Fuzati

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Fuzati
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Fuzati with the Klub des Loosers in Louvain in 2007
Background information
Born1978 [1]
Versailles, France
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active1999–present

Fuzati (French pronunciation: [fudzati] ; [2] [3] born in 1978 in Versailles) is a French rapper, singer, DJ and record producer. A secretive artist who performs wearing his signature white mask, and is noted for his wordplay, misanthropic and morbid lyrics, he is mostly known as the co-founder and frontman of the hip hop project Klub des Loosers. He was also the founder of rap collective Klub des 7 in the 2000s.

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Career

Fuzati studied communications law and worked as a journalist in Clark magazine before engaging in musical career as an MC and co-founder.[ citation needed ] His stage name is derived from Italian novelist and journalist Dino Buzzati. [1] [4]

Klub des Loosers

Klub des Loosers
Genres Rap, Hip hop
Years active2000 present
MembersFuzati (2000–present)
Past members Orgasmic (2000–2003)
DJ Detect (2003–2013)

Fuzati was co-founder in 2000 of the musical project Klub des Loosers, with producer Orgasmic (as DJ Orgasmic le Toxicologue).

When Orgasmic left Klub des Loosers to join TTC, DJ Detect joined as long-time partner of the duo Klub des Loosers.

Le Klub des 7

Le Klub des 7
Genres Rap, Hip hop
Years active2006–2010
LabelsVicious Circle Records, Encore Records
MembersFuzati
DJ Detect
Gérard Baste
James Delleck
Le Jouage
Cyanure
Past membersFredy K (died in 2007)

Fuzati continued with releasing Klub des Loosers materials and organized formation of a rap collective under the emblem Le Klub de 7 with invitation to known rappers and hip hop artists from various groups. The "seven" were: James Delleck and Le Jouage (from Gravité Zéro project), Gérard Baste (of Svinkels), Cyanure and Fredy K (of the collective ATK) and Detect (his partner in Klub des Loosers).

Many had already participated in a successful joint release in 2003 titled Baise Les Gens that had been credited to Fuzati, Teki Latex, James Delleck, Cyanure, Tacteel and Para One on cover. In 2007, as the collective formalized as Le Klub des 7, they released the albums Le Klub des 7 as a self-titled album soon after which, Fredy K (part of the "seven") died in a motorcycle accident on 7 November 2007. The collective had one follow-up album La Classe de Musique in 2009 before parting ways.

Other collaborations

Fuzati collaborated with Teki Latex, a member of TTC in the program Grek'frites on Canalweb between 1999 and 2001.

In the early 2000s, Fuzati collaborated with rap collective L'Atelier with the likes of Teki Latex, Cyanure (of ATK), James Delleck and Tacteel (who were working as a DJ duo as FuckALoop) and Para One (DJ in the formation TTC). L'Atelier released the albums Buffet des anciens élèves and Thé dansant des anciens élèves both in 2003.

In a separate link, Fuzati also collaborated with Jean-Benoît Dunckel (from electronic music duo Air) in 2004.

In 2014, Fuzati and Orgasmic, former collaborators within Klub des Loosers, released the collective album Grand Siècle and a single Planetarium. [1]

Personal life and public image

Fuzati is secretive about his personal life, not publicly disclosing personal details such as his birth name, [5] he stated he grew up in Versailles in a middle-class family. [6] In interviews and in his songs, he has expressed arguments against having children. [7] [8] He is known for his signature white mask which covers the upper half of his face in his public appearances; he wears the mask on stage, in video clips and during interviews. [5] He has stated that as an artist, wearing a mask allowed him to distance himself from his stage persona. [6] He described the stage persona as a "character" based on his teenage self, deliberately made more upper-class than he is himself, to play on stereotypes on his native city of Versailles and to stand out in the French rap scene, he stated. [6] [9]

Discography

in L'Atelier

as Klub des Loosers

YearAlbumPeak positions
FR
[10]
2004Vive la vie178
2012La fin de l'espèce
[Format: CD / LP, Les Disques du Manoir]
70
2017Le chat et autres histoires111
[11]

Others

in Le Klub de 7

as Orgasmic and Fuzati

YearAlbumPeak positions
FR
[12]
BEL
(Wa)

[13]
2014Grand siècle6983

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