Noir Désir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec. While active, the band consisted of Bertrand Cantat, Serge Teyssot-Gay (guitar), Jean-Paul Roy and Denis Barthe (drums).
Fly Pan Am, or Le Fly Pan Am, are a Canadian experimental rock band formed in Montreal in 1996. They release their albums through the Montreal-based Constellation Records, producing and collaborating on works with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Shalabi Effect.
Ange is a French progressive rock band formed in September 1969 by the Décamps brothers, Francis (keyboards) and Christian.
Ceux qui inventent n'ont jamais vécu (?)(Those who invent have never lived ) is the second album by Fly Pan Am. It was released by Constellation Records in April 2002.
Matthieu Chedid is a French multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
Éric Lapointe is a Francophone lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band. His band is characterized by a heavy metal style containing elements of punk, grunge, pop, and hard rock. Lapointe has released eight studio albums, three compilation albums, and two live albums.
Les Wampas are a French punk rock/psychobilly band, who refer more exactly to their music as "Yé-yé-punk". The band was formed in Paris in 1983.
Roger Holeindre was a French Army veteran, politician and author. He served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War, was a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988. Holeindre also served as the vice-president of the National Front (FN) where he represented the "national-conservative" tendency, opposed to "nationalist revolutionaries" and Third Position ideologies. Holeindre was the president of the Cercle national des combattants and the honorary president of the Party of France.
Lââm is a French singer of Tunisian descent. She has sold more than 4,000,000 singles & albums.
On Tour is a live album by Yann Tiersen. It was originally released in 2006 and features songs from Tiersen's past albums as well as some previously unreleased compositions. The album is notable for having a different approach to Tiersen's musical style: the usual multi-instrumental ensemble was replaced with electric guitars and an ondes Martenot, giving the music a fresh rendition.
"La Poupée qui fait non" is a 1966 song written by Franck Gérald (lyrics) and French singer/songwriter Michel Polnareff (music). It was recorded by Polnareff, becoming an immediate success in France and one of Polnareff most definitive songs. Jimmy Page played guitar on the recording. It also appeared as the last track in his album Love Me, Please Love Me.
"Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" is a 1985 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Michel Berger on his album Différences. It was released as a single one year later.
Mass Hysteria is a French heavy metal band formed in 1993. They have released eleven studio albums and four live albums in their 30-year career. Their breakthrough came in 1999 with their second album Contraddiction.
Les Béatitudes,, CFF 185, FWV 53, is a French oratorio written by César Franck from 1869 to 1879 and scored for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. The text is a poetic meditation on the eight beatitudes of Jesus, from the Gospel of Matthew, by Joséphine-Blanche Colomb. It was first performed, in reduced form, on 20 February 1879 at a private performance in Franck's home in Paris. The full oratorio was not performed until after Franck's death, on 19 March 1893 in Colonne.
Socrate Petnga, better known as Mac Tyer, is a French rapper of Cameroonian descent, from Aubervilliers, Île-de-France. He is also known as Monsieur Socrate or mononym Socrate.
"À l'heure où je me couche" is a song by French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters and produced by Skread. It was released on 29 October 2015 as the first single from their second studio album Comment c'est loin, which also serves as the soundtrack for their 2015 film of the same name. The song entered the French Singles Chart on 31 October 2015 at number 126, peaking at number 34 and remaining on the chart for 14 weeks.
Ian Caple is an English recording engineer, record producer, programmer and mixer.
Mathieu Claude Daniel Pruski better known by the stage name PLK, is a French rapper of Polish descent. His father is Polish and immigrated to France with his grandfather during World War II. His mother is Corsican. Pruski grew up in 14th arrondissement of Paris. He started writing lyrics when he was nine and composing when he was 13. Being called "mini Polak", he adopted Polak (PLK) as his artistic name to emphasize his Polish roots. At 14, he was part of the formation La Confrérie alongside Ormaz and Zeu. He later became a member of the formation Panama Bende a band formed by seven young artists from Paris together releasing the EP Bende Mafia in 2016 and the album ADN in 2017.
Harry Austen La Montagne was a French-American horse owner, artist, sculptor, war veteran and sportsman.
Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts is an extended play by Congolese-French rapper Gims, which was released on 7 December 2006. It was also Gims's first solo project produced by Wati B. He also participated with the group Sexion d'Assaut in some songs. The disc contains nine songs.
