Massilia Sound System

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Massilia Sound System
General information
Genre (s) Reggae , Ragga , Hip-Hop , Rub-a-Dub, Traditional French Music,
founding 1984
Website http://www.massilia-soundsystem.com/
Current occupation
René Mazzarino (also called Jali or Papet J)
MC
 François Ridel (also called Tatou or Moussu T)
MC
 Laurent Garibaldi (also called Gari Greu)
Gilbert Kayalik (also called DJ Kayalik)
Janvié
Blù
former members
MC
 Lux Botté (also called Lux ​​B, died on July 18, 2008 at the age of 47)
DJ, technology
 Goatari "Lo Minot"

The Massilia Sound System is a reggae band from Marseille founded in 1984 .

The group mixes reggae, rub-a-dub and ragga . The texts are written in French and Occitan , which can be explained by the identification with Marseille, her hometown.

After they couldn't find a record company for a long time, they founded their own indie label Roker Promocion .

Band history

Tatou, Jali and Geotari founded the Massilia Sound System in 1984. The first album Parla Patois was released in 1992. By this time they had released two demo cassettes: Rude et souple and Vive le PIIM .

Along with the success of Olympique Marseille , the Massilia Sound System made Marseille famous again in the 1990s. This gave the young Marseilles a positive identity and were proud of their city again.

In 2000 they had their national breakthrough with their album 3968 CR 13 . They reached number 58 on the French charts and stayed in the charts for 3 weeks with the album.

On February 14, 2002, the members of the Massilia Sound System Mazzarino René and François Ridel were awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

After the release of the live album Massilia fait tourner for the group's 20th anniversary in 2004, the members worked on solo projects: Oai Star (Rock, members from the Massilia Sound System: Gari Gréù, Kayalik. Former members: Lux Botté, BluM; others Members: dubmood ), Moussu T e lei Jovents (members: Tatou, Blu; Chanson ) and Papet J ( Dub , solo project René Mazzarino)

After three years of working on these solo projects, the formation Oai e libertat released the newest album in 2007 , in which they move away from their original roots and orientate themselves more towards electronics and pop.

On July 18, 2008, former member Lux Botté died of cancer in Gardanne at the age of 47 .

Discography

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
FR FR
1992 Parla Patois -
1993 Chourmo -
1995 Commando Fada -
1996 On met le òai partout -
Live album
1997 Aïollywood -
1999 Marseille London Experience -
2000 3968 CR 13 FR58 (3 weeks)
FR
2002 Occitanista FR37 (7 weeks)
FR
2004 Massilia fait tourner FR52 (8 weeks)
FR
Live album
2007 Oai e libertat FR43 (8 weeks)
FR
2011 Live e libertat FR183 (1 week)
FR
Live album
2014 Massilia FR57 (3 weeks)
FR

Others

  • The members of the Massilia Sound System are against the HADOPI law .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of funkhauseuropa.de
  2. ↑ Chart sources: FR
  3. ↑ Article on laprovence.com (FR)