Chinese Man

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The French trip-hop group Chinese Man in concert in Marseille. Groupe Chinese Man.jpg
The French trip-hop group Chinese Man in concert in Marseille.

Chinese Man is a French trip hop band formed in 2004 and originally from Aix-en-Provence.

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History

They are influenced by hip-hop, funk, dub, reggae and jazz. [1] [2]

Chinese Man is composed of DJ Marseille Zé Mateo and High Ku and beatmaker SLY. Beatmakers Leo le Bug and Le Yan also revolve around the group and participate in the composition of several pieces. Frequent live additions to the crew include Taiwan MC, MC Youthstar and ASM (Green T & FP). The audiovisual content for which they are well-known is produced by Fred&Annabelle, and VYZ Team. The group's song "I've Got That Tune" was chosen by Mercedes-Benz for its promotional campaign and by the 35th French Film Festival in Hong Kong as its theme.

Chinese Man Records is a label run by the band, based in Marseille, France.

Culture

The group has explained that Chinese Man is the name of the first track the collective produced together in 2004. The track got its name from a vocal sample saying Chinese Man, and they kept that name for the band and for the related label Chinese Man Records (aka CMR).

Discography

Albums

Maxi vinyls Chinese Man

Maxi vinyls solos (label Chinese Man Records)

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References

  1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Chinese Man". allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. "Chinese Man Records Label". chinesemanrecords.com/. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. Title sequence of "Le Before" of Le Grand Journal of Canal + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKqK3ybJcQ