Big Mama

See also: Big Mamma (homonymy)

Big Mama is a group of French music. After 10 years of activism: production of compilations Frenchy Reggae Party and Mano Negra Illegal by their label Big Mama Records, more than 400 concerts in France and Europe (Swiss, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia), and two albums studios (adding up more than 25.000 sold CD), the combo Parisian fate its third album Rock'n'roll Roll Karma recorded with the Studio Black Box close to Angers (Deportivo, Wampas, Ruda…) and realized by Peter Deïmel (Parabellum, The Kills…).
Always drawing its influences within the Jamaican musics, of the punk-rock'n'roll, the funk or of the popular song, Big Mama an orientation resolutely rock'n'roll for this new opus takes.

Members of the group

Stephan Merchant: song lead, guitar
Zad Dupuit: keyboards
Greg Martin: low, choruses
Alain Bidot-Naude: battery, choruses
Emmanuel Baker: guitar

Vincent: management
Alexandre: its concert
Kamel: lights concert

Discography

Compilations

1997 : compilation It' S.A. Frenchy Reggae Party (BMR Prod/Discograph)
1999: compilation It' S.A. Frenchy Reggae Parties 2 (BMR Prod/Discograph)
2000: compilation Small Centers 100% independent (Small Axe /Tripsichord)
2001: compilation It' S.A. Frenchy Reggae Parties 3 (BMR Prod/Discograph)
2001: compilation Small Centers 200% Independent (Small Axe /Tripsichord)
2001: compilation Mano Negra Illegal (BMR Prod/Discograph)
2002: compilation Small Centers 300% Independent (Small Axe /Tripsichord)
2003: compilation Small Centers 400% Independent (Small Axe /Tripsichord)
2003: compilation Chut one makes noise (LaNoreille/Tripsichord)
2005: compilation Made noise (Wagram)
2006: compilation Not Considering on TV (Prod/Exclaim Echo)

External bonds

Official site
official Myspace: extracts, photographs
Site of the Critical Follow turner Me
of albums on W-Fennec

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