Bob Sinclar
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| 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 |
| Origin | Douarnenez, France |
| Genres | French house |
| Occupations | Producer, DJ |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Labels | Yellow Productions Ministry of Sound Australia |
| Associated acts | Africanism All Stars |
| Website | www.bobsinclar.com |
Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1969 in Douarnenez, France) 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, named "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.citation needed
Le Friant is known 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.citation needed
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.citation needed
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.citation needed
It 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 in 2007 in the category of 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 cancelled due to the rumour of a new album being released.citation needed
On 21 May 2007, he released the Soundz of Freedom album. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. His latest album, Born in 69, was released on 7 May 2009. The first single of the album is Lala Song.
Triva
He chose his pseudo in tribute to Bob Saint-Clar, the hero of the film Le Magnifique, played by Jean-Paul Belmondocitation needed.
Discography
Singles
- as The Mighty Bop
- 1994 "Les Jazz Electroniques EP"
- 1995 "Messe Pour Les Temps"
- 1996 "Ult Violett Sounds EP"
- 1998 "Feelin' Good"
- 2002 "I Go Crazy"
- 2003 "Lady", with Duncan Roy
- as Africanism
- 2000 "Bisou Sucré"
- 2000 "Do It", with Eddie Amador
- 2001 "Kazet"
- 2002 "Viel Ou La"
- 2004 "Amour Kéfé"
- 2004 "Kalimbo"
- 2004 "Steel Storm", with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- 2005 "Summer Moon", with David Guetta
- 2006 "Hard", with The Hard Boys
- 2007 "Meu Carnaval", with Rolando Faria
- as Bob Sinclar
- most tracks are co-produced by Cutee B
- 1996 "A Space Funk Project"
- 1996 "A Space Funk Project II"
- 1997 "Eu Só Quero um Xodó", with Salomé de Bahia
- 1998 "Gym Tonic", with Thomas Bangalter
- 1998 "My Only Love", with Lee Genesis #56 UK
- 1998 "Super Funky Brake's Vol. I"
- 1998 "The Ghetto"
- 1998 "Ultimate Funk"
- 2000 "I Feel For You", with Cerrone's Angels #9 UK, #33 ITA
- 2000 "Darlin'", with James "D. Train" Williams #46 UK
- 2000 "Greetings from Champs Elysées EP" #125 UK
- 2001 "Freedom", with Gene Van Buren #79 UK
- 2001 "Ich Rocke"
- 2001 "Save Our Soul"
- 2002 "The Beat Goes On", with Linda Lee Hopkins #33 UK
- 2003 "Kiss My Eyes", with Camille Lefort #67 UK, #22 US Hot Dance Club Play
- 2003 "Prego", with Eddie Amador
- 2003 "Slave Nation"
- 2004 "Sexy Dancer", with Cerrone's Angels
- 2004 "Wonderful World", with Ron Carroll
- 2004 "You Could Be My Lover", with Linda Lee Hopkins
- 2005 "Love Generation", with Gary Pine — #2 (NL), #3 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU, #1 CZ, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #11 US Hot Dance Airplay.
