Sens Unik was a Swiss
Hip hop group from
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and fac ...
, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2010.
Sens Unik received 4 gold records and contributed to music of films ''
La Haine'' and ''
Neutre''.
The six members were: Just One,
Carlos Leal, Rade, Déborah,
Osez
Osez was born in Montevideo, he was a member of the rap group " Sens Unik".
He performed live on many stages from Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival, Paleo Festival), New York (New Music Seminar) to Paris (Bataclan), Montreal, Berlin, Barcelone ...
and Laurent Biollay.
Among their greatest successes was the 1997 published track "Original", which consists of a collaboration with the German hip-hop group
Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier (, "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, ''janitor''), and Michi Beck. They were, together wit ...
and had reached number 27 of the Swiss and number 73
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/ref> of the German single charts. Several albums reached the top ten of the Swiss album charts.
For their song "Le vent tourne", released on the album ''Panorama 91-97'', the group was inspired by the French film ''La Haine''. The song also appeared on a special compilation for the film, ''La Haine, inspirée musique du film'', but not on the soundtrack.
Discography
Albums and EPs
* 1991 – ''Le VIième Sens'' (EP)
* 1992 – ''Les portes du temps'' (Album), CH#12
* 1994 – ''Chromatic'' (Album), CH#4
* 1996 – ''Tribulations'' (Album), CH#8
* 1997 – ''Panorama 91-97'' (Compilation-LP), CH#5
* 1998 – ''Pole Position'' (Album), CH#9
* 1999 – ''Propaganda Live'' (Live-Album), CH#26
* 2001 – ''Abracadabra (Album)'', CH#12
* 2004 – ''Mea culpa'' (Album), CH#8
* 2004 – ''Galaxy 1991-2004'' (Compilation-LP), CH#52
* 2010 – ''Generations'' (Best-of-Album), CH#3
Singles
* 1991 – Nouvelle Politique (Maxi-Single)
* 1992 – Rira bien (Maxi-Single)
* 1992 – Hijo del Latino (Maxi-Single)
* 1993 – À gauche, à droite (Maxi-Single)
* 1994 – Laisse toi aller (Maxi-Single), CH#33
* 1995 – What I've Got I&II (Maxi-Single)
* 1996 – Paquito (Maxi-Single), CH#45
* 1997 – Original (feat. Fanta 4) (Maxi-Single), CH#27
* 1998 – Zak et Loly (Maxi-Single), CH#32
* 2001 – C'est la vie (Maxi-Single), CH#49
* 2004 – Charly (Maxi-Single), CH#63
* 2010 – Sur tes ondes, CH#66
References
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