St. Germain (musician)
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| St. Germain | |
|---|---|
| Origin | France |
| Genres | Acid jazz, Electronic, Nu jazz |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | FCommunications Blue Note Records |
| Members | |
| Ludovic Navarre | |
St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician. His style has been described as being a combination of house and nu jazz music.[1]
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[edit] Career
Navarre's album Boulevard was released in July 1995 and has sold over 350,000 copies[2] worldwide. His United States debut, Tourist, was released in 2000 and sold 300,000 copies in the USA and 4 million copies world wide.[2] Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool and the Gang are among Ludovic's early influences. He composed his first work under the name of Sub System with friend Guy Rabiller. He has released EPs under a number of aliases, among them Deepside, LN'S, Modus Vivendi, Nuages and Soofle.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1995 Boulevard
- 1999 From Detroit to St. Germain, as Ludovic Navarre
- 2000 Tourist
[edit] Singles/EPs
- St. Germain
- 1993 "French Traxx EP"
- 1993 "Motherland EP"
- 1994 "Mezzotinto EP"
- 1995 "Alabama Blues"
- 1996 "Muse Q The Music" (with Shazz and Derek Bays)
- 1996 "Alabama Blues (Revisited)"
- 2000 "Sure Thing"
- 2000 "Rose Rouge"
- 2001 "Sure Thing Revisited"
- 2001 "Rose Rouge Revisited"
- 2001 "So Flute"
- 2002 "Chaos"
- 2004 "Mezzotinto EP" (re-release)
- Deepside/D.S.
- 1992 "Seclude EP" (with Guy Rabiller)
- 1992 "Deepside EP" (with Guy Rabiller)
- 1993 "Tolérance EP"
- 1994 "Volume 1 & 2", as D.S.
- Sub System
- All produced with Guy Rabiller
- 1991 "Subhouse", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
- 1991 "J'Ai Peur", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
- 1991 "III", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
- Other aliases
- 1993 "Nouveau EP", as Soofle (with Shazz)
- 1993 "Paris EP", as Choice (with Shazz and Laurent Garnier)
- 1993 "Modus Vivendi", as Modus Vivendi
- 1993 "Inferno EP", as LN'S (with Shazz)
- 1993 "The Ripost EP", as Deep Contest (with DJ Deep)
- 1994 "Burning Trash Floor", as Hexagone
- 1994 "Blanc EP", as Nuages (with Shazz)
- 1997 "Paris EP" (re-release), as Choice (with Shazz and Laurent Garnier)
- (Co-)Production for other artists
- 1993 Orange - "Quarter EP"
- 1993 Shazz - "Lost Illusions"
- 1993 Laurent Garnier - "A Bout de Souffle EP"
- 1994 Shazz - "A View of Manhattan..."
- 1996 DJ Deep - "Signature"
- 2003 Soel - Memento
[edit] Remixes
- 1993 Aurora Borealis - "Aurora Borealis"
- 1993 Suburban Knight - "The Art of Stalking"
- 1994 Shazz - "Marathon Man"
- 1994 Red Nail feat. Noni - "Never"
- 1994 Kid Bravo - "Catch My Soul"
- 1995 Björk - "Isobel"
- 1997 Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - "Jericho Jerk"
- 1999 Boy Gé Mendes - "Cumba Iétu"
- Note: St. Germain is not associated with the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café album series.
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