Sens Unik

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Sens Unik was a Swiss Hip hop group from Lausanne, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2010.

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Sens Unik received 4 gold records and contributed to music of films La Haine and Neutre .

The six members were: Just One, Carlos Leal, Rade, Déborah, Osez and Laurent Biollay.

Among their greatest successes was the 1997 published track "Original", which consists of a collaboration with the German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier and had reached number 27 [1] of the Swiss and number 73 [2] of the German single charts. Several albums reached the top ten of the Swiss album charts.

For their song "Le vent tourne", released on the album Panorama 91-97, the group was inspired by the French film La Haine. The song also appeared on a special compilation for the film, La Haine, inspirée musique du film, but not on the soundtrack.

Discography

Albums and EPs

Singles

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References

  1. Chartdiskografie Schweiz
  2. Chart Database of charts-surfer.de