Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar
Background information
Birth name Christophe Le Friant
Also known as The Mighty Bop, Reminiscence Quartet, Yellow Productions
Born May 10, 1969 (1969-05-10) (age 41)
Origin Douarnenez, France
Genres French house
Occupations Producer, DJ
Instruments Turntables
Years active 1986-present
Labels Yellow Productions
Ministry of Sound Australia
Associated acts Africanism All Stars
Website www.bobsinclar.com

Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1969 in Douarnenez, France) is a Grammy Award-nominated French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

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Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specialising in funk and hip-hop music, named "Chris The French Kiss". His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape.

Le Friant is known for popularising 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.

Le Friant 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 flavours.

In 2005 he scored a hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, also peaking at no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and it stood 39 weeks in the Ultratop 50 in Belgium.

It became one of the official anthems for the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of the European countries. "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" followed on 22 August 2006. The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 in the category of Remixed Recording. Also, "World, Hold On" topped in Billboard Magazine as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The fourth single of the album Western Dream, called "Tennessee" was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been cancelled due to the rumour of a new album being released.

On 21 May 2007, he released the Soundz of Freedom album. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. His latest album, Born in 69, was released on 7 May 2009. The first single of the album is Lala Song.

Triva

He chose his pseudo in tribute to Bob Saint-Clar, the hero of the film Le Magnifique, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Discography

Singles

as The Mighty Bop
as Africanism
as Bob Sinclar
most tracks are co-produced by Cutee B

Hit singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK[1][2] MEX SPA FRA ITA AUS GER NL BEL Europe
1999 "My Only Love"
(featuring Lee Genesis)		 56 - - 78 - - - - - - Paradise
2000 "I Feel for You" 9 - - 44 33 - 94 - - - Champs Elysées
2001 "Darlin'"
(featuring vs. Cutee B., James "D-Train" Williams)		 46 - - 40 - - - - - -
2003 "Kiss My Eyes" 67 - - 34 - - - - 17 67 III
"The Beat Goes On" 33 - - 22 - - - - 25 32
2005 "Love Generation"
(featuring Gary Pine)		 12 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 - Western Dream
2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)"
(featuring Steve Edwards)		 9 2 1 2 1 19 19 5 3 4
"Hard"
(with The Hard Boys)		 - - 27 - - - - - - -
"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"
(featuring Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali)		 3 3 1 3 11 6 18 9 1 3
2007 "Tennessee"
(featuring Farrell Lennon)		 - - - - 21 - - - 25 104
"Everybody Movin'"
(featuring Ron Carroll & Mz Toni)		 - - 1 - - - - - - -
"Give a Lil' Love"
(featuring Duane Harden & Gary Pine)		 - - 2 - 18 - - - - 86
"Sound of Freedom"
(featuring Cutee B., Gary Pine & Dollarman)		 9 4 3 6 29 22 44 11 9 20 Soundz of Freedom
"Meu Carnaval"
(presents Africanism, featuring Rolando Faria)		 - - 11 - - - - - - - non album single
"Together"
(featuring Steve Edwards)		 - - 1 - 4 - - 7 21 90 Soundz of Freedom
"The Rhythm of the Night"
(vs Habakus Whistle, featuring Corona)		 - - 13 - - - - - - - non album single
"What I Want"
(pres. Fireball)		 52 - 1 6 - - - 7 8 34 Soundz of Freedom
2008 "What A Wonderful World"
(vs Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll)		 48 - 1 - 47 - - 12 - - Born in 69
2009 "Lala Song"
(with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang)		 - - 11 5 10 - - 5 9 -
"Love You No More"
(feat. Shabba Ranks)		 - - - - - - - - - -
2010 "I Wanna"
feat. Shaggy and Sahara (Andrea & Costi)		 - - - - - - 87 - 24 - Made In Jamaica

Albums

as Bob Sinclar
as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)
as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastien Tellier)
as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)
as Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 503. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  2. ↑ Everyhit.com - accessed April 2009

External links

Main sites
Interviews & features
Bob Sinclar
Albums
Paradise  · Champs Elysées  · III  · Enjoy  · Western Dream  · Soundz of Freedom · Born in 69
Singles
"Gym Tonic"  · "My Only Love"  · "The Ghetto"  · "Ultimate Funk"  · "I Feel for You"  · "Darlin'"  · "Freedom"  · "Ich Rocke"  · "Save Our Soul"  · "The Beat Goes On"  · "Kiss My Eyes"  · "Love Generation"  · "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)"  · "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"  · "Tennessee"  · "Sound of Freedom"  · "Everybody Movin'"  · "Give a Lil' Love"  · "Sound of Freedom"  · "What I Want"  · "Lala Song" · "Love You No More" · "I wanna"