Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born September 22, 1981,

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), known professionally as Skread (), is a French hip hop record producer and composer. He is the co-founder in 2006 of the record label 7th Magnitude, with his partner "Ablaye" Abdoulaye Doucouré, which

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and

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are signed to. His nickname Skread is a slang word that means "discreet".

Career

He started his career in 2004 by producing on the most significant albums of the period (

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, Diam's,

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) winning song of the year award in 2006 with Diams and producing several tracks on multi-platinum and diamond selling albums. In 2008 he decided to focus on

, his artist signed on his own label called 7th Magnitude. Orelsan's first solo album ''Perdu d'avance'' released in 2009 and fully produced by Skread went platinum. His second act in 2011, ''Le chant des sirènes'' mainly produced by Skread went 2 times platinum and won 2 awards for best rap album, and audience choice award''. After a year and a half of European tour with Orelsan, Skread produced in 2013 the album of

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(Orelsan and

) that went platinum. In 2015 he produced the music and played in Orelsan's movie ''Comment c’est loin'' released in theaters in France, Belgium and Switzerland. The movie OST performed by Casseurs Flowters and produced by Skread went also twice platinum. In 2017 he produced Orelsan's third solo album ''La fête est finie'' featuring artists like

Stromae Paul Van Haver (; born 12 March 1985), better known by his stage name Stromae (), is a Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his music, which is a blend of hip-hop and electronic music styles. Stromae came ...

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, Nekfeu, Maitre Gims, Ibeyi,

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and

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. The album went platinum the first week and became 9 times platinum (more than 900k) The last album won 4 awards for "Best rap album", "Best tour". Male artist of the Year" and "Video of the Year" for the track "Basique" produced by Skread. Skread was on stage during the worldwide sold-out tour that hits 50 festivals, 28 arenas in Europe, including 4 Accor Hotel Arenas in Paris. On this project Skread especially produced the tracks "Basique" (certified diamond with more than 50M streams and 82M views), "Reves Bizarres" featuring

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(certified platinum and 47M views) co-produced « Tout va bien » with Stromae as well as 5 other certified platinums singles. He also produced "Tout ce que je sais" featuring YBN Cordae. The same year, he executive produced the album "Afro Trap Volume 1" hosted by MHD, that features Aya Nakamura, Dj Arafat, Sidiki Diabaté, Sarkodie and Kiff no beat. In 2018, Skread produced the tracks "Alhadji baller" and "Pepperdem" on Shirazee's EP ''Home and away'' which featured

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and Eugy released on 7th Magnitude and Juss different. In 2020, Skread has produced "23" from Burna Boy's new album ''Twice as Tall'' and is announced on a track featuring himself and Chris Brown and Dadju on the ''No limit'' album.

Discography

Compilation albums

* 2005 – ''Instrus'' * 2013 – ''Instrus 2.0''

Singles

Production

The following is a list of albums in which Skread has produced as either producer or co-producer, showing year released, performing artists and album name.

Filmography

References

External links

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