Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Famous French Folks

Bob Sinclair:
Born in 1969 as Christophe Le Friant in Douarnenez, Bob Sinclair is a French musician, record producer, and electronic music DJ who became internationally famous with the successful singles “Love generation”, which was one of the official anthems for the 2006 Berlin World Cup. He also owns the label Yellow Productions.


Daft Punk:
Daft Punk is a French electronic music duo that was born in 1993 and works with French musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. The group has a style that mixes electronic music with rock, funk, and techno and has played an important role in the house movement in France. Some of their most popular songs are “Around the world”, “Da Funk”, “One more time”, “Human after all”, “Harder better faster stronger” and “Aerodynamic”.


Manu Chao:
José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao was born in Paris in 1991 and is a famous French folk singer and songwriter who sings in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic, sometimes changing the language in the same song! Although he has one of the highest sales volumes as an artist, he’s not very famous in the English-speaking countries. Many of his songs carry freedom and left-wing messages, and they’re often about subjects like love, drugs, immigration. 

Pictures

Bob Sinclair
Daft Punk
Manu Chow