| Martin Solveig | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Martin Picandet |
| 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 Paris (FG DJ Radio) on Tuesday nights between 10pm and 11pm. He is signed to Defected Records out of London.
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Early career
He was born in 1976. At 13, he got 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 (Martin 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. Martin Solveig then moved to another famous Paris nightclub, Les Bains Douches, where he worked with famous DJs such as Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez and Bob Sinclar. His popularity further increased with the Pure parties at the Queen Club either as a DJ or as an art director.
Early Recording Career
He started producing at an early stage of his career. Through his own Mixture label, he released two 12-inch singles, "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. He later released the "Edony" single which received airplay worldwide.
Later career
In 2002, he 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. 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 (and also known for having Justin Timberlake style vocals), 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 a 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. In 2007 Martin Solveig DJ'd at the congress of the UMP, right wing Popular movement party of Nicolas Sarkozy, just before the French presidential election.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 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
