * 2004 ''L'absence'' (Taktic) **Lead vocalists: Asia Argento, Katrina Beckford, Lucrezia von Berger, Edo, Nicola Hitchcock, Caroline Lavelle, Laurence Revey, Emma Stow * 2006 Hector Zazou and Bernard Caillaud – ''Quadri+Chromies'' (CD and DVD, Materiali Sonori/Taktic) * 2006 Slow Music Project (one live CD, and several live downloads on the

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website DGMLive.com) * 2008 Hector Zazou / KatieJane Garside – ''Corps électriques'' (Signature) **Contributors: Bill Rieflin, Lone Kent and Nils Petter Molvær * 2008 Hector Zazou & Swara – ''In the House of Mirrors'' ( Crammed) * 2010 Hector Zazou, Barbara Eramo and Stefano Saletti – ''Oriental Night Fever'' – published by Materiali Sonori and licensed by

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* 2011 Eva Quartet & Hector Zazou – ''The Arch'' (Elen Music)

Singles

* 1983 Hector Zazou / Papa Wemba -''Malimba'' (12" single, Crammed) * 1984 Zazou / Bikaye / CY1 – ''M'Pasi Ya M'Pamba'' (12" single, Crammed) * 1985 Zazou / Bikaye – ''Mr. Manager'' (7" and 12" singles, Crammed) * 1988 Zazou / Bikaye – ''Guilty! / Na Kenda'' (12" single, Crammed) * 1990 Zazou / Bikaye – ''Get Back (Longwa)'' (12" single, SSR/ Crammed) * 1992 "I'll Strangle You" featuring Anneli Drecker and Gérard Depardieu ( Crammed) * 1992 "Sahara Blue (Trois inédits)" featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto, Barbara Gogan, and Steven Brown of ( Tuxedomoon) (Columbia) * 1995 "The Long Voyage" featuring John Cale and Suzanne Vega (Columbia) * 1996 Hector Zazou & Harold Budd – ''Glyph Remixes'' with remixes by Herbert, Phume, and The Solid Doctor (12", SSR/ Crammed)

Film soundtracks

* ''Pygmées'' (1986), Regie: Raymond Adam * ''Driving Me Crazy'' (1988), Regie: Nick Broomfield * ''Der lange Schatten der Melancholie'' (1994), Regie: Susanne Freund * '' Enquête sur le monde invisible'' (2002), Regie: Jean-Michel Roux * ''Djanta'' (2007), Regie: Tassere Ouédraogo

Videography

* ''The Long Voyage'', Hector Zazou with Suzanne Vega and John Cale (1994) Director: Hector Zazou * '' Scott Walker: 30 Century Man'' (2006) Dokumentary about Scott Walker as Zazou himself.

References

External links

Music Operator
now defunct, retrieved November 5, 2012 * *
Hector Zazou
on the website of Crammed Discs (the label with which he released 11 of his albums).
Taktic Music bio
Retrieved November 5, 2012

published by

Sound on Sound ''Sound on Sound'' is a monthly music technology magazine. The magazine includes product tests of electronic musical performance and recording devices, and interviews with industry professionals. Due to its technical focus, it is predominantly ...

in June 1995. Retrieved November 5, 2012
Necrology for Hector Zazou
on Europopmusic.eu. Retrieved November 5, 2012
"Hector Zazou – Formative producer of world music."
Obituary by Garth Cartwright on '' Guardian.co.uk'' from September 24, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Zazou, Hector 1948 births 2008 deaths French record producers French musicians French male songwriters French songwriters Columbia Records artists People from Sidi Bel Abbès French people of Algerian descent 20th-century French musicians