Martin Meissonnier

Martin Meissonnier
Origin Paris, France
Occupations Musician, record producer, film director
Instruments Guitar, Keyboards
Years active 1975–present

Martin Meissonnier is a French journalist, producer, director and composer. Formerly a journalist for Libération, he has made a specialty of discovering new types of music.

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Biography

In the 1970s brought numerous jazz musicians to France, such as Don Cherry,[1] the Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Lee Hooker and Dizzy Gillespie.

In the early 1980s, he became the producer of Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade,[2] in 1984 Ray Lema, Manu Dibango in 1986 Papa Wemba, and Wasis Diop. In 1986, he organised the first raï festival in Bobigny. He worked with Khaled,[3] Safy Boutella, Amina, Arthur H, in 1994 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page,[4] and Alan Stivell.

In 1989 to 1994, he directed Megamix for la Sept on France 3 and then Arte, world music magazine which ran for six years on French television and other many countries.[5] Since, he directed documentary films for Arte and Canal+, including several programmes about History, the Internet, digital art, rap, and the techno movement. In 2001, his book about depleted uranium entitled Uranium appauvri : la guerre invisible was published by Robert Laffont.[6]

Albums (producer)

Soundtracks (composer)

Collaborations on soundtracks

Documentary films (director)

References

  1. ^ Eliane Azoulay "Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Music/Sangam", Télérama, April 25, 2009
  2. ^ Robert Palmer "Past and present fuse in African pop", The New York Times, October 10, 1982
  3. ^ Robin Denselow "Khaled, Liberté", The Guardian, May 8, 2009
  4. ^ J.D. Considine "Page and Plant shake the Led out on their latest tour", The Baltimore Sun, March 19, 1995
  5. ^ Serge Bressan "Martin Meissonnier", L'Express, April 7, 1994
  6. ^ Editions Robert Laffont "Uranium appauvri : la guerre invisible"