Martin Solveig
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Martin Solveig is a house music DJ and producer from Paris. He also does a program on 98.2 Paris (FG Radio) on Wednesday nights between 10pm and 11pm.
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Early Career
He was born in 1976. At 13, he got his first turntables and that influenced him to take up a career in electronic music rather than the classical music he was learning. He started his first residency at Paris's leading club Le Palace with the support of Claude Monnet.
Martin Solveig then moved to another famous Paris nightclub Les Bains Douches where he worked with famous DJs such as Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez and Bob Sinclar. His popularity further increased with the Pure parties at the Queen Club either as a DJ or as an art director.
Early Recording Career
He started producing at an early stage of his career. Through his own Mixture label, he released two 12-inch singles, Heart of Africa and Come With Me. These singles combined dance music with musicians playing traditional instruments. Bob Sinclar then asked him to join the Africanism project combining African music and electronic music. He later released the Edony single which received airplay worldwide.
Later career
In 2002, he released the album Sur La Terre, which contains both Heart of Africa and Edony. The album was released internationally through Universal Music. Another notable track on the album is Linda where he plays tribute to Fela Kuti and Serge Gainsbourg. The album was released in 2004 in the US. In 2003, he worked with Salif Keita on Madan which made the charts across Europe, notably France, Italy and Greece. His latest single, Rocking Music, which features a punk rock guitar riff, has made the top 40 in Australia in February 2004. Madan and Rocking Music have both been featured in his second album, Suite.
Discography
- Sur la Terre (2002)
- Suite (2003)
Links
- Martin Solveig biography (http://www.martinsolveig.com/?page=aboutmartin/)
- All Music Guide article (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Bohl67ui010jf/)
- Top 40 charts record for Martin Solveig (http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=4653/)