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Interests

  • General

    FAMILY and friends • music • street culture • photographs • illustration (artworks, graphic design and graffiti) • movies...
  • Music

    Third World (every 7”, 12” and LPs from the '73 Cavlip and Island tunes to the '82 CBS recordings) • Jackie Mittoo • Tommy McCook and The Supersonics • Roland Alphonso • The Revolutionaries • Aswad (the 76-86 recordings) • Steel Pulse (from '77 to '84) • Dennis Brown • Bob Marley (awesome poet, the best songwriter of alltime) • Welton Irie • LKJ • Dennis Alcapone • King Tubby • Prince Jammy • Scientist • Lee "Scratch" Perry • Ernest Ranglin • Alton Ellis • Augustus Pablo • Freddie McGregor • Horace Andy • Jah Lloyd aka Jah Lion • Big Youth • The Congos • Maxi Priest (from '85 to '87) • The Mighty Diamonds (the Channel One recordings) • Prince Jazzbo • The Skatalites • Jazz Jamaica (and crew) • Patrice • Nneka • Oscar Peterson • Thelonious Monk • Keith Jarrett • Stanley Turrentine • Doug Carn • Donald Byrd • Monty Alexander • Grant Green • Lou Donaldson • Miles Davis • Antonio Carlos Jobim • Bernard Purdie • Jimmy Smith • John Patton • Nina Simone • Lennie Tristano • Daniel Janin • Fela and family • Salif Keita ("Mandjou", west african masterpiece...!!!) • Donny Hathaway • Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson • The Isley Brothers (from '69 to '77) • Roy Ayers • EWF (from '70 to '77) • Stevie Wonder • James Brown (Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz... The GREATEST entertainer in the Music History) • Minnie Ripperton • Ramsey Lewis • Michael Jackson ("Off The Wall" and "Thriller") • Carole King • Elton John (from '69 to '74) • AC/DC ("Back In Black") • Jeff Buckley • Fishbone • Janis Joplin • Ike and Tina Turner • Tom Waits • David Bowie (the 70's LPs) • D’Angelo (Brother, where are you? The world DOES NEED YOU...!!!!!!!!!!) • Erykah Badu • Bilal • Rahsaan Patterson • Me’shell Ndegeocello • Nicola Conte • Ed Motta • Prince • Raphael Saadiq • Young Disciples • Galliano • Omar • Donnie • Amp Fiddler • Jamiroquai • Feist • Lauryn Hill • Questlove and The Roots/SoulQuarians crew • Common • Mos Def ("Umi Says", masterpiece) • Pete Rock • Bahamadia • Carl Hancock Rux • Digable Planets • Nas • ATCQ • De La Soul (the first recordings) • Wu-Tang Clan • Jay Dee • SA-RA Creative Partners • Tupac • Rakim • Madlib (family and crew) • DJ Premier • Samia Farah • Poets Of Rhythm • Masters At Work • Lenny Fontana and The Black Sun • Ron Trent • The Chemical Bros • Jazzanova • Kutiman • Benny Sings • Roy Davis Jr • Soil and "PIMP" Sessions • Moodyman • John Buttler • Fiona Apple • Finley Quaye and much much much more…
  • Movies

    "City of God" (Fernando Mereilles) • "Rockers" (Ted Bafaloukos) • "La Haine" (Mathieu Kassovitz) • "Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind" (Michel Gondry) • "The Third Man" (Orson Welles) • "Fight Club" (David Fincher) • "Cry Freedom" (Richard Attenborough) • "Once Were Warriors" (Lee Tamahori) • "The Harder They Come" (Perry Henzel) • "Scratch" (Doug Pray)… FILM MAKERS (all movies): Spike Lee • Terry Gilliam • Charlie Chaplin (Genius! the GREATEST film maker of all time) • Alfred Hitchcock • Milos Forman • Oliver Stone • Marcel Pagnol • Otto Preminger • Woody Allen • Jacques Tati • Jim Jarmusch • Kourtrajmé • Cédric Klapisch… Special thanks to french film maker JEROME LAPERROUSAZ for his skanking musical documentary "Third World, Prisoner In The Street", which pushed me into Reggae Music in 1980 (I was 9...!!!!!!!!).
  • Books

    VIBRATIONS • WAX POETICS • EGO TRIP • MUZIQ • STRAIGHT NO CHASER • NATTY DREAD • "REBEL MUSIC" by Kate Simon • "AMERICA" by Annie Leibovitz • "JAZZ MY LOVE" by Guiseppe Pino • "WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE?" by Bobbito Garcia • "POPULAR" by Thierry LeGouès • "BACK IN THE DAYS" by Jamel Shabazz • "HIP-HOP FILES" by Martha Cooper • "YES RASTA" by Patrick Cariou...
  • Heroes

    SPECIAL THANKS to three amazing reggae programs which made the rule in Paris on Radio Aligre from 1984 to 1994: I AND I MUSIC (hosted by Pascal Soalhat with General Burning, Papa Gideon, Fabrice, Lord Zeljko and Daniel), REGGAEMATIC (hosted by Daniel Meynard and Florent Droguet) and SOUND AND VIBES (hosted by Lord Zeljko and Puppa Eric) • Thanks to RADIO NOVA in Paris, best french radio station from the mid-80’s to the end of the 90’s, famous worldwide • Respect to GILLES PETERSON: Acid Jazz, Talking Loud, Brownswood, Straight No Chaser, parties, radio programs and compilations, all true music lovers know him • Big big big respect to french hip-hop legend DJ DEE NASTY • Big up to Blue Moon reggae record shop in Paris, Patate Records, Betino's, Tikaret, Dusty Groove America, Jam One Distribution in Paris (thanks Eric for your Studio One imports in the 80's and 90's !), my friend Florent Droguet and El Paso Promotion in Paris (great reggae gigs...!!!), A-1 Records Shop in NYC, Dusty Groove America, also the NY Sound Library • Nuff respect to MODE 2 (my favorite 'spraycan' artist) • Thanks, love and respect to Eric Grimard, Chin-a Panaccione, Pierre Michelin, Hélène Lifar, Henri Renaud (R.I.P.), Olivier Bealu (R.I.P.), Philippe Desindes and Nicolas Nardone.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: Paris
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Education: Post grad
  • Occupation: A&R, Marketing & Consulting

Companies

  • JIVE-EPIC / SONY BMG

    • Clichy, FR
    • A&R
    05-09
  • S.M.A.L.L. / SONY MUSIC URBAN

    • Paris, FR
    • Artists Manager, Head of Marketing
    97-05
  • SONY JAZZ / SONY MUSIC

    • Paris, FR
    • Marketing, Publicity
    1996
  • ISLAND / POLYGRAM

    • New York, US
    • Marketing Assistant
    1995
  • DANCE POOL / MEDIA 7

    • Nanterre, FR
    • Sales
    1994

Networking

    • Music
    • Production
    • Creative Director

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