Noir Désir were 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.
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, better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. He holds the gold place in number of Victoires de la Musique awards, with 13 awards.
Okoumé was a Quebec based folk-rock band from 1995 to 2002. The group was formed in 1995 and originally consisted only of founding members Jonathan and Éloi Painchaud, Michael Duguay, Hugo Perreault, and Éric Gosselin.
Les Retrouvailles is the fifth studio album by French musician Yann Tiersen. Released in 2005 through Ici, d'ailleurs... record label, it features a number of high-profile guest vocalists, both French and Anglophone alike: Christophe Miossec, Dominique A, Elizabeth Fraser, Jane Birkin, and Stuart Staples. As is customary with his albums, Tiersen showcases his multi-instrumental skills, which on the album encompasses the accordion, piano, mandolin, and harpsichord, among others.
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.
Catherine Ferry is a French singer. In 1976, at the Eurovision Song Contest, Catherine Ferry represented France with the song "Un, deux, trois". She ranked second in the contest. Among the backing vocalists was Daniel Balavoine, who wrote the B side "Petit Jean". She worked and was produced mainly by Daniel Balavoine a famous French singer who wrote nearly 30 songs for her.
"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 that released nine studio albums and four live albums between 1997 and 2018. Their breakthrough came in 1999 with their second album Contraddiction.
CQMD Is a heavy funk band from France using amplified 1930s brass band instruments. CQMD are the initials for Ceux Qui Marchent Debout and is the band's name outside its national territory.
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 February 20, 1879, at a private performance in Franck's home in Paris. The full oratorio was not performed until after Franck's death, on March 19, 1893 in Colonne.
Socrate Petteng, 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 October 29, 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 October 31, 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, and mixer.
À peu près is the debut studio album by French singer Pomme, released on October 6, 2017 through Polydor Records.
