Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born on September 22, 1981 in Hérouville-Saint-Clair), 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 7th Magnitude (french: Septième magnitude) is a record label founded by French record producer Matthieu "Skread" Le Carpentier and co-founder Abdoulaye "Ablaye" Doucouré. The label is known for having signed French rappers Orelsan and Nessbeal. ...

, with his partner "Ablaye" Abdoulaye Doucouré, which

Orelsan Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan, sometimes stylized as OrelSan (), is a French Rapping, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ...

and

Gringe Guillaume Tranchant (; born 20 February 1980), better known by his stage name Gringe (), is a French rapper, songwriter and actor. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two studi ...

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

Casseurs Flowters Casseurs Flowters () is a French hip hop duo established in 2004 by rappers Orelsan and Gringe. The duo's name is a reference to the two "Wet Bandits" from the movie ''Home Alone'', called the ''"Casseurs Flotteurs"'' in the French dialogue. Hi ...

(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

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, Maitre Gims,

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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

Damso William Kalubi Mwamba (born 10 May 1992 in Kinshasa), better known by his stage name Damso (), is a Belgian-Congolese rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is popular in France, where all of his albums were certified at least platinum. Early li ...

(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

Saint Jhn Carlos St. John Phillips (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Saint Jhn (stylized as SAINt JHN; pronounced "Saint John"), is a Guyanese-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the 2019 remix to ...

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''

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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skread 1981 births Living people Musicians from Caen French record producers French composers French male composers French songwriters Male songwriters