Bob Sinclar

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Bob Sinclar (real name Christophe LeFriant, born 1967) is a French record producer, DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

Contents

1 Career history
2 Discography

2.1 Singles
2.2 Albums

3 See also
4 External links

Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was just 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym & Tonic", a collaboration with Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique.

Sinclar is famous for popularizing the "french touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams.

Sinclar has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of latin, jazz, African and tribal flavors.

In 2005 he scored a hit with his single "Love Generation". The song reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts. It also reached #1 on the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006 and no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40.

Discography

Singles

"Les Jazz Electroniques EP" (1994), as The Mighty Bop
"Messe Pour Les Temps" (1995), as The Mighty Bop
"A Space Funk Project" (1996)
"A Space Funk Project II" (1996)
"Ult Violett Sounds EP" (1996), as The Mighty Bop
"Eu Só Quero um Xodó" (1997), with Salomé de Bahia
"Gym Tonic" (1998), with Thomas Bangalter
"My Only Love" (1998), with Lee Genesis
"Super Funky Brake's Vol. I" (1998)
"The Ghetto" (1998)
"Ultimate Funk" (1998)
"Feelin' Good" (1998), as The Mighty Bop
"Bisou Sucré" (2000), as Africanism
"I Feel For You" (2000), with Cerrone's Angels
"Darlin'" (2000), with James "D-Train" Williams
"Greetings From Champs Elysées EP" (2000)
"Do It" (2000), as Africanism, with Eddie Amador
"Freedom" (2001), with Gene Van Buren
"Ich Rocke" (2001)
"Kazet" (2001), as Africanism
"Save Our Soul" (2001)
"The Beat Goes On" (2002), with Linda Lee Hopkins
"I Go Crazy" (2002), as The Mighty Bop
"Viel Ou La" (2002), as Africanism
"Kiss My Eyes" (2003), with Camille Lefort
"Lady" (2003), as The Mighty Bop, with Duncan Roy
"Prego" (2003), with Eddie Amador
"Slave Nation" (2003)
"Amour Kéfé" (2004), as Africanism
"Kalimbo" (2004), as Africanism
"Sexy Dancer" (2004), with Cerrone's Angels
"Wonderful World" (2004), with Ron Carroll
"You Could Be My Lover" (2004), with Linda Lee Hopkins
"Steel Storm" (2004), as Africanism, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
"Summer Moon" (2005), as Africanism, with David Guetta
"Love Generation" (2005), with Gary Pine – #2 (NL), #1 SPN, #1 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU
"Generación Del Amor" (2006) [Spanish Version], #1 SPN
"World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" (2006), with Steve Edwards – #5 (NL), #1 FR, #1 SPN, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU
"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" (2006), with Cutee B Feat. Dollarman & Big Ali

Albums

A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo (1994), as Yellow Productions
Ritmo Brasileiro (1994), as Reminiscence Quartet
Psycodelico (1995), as Reminiscence Quartet
La Vague Sensorielle (1995), as The Mighty Bop
The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob (1995), as The Mighty Bop, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob
Autres Voix, Autres Blues (1996), as The Mighty Bop
Paradise (1998), as Bob Sinclar
More Psycodelico (1999), as Reminiscence Quartet
Champs Elysées (2000), as Bob Sinclar
Spin My Hits (2000), as The Mighty Bop
Africanism Allstars Vol. I (2001), as Africanism
The Mighty Bop (2002), as The Mighty Bop
III (2003), as Bob Sinclar
Africanism Allstars Vol. II (2004), as Africanism
Enjoy (2004), as Bob Sinclar
Africanism Allstars Vol. III (2005), as Africanism
Western Dream (2006), as Bob Sinclar — #1 FR

External links