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See also: Chedid

Matthieu Chedid is a song writer and performer of French Rock, more known under the pseudonym of - m , the initial one of its first name. It was born the December 21st 1971 with Boulogne-Billancourt. Matthieu Chedid is French of Libanaise origin. Playing mainly of the Guitar, - m is also multi-instrumentalist in studio where it ensures to it quasi totality of the various partitions.

It is the son of the singer Louis Chedid and the grandson of the writer and poetess Andrée Chedid (which wrote the words of some of its songs).

Course

Beginnings

It begins the music very early, by in particular doing to the choruses for his father on the song You ace beautiful step beautiful being , accompanied by his Emilie sister in 1978. It forms then part of the small groups, playing with Julien Voulzy or Pierre Souchon (respective wire of Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon). They form some transitory groups besides, like Tam Tam with Mathieu Boogaerts, the insane Babies or red Poisson .

Its career of musician then leads it to accompany the most various artists, as well in concert as on albums: NTM, Sinclair, Billy ze kick, Nina Morato, Gerald De Palmas or Faudel. Matthieu Chedid is before a whole guitarist, admiror of Jimi Hendrix. It will accompany with the guitar Vanessa Paradis during her round.

Baptism

In 1997, it leaves its first album solo the Baptism , introducing the character of - m which it creates for itself (at the same time as its famous haircut). True scenic double (a little with the manner of Ziggy Stardust for David Bowie), it makes it possible Mathieu Chedid “to be released” and to express a universe filled with frankness. Enough quickly it is by the scene that it is essential, initially in small rooms, and at the time of first parts (it makes in particular the opening of Texas to Bercy, and the first part of Louise Attaque). It often plays there as a recluse, samplant his guitars parts. In this album one discovers an accomplished guitarist mixing with a disconcerting ease of the different musical styles. However, the album is not discounted success.

I say - m

After having collaborated with Vanessa Paradis, it leaves in 1999 its second album I say like . This album contains many tubes ( I say like , sensual Onde , the Complex of the cornflakes , Mama Sam ), and it takes again there Close To Me The Cure. It is sold some more than 200.000 specimens. It is often accompanied on scene and sometimes in studio (accompaniment, arrangement) by Cyril Atef, Batteur and Percussionniste, and Vincent Segal, Violoncelliste and sometimes with low or the kass-kass . All two form the group Bumcello. The third man is DJ Shalom, which carries out the samples on certain songs. One also could sometimes see at his sides his friend and trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf.

Its concerts contribute largely to the success of the artist. Exploiting its image, each live is a true spectacle where it makes divide the world of its character, - m . The scene is decorated acidulous colors and of all kinds of objects which one would believe left the bottom of his attic (what is partly the case besides). It thus fills the mythical scene of the Olympia, makes a round of the great festivals French (Festival of the Old Plow, Francofolies, Solidays, Printemps of Bourges) and gains the Victoire of the music male interpreter of the year. The CD/DVD Live the Turn of M is a sound memory of this round.

Everyone known as - m

In 2003, - m leaves Labo M , an experimental and primarily instrumental disc. After having ground its album in spring during a short round ( Avantour ), Which us two? leaves to the autumn 2003. Softer, this album was marked by the birth of his/her Billie daughter, for whom was created a special guitar, any pink.

The round which follows is an enormous success. - M almost always plays closed counter and fills Bercy by three times. Sebastien Martel (guitarist of the group Las Ondas Hammer having also left an album solo, Ragalet ) joined the group of musicians at the time of this round. The round finishes in London after being last by all the French big rooms and the majority of the great French-speaking festivals.

A live CD/DVD leaves at the end of 2005, carrying trace of the new song in particular One-to-one .

More recently, he collaborated with Sean Lennon (wire of John Lennon) to create " The éclipse" , a remix and translation of the song " Parachute" of Lennon. Chédid made the translation, the song and the instruments.

Rewards

- M gains in the year 2000 two Victoires of the music:
  • Better male interpreter of the year
  • Better concert

In 2005, - m gain four Victoires of the music:

  • Better male interpreter of the year
  • Better album of songs/varieties for Which us two?
  • Better turned
    • musical
  • Better DVD for Lessons of music , carried out by Emilie Chedid

In 2007, - m gains the César and the victory of the best music for the film do not say it to anybody .

Discography

Albums

Individual promotion

  • the Baptism / the Large Bomb (new) (1997)

  • I say like (1999)
  • the Complex of the cornflakes (2000)

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