- 2006 "Generación del Amor" (Spanish Version) — #1 ESP
- 2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)", with Steve Edwards — #5 (NL), #2 FR, #8 CZ #1 ESP, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #10 US Hot Dance Airplay, #48 US Pop Airplay
- 2006 "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", with Dollarman and Big Ali — #3 FR, #11 CZ, #3 UK, #7 AUS, #2 US Hot Dance Club Play
- 2007 "Tennessee", with Farell Lennon #21 ITA, #27 CZ
- 2007 "Everybody Movin'", with Ron Carroll — #3 GER, #1 ESP
- 2007 "Give a Lil' Love" — #10 ITA , #19 PL, #27 ESP
- 2007 "Sound of Freedom", with Gary Pine and Dollarman — #14 UK, #1 UK Indie, #24 CZ
- 2007 "What I Want", with Fireball #52 UK
- 2007 "Together", with Steve Edwards - #63 PL, #4 ROM
- 2008 "W.W.W. (What a Wonderful World)", with Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll
- 2008 "New New New", with Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali
- 2009 "LaLa Song", with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang - #6 ITA
- 2009 "Love You No More", with Shabba Ranks
- 2010 "I Wanna", with Shaggy & Sahara (Andrea and Costi Ionita)
Hit singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| UK12 | MEX | SPA | FRA | ITA | AUS | GER | NL | BEL | Europe | |||
| 1999 | "My Only Love" (featuring Lee Genesis) |
56 | - | - | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Paradise |
| 2000 | "I Feel for You" | 9 | - | - | 44 | 33 | - | 94 | - | - | - | Champs Elysées |
| 2001 | "Darlin'" (featuring vs. Cutee B., James "D-Train" Williams) |
46 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | "Kiss My Eyes" | 67 | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 67 | III |
| "The Beat Goes On" | 33 | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 32 | ||
| 2005 | "Love Generation" (featuring Gary Pine) |
12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | Western Dream |
| 2006 | "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" (featuring Steve Edwards) |
9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| "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 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2007 | "Tennessee" (featuring Farrell Lennon) |
- | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | 25 | 104 | |
| "Everybody Movin'" (featuring Ron Carroll & Mz Toni) |
- | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Give a Lil' Love" (featuring Duane Harden & Gary Pine) |
- | - | 2 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 86 | ||
| "Sound of Freedom" (featuring Cutee B., Gary Pine & Dollarman) |
9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 44 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Soundz of Freedom | |
| "Meu Carnaval" (presents Africanism, featuring Rolando Faria) |
- | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | non album single | |
| "Together" (featuring Steve Edwards) |
- | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 7 | 21 | 90 | Soundz of Freedom | |
| "The Rhythm of the Night" (vs Habakus Whistle, featuring Corona) |
- | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | non album single | |
| "What I Want" (pres. Fireball) |
52 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 34 | Soundz of Freedom | |
| 2008 | "What A Wonderful World" (vs Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll) |
48 | - | 1 | - | 47 | - | - | 12 | - | - | Born in 69 |
| 2009 | "Lala Song" (with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang) |
- | - | 11 | 5 | 10 | - | - | 5 | 9 | - | |
| "Love You No More" (feat. Shabba Ranks) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | "I Wanna" feat. Shaggy and Sahara (Andrea & Costi) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | - | 24 | - | Made In Jamaica |
Albums
- as Bob Sinclar
- 1998 Paradise
- 2000 Champs Elysées
- 2001 Cerrone by Bob Sinclar (Compilation of Cerrone remixes)
- 2003 III
- 2004 Enjoy
- 2005 In The House (Various Artists Mix CD)
- 2006 Western Dream
- 2007 Soundz of Freedom
- 2007 Bob Sinclar: Live At The Playboy Mansion
- 2008 Dancefloor FG Winter 2008 (Mixed by Bob Sinclar)
- 2008 DJ Bob Sinclar 08
- 2009 Born in 69
- 2010 Made In Jamaïca
- as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)
- 1995 La Vague Sensorielle
- 1995 The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob
- 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues
- 2000 Spin My Hits
- 2002 The Mighty Bop
- as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastien Tellier)
- 1994 Ritmo Brasileiro
- 1995 Psycodelico
- 1999 More Psycodelico
- as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)
- 1994 A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo
- as Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)
- 2001 Africanism Allstars Vol. I, as Africanism
- 2004 Africanism Allstars Vol. II, as Africanism
- 2005 Africanism Allstars Vol. III, as Africanism
- 2006 Africanism Allstars Vol. IV, as Africanism
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 503. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Everyhit.com - accessed April 2009
External links
- Main sites
- Bob Sinclar — official site
- Bob Sinclar discography at Discogs
- Interviews & features
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