Castelhemis

Castelhemis is a People from france vocalist/songwriter who emerged in the late ’70s with a distinctive design of progressive pop/rock and roll that garnered him a devoted lover following sizable plenty of to sustain a decade-long saving career regardless of the relatively noncommercial character of his music. Created Philippe Laboudigue on July 11, 1948, in the Parisian commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine, he started his recording profession in the past due ’60s as fifty percent from the duo Castel & Vendome. Commensurate with the duo’s medieval-themed musical design, he billed himself as Philippe Castel (as with “castle”). Comprised also of Bernard Vendôme, the duo released a set of singles in 1969, Les Chevaliers and D’où Vient le Vent, before concluding their short-lived saving career. Ten years later on, billing himself as Castelhemis, he produced his solo documenting debut in 1978 using the solitary Roger (Cha Cha Cha) on Cobra/Carrere, adopted in 1979 by his full-length recording debut, Armes Inégales, on Cezame/RCA. While he loved little commercial achievement along with his music, Castelhemis garnered a dedicated fan pursuing sizable plenty of to maintain his recording profession throughout a lot of the following decade. In colaboration with RCA, he released the albums Mots Croisés (1980), N’importe Quelle Sorte d’Amour (1982), Coucou (1984), and Imagine el P’tit Pub (1986) before concluding his documenting career using the swan music recording Castelhemis 88 (1988) over the label Griffe. A long time later, following the Castelhemis back again catalog had lengthy since fallen right out of printing, the best-of collection Castelhemis 78-88 (2002) was put together for discharge by Griffe/Sony towards the joy of his enthusiast following.