Jean-Marc Lederman is a Belgian

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and producer. He has worked with bands such as

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, The Weathermen, Belgian rock band Streets, and

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, and with other artists including

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, Jacques Duvall and

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. His main projects are The Weathermen,

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, Jules et Jim with

, Ghost & Writer with Frank Spinath of Seabound, Man-Dello (a solo

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project), and

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project La Femme Verte. He composes music for movies and videogames. He developed a musical iPhone app with

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(ex-

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) and Japanese multimedia artist Masayuki Akamatsu. Most of Lederman's record covers are done by Erica Hinyot, a Belgian plastician.

Selected discography

Kid Montana

* ''Statistics Mean Nothing When You Are On The Wrong Plane'' (1982) * ''The Las Vegas Gold Rush'' (1985) * ''Temperamental'' (1986) * ''Temperamental + singles '' (2008) double CD compilation

The Weathermen

* ''10 Deadly Kisses'' (1987) * ''The Black Album'' (1988) * ''Beyond The Beyond'' (1990) * ''Global 851'' (1992) * ''Deeper'' (2004) * ''Embedded'' (2006) * ''This is the last communique (?)'' (2008) PIAS compilation * ''Ultimate Poison'' (2010) 15 tracks MCD Infacted Records * ''The Weathermen's Long Lost Instrumental Backing Tapes'' (2018) Wool-E Discs

With Alain Bashung

* '' Chatterton'' (1994) * '' Fantaisie militaire'' (1998) (composed and performed the track "Ode à la vie")

Man-Dello

* ''Vaporetto to Eden'' (1994) * ''Amoretto'' (unreleased album 2006)

Ether

* ''Helleven'' (1995)

Jules et Jim, with Julianne Regan

* ''Swimming'' (1999) * ''Subtitles'' (2002)

La Femme Verte

*''Small Distortions'' (2010)

Ghost & Writer, with Frank M. Spinath from Seabound

*''Fourplay'' (2007) (4 tracks on a compilation album released by Nilailah Records (USA)) *''Shipwrecks'' (2011) *''Red Flags'' (2013)

Leatherman, with Jacques Duvall

* ''Romania'' (2012)

Mari & The Ghost, with Mari Kattman

* "Superstitions" (2014)

Jean-Marc Lederman Experience

* "The Last Broadcast On Earth" (2015) * "13 Ghost Stories" (2019) * "Letters To Gods (and fallen angels")" (2020)

Invisible Sky

* ''Invisible Sky'' EP* 2016

Jean-Marc Lederman

* The Space Between Worlds (2017) * "Ode A La pluie" Music For An Exhibition About Rain (with Erica Hinyot paintings and poem) (2018) * "The Helpless Voyage Of The Titanic" nstrumental/Soundtrack (2020) * "Music For Dinosaurs" nstrumental) (2020)

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*''Textbooks For Tomorrow'' (2020 - digital EP)

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* ''A Tribe Of My Own'' (digital EP) 2018 * ''Eleven Grinding Songs'' (album) 2018

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* "Music to Relax You While You Struggle Under A Tory Government" (released 29 March 2019)

Music for films

* The Killing Woods (short) 2004 * Deadline (short) 2006 * Thunder And The House Of Magic (2013) * African Safari (2013) * Doubleplusonegood (2018)

Music for video games

* ''Atlantis'' (2005) BigFishGames * ''Fairies'' (with

) (2005) BigFishGames * ''Mystic Inn'' (with Julianne Regan) (2006) BigFishGames * ''Atlantis: Sky Patrol'' (2006) BigFishGames * ''Hidden Expedition: Titanic'' (2006) BigFishGames * ''Fever Frenzy'' (2007) Legacy * ''Turbogems'' (2007) Ironccode * ''Theme from SocioTown'' (2007) * ''Forces Of Arms'' (2006) Wardogs Studio

References

External links

Official site

Profile on Discogs.com

Mobygames profile

Interview for "Here are the young men"

Belgian Screenwriters Guild
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