Martin Solveig
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Martin Picandet |
| Born | Paris |
| Genre(s) | House Tribal house Deep house |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ |
| Instrument(s) | Turntable |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Associated acts | Africanism All Stars |
| Website | www.martinsolveig.com |
Martin Solveig (born Martin Picandet) is a French house music DJ and producer from Paris. He also does a program on 98.2 Radio Colboite (FG DJ Radio) on Tuesday nights between 10pm and 11pm. He is signed to Defected Records.
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[edit] Early career
Solveig was born in 1976. At 13, he received his first turntables, but it wasn't until 1992 that Martin decided to take up a career in electronic music rather than the classical music he was brought up on. In his childhood, he was a soprano soloist in the Parisian choir Les Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly). He started his first residency at Paris's leading club Le Palace with the support of Claude Monnet[citation needed].
Martin Solveig then moved to another famous Paris nightclub, Les Bains Douches[citation needed]. His popularity further increased with the Pure parties at the Queen Club either as a DJ or as an art director[citation needed].
[edit] Early Recording Career
Martin Solveig started producing in 1996. In 1998, he founded his own label, Mixture, and released a number of 12-inch singles, including "Heart of Africa" and "Come With Me". These singles combined dance music with musicians playing traditional instruments. Bob Sinclar then asked him to join the Africanism project combining African music and electronic music. Under this project, he released the "Edony" single which received airplay worldwide.
[edit] Later career
In 2002, Martin Solveig released the album Sur La Terre, which contains both "Heart of Africa" and "Edony". The album was released internationally through Universal Music. Another notable track on the album is "Linda" where he plays tribute to Fela Kuti and Serge Gainsbourg[citation needed]. The album was released in 2004 in the US. In 2003, he worked with Salif Keita on "Madan" which made the charts across Europe, notably France, Italy and Greece. "Rocking Music", which features a punk rock guitar riff, has also made the Top 40 in Australia in February 2004. "Madan" and "Rocking Music" have both been featured in his second album, Suite.
Madan was remixed as the French World Cup song "Zidane Il Va Marquer!" ("Zidane, he's going to score!") prior to the 2006 final between Italy and France. Following singles included "I'm A Good Man", and "Everybody". Solveig was one of the producers for Bob Sinclar's album Western Dream.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2002 Sur la Terre
- 2003 Suite
- 2005 Hedonist
- 2006 So Far
- 2008 C'est La Vie
[edit] Singles
- 1996 "Satisfied"
- 1998 "Break Da EP"
- 1999 "Heart Of Africa/Afro Deep"
- 2000 "Come With Me"
- 2000 "Destiny"
- 2000 "Edony (Clap Your Hands)", as Africanism
- 2001 "Mr. President"
- 2002 "Linda"
- 2002 "Someday"
- 2003 "Madan" (vs Salif Keita)
- 2003 "Rocking Music" #35 UK, #39 Australia
- 2003 "Heartbeat", as Africanism
- 2004 "I'm A Good Man" #57 UK
- 2005 "Everybody" #22 UK, #33 Australia
- 2006 "Jealousy" #1 Lebanon ,#3 Bulgaria, #62 UK, #30 Belgium
- 2006 "Something Better"
- 2007 "Rejection" #4 Lebanon, #6 UK Indie
- 2008 "C'est La Vie"
