Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar
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Background information
Birth name Christophe Le Friant
Also known as The Mighty Bop, Reminiscence Quartet, Yellow Productions
Born May 10, 1969 (1969-05-10) (age 40)
Origin Douarnenez, France
Genre(s) House
Occupation(s) Producer, DJ
Instrument(s) Turntables
Years active 1986-present
Label(s) Yellow Productions
Associated acts Africanism All Stars
Website www.bobsinclar.com

Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1967) is a Grammy Award-nominated French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

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Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specialising in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique.

Le Friant is famous for popularising the "French touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams.

Le Friant has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of Latin, jazz, African and tribal flavours.

In 2005 he scored a hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, also peaking at no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and it stood 39 weeks in the Ultratop 50 in Belgium. It also became one of the official anthems for the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of the European countries. "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" followed on 22 August 2006.

The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove was nominated for a Grammy 2007 in the category Remixed Recording. Also, "World, Hold On" topped in Billboard Magazine as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The fourth single of the album Western Dream, called "Tennessee" was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been canceled due to the rumour of a new album being released.

His latest album is Soundz of Freedom. It came out in France on 21 May 2007. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts.

Discography

Singles

as The Mighty Bop
as Africanism
as Bob Sinclar
most tracks are co-produced by Cutee B

Hit singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK MEX SPA FRA ITA AUS GER NL Europe
1999 "My Only Love"
(featuring Lee Genesis)		 56 - - 78 - - - - - Champs Elysées
2000 "I Feel for You" 9 - - 44 33 - 94 - - Champs Elysées
2001 "Darlin'"
(featuring vs. Cutee B., James "D-Train" Williams)		 46 - - 40 - - - - - Champs Elysées
2003 "Kiss My Eyes" 67 - - 34 - - - - 67 III
"The Beat Goes On" 33 - - 22 - - - - 32 III
2005 "Love Generation"
(featuring Gary Pine)		 12 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 Western Dream
2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)"
(featuring Steve Edwards)		 9 2 1 2 4 19 19 5 4 Western Dream
"Hard"
(with The Hard Boys)		 - - 27 - - - - - -
"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"
(featuring Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali)		 3 3 1 3 11 6 18 9 3 Western Dream
2007 "Tennessee"
(featuring Farrell Lennon)		 - - - - 21 - - - 104 Western Dream
"Everybody Movin'"
(featuring Ron Carroll & Mz Toni)		 - - 1 - - - - - - Western Dream
"Give a Lil' Love"
(featuring Duane Harden & Gary Pine)		 - - 2 - 10 - - - 86 Western Dream
"Sound of Freedom"
(featuring Cutee B., Gary Pine & Dollarman)		 14 4 3 6 7 22 44 11 20 Soundz of Freedom
"Meu Carnaval"
(presents Africanism, featuring Rolando Faria)		 - - 11 - - - - - -
"Together"
(featuring Steve Edwards)		 - - 1 - 7 - - 7 - Soundz of Freedom
"The Rhythm of the Night"
(vs Habakus Whistle, featuring Corona)		 - - 13 - - - - - -
"What I Want"
(pres. Fireball)		 52 - 1 6 - - - 7 34 Soundz of Freedom
2008 "W.W.W. (What A Wonderful World)"
(vs Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll)		 48 - 2* - - - - 20* -

Albums

as Bob Sinclar
as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)
as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastian Tellier)
as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)
as Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)

See also

External links

Bob Sinclar
Singles
"Love Generation" · "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" · "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" · "Tennessee" · "Sound of Freedom" · "Everybody Movin'"
Albums
Paradise · Champs Elysées · III · Enjoy · In the House (Various Artists Mix CD) · Western Dream · Soundz of Freedom