Philippe Katerine

Philippe Katerine, generally known simply while Katerine, is a People from france alternative vocalist/songwriter who emerged to underground acclaim in the mid-’90s and steadily garnered business achievement in subsequent years while his renown grew. Given birth to Philippe Blanchard on Dec 8, 1968, in Chantonnay, Vendée, he produced his full-length industrial documenting debut in 1991 with Les Mariages Chinois in the Rosebud label. A home-recorded lo-fi record made up of one- or two-minute minimalist music, Les Mariages Chinois demonstrated highly important and was reissued with reward materials in 1993 as Les Mariages Chinois et la Relecture. Following albums L’Éducation Anglaise (1994), Mes Mauvaises Fréquentations (1996), Les Créatures (1997), and L’Homme ? Trois Mains (1999) solidified Katerine’s popularity as a respected light from the French indie pop picture. His popularity was further improved by a number of collaborations; especially, he wrote a whole record for Anna Karina, Une Histoire d’Amour (2000). With the turn from the hundred years, Katerine’s group of fans had harvested to the main point where he started hitting the France albums graph with regularity, you start with 8ème Ciel (2002). His mainstream discovery emerged in 2005 with Robots Après Tout, which reached the very best 30 from the French albums graph and spawned the very best 40 hit one “Louxor J’adore.” Because of the reputation of “Louxor J’adore” as well as the follow-up one “100% V.We.P.,” Robots Après Tout spent almost two years in the French albums graph, logging 97 weeks altogether. In the wake of his mainstream discovery, the record Studiolive (2007), essentially a re-recording of Robots Après Tout performed reside in the studio room, was released within a few different formats, among which included an extended Dvd movie. His self-titled discharge this year 2010 was followed by videos for every track — aimed by his friend and bassist Gaëtan Chestnut — which mixed the beautiful imagery Katerine acquired made up of the visuals captured by Chestnut. During 2011 he embarked on the triple record project using a jazz music group produced by saxophonist François Ripoche. The record, 52 Reprises dans l’Espace, consisted 52 cover variations of music by artists such as for example Pierre Bachelet and Phenomenal Membership. Furthermore to his musical result, Katerine set up himself being a talented professional after the convert from the hundred years, appearing in various films.