Kore & Skalp

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Kore & Skalp contains two DJs and producers who have worked together since 1997. Among others, they have made mixtapes, concerts and Scratch performances. And they have produced music for a good many underground groups, e.g. Eloquence, Costello and la Scred Connexion.

Since 2001 Kore & Skalp have been at Sony Music France

A lot of french artist have been mixed by Kore & Skalp. They produced the album "La Vie Avant la Mort " (Life Before Death) by french rapper Rohff, and they have been into produced songs for the albums by Booba, Don Choa, Willy Denzey, Leslie and all of the comedy DVDs by Jamel Debbouze. They have made the music to the movie Taxi 3 along with DJ Medhi and The Neptunes.

In 2003, the duo decided to go their own way. Artop Records offered them independence so they could develop their own projects and help some artists in the beginning of their new career like the R'n'B singer Amine.

In 2004 the team produced Booba and Leslie's albums, and toured with them as DJs. At the same time the duo made their first album named Raï'n'B Fever which mixed R'n'B and Raï. The album came out in France in June 2004, and went gold with over 75,000 sold copies. The single Un Gaou à Oran, with 113, the algerian raï star Mohammed Lamine and Magic System was a massive hit in France during the summer and autmn 2004. On the album, french R'n'B artists such as Corneille, Willy Denzey and Leslie appered. Also great raï names Khaled, Faudel, Amine and several french rap stars like Rohff and 113 were included on the album. In summer 2006 Raï'n'B Fever 2 was sent out, and stars like Amerie, Kelly Rowland, Amine, M. Pokora, Leslie and Sniper could be found on the CD.

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http://www.skyrock.com/musique/Artistes/?85+Kore-skalp+bio (In french)