Mirwais
Mirwais (born October 23, 1960 in Lausanne ; full name Mirwais Ahmadzaï ) is a Paris- based French music producer , DJ and composer in the field of electronic music . He is of Afghan descent.
biography
The Swiss-born son of an Italian and an Afghan moved to Paris when he was six years old. He is one of the founders of French progressive electronic music. In the 1980s he founded the successful group Taxi Girl (1979). Some of her hits are "Mannequin" and "Cherchez Le Garcon". After the group split in 1986, he and his girlfriend founded the duo Juliette Et Les Independants . He then turned to electronic music, supported by his Naïve label. The result was u. a. the song "Disco Science" that Mirwais sent Madonna as DAT.
Madonna was enthusiastic about the new sound - and a three-year collaboration began. He wrote and produced her two albums Music (2000), American Life (2003) and a song for Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). He signed with Sony for his solo project in the USA. Mirwais has also worked on two different soundtracks, and a new solo album will be released in autumn / winter.
In addition, the Mirwais song Disco Science made it into the film Snatch - Pigs and Diamonds (2000) by producer Guy Ritchie , Madonna's husband at the time.
Mirwais later devoted himself to his project YAS (together with Yasmine Hamdan ), with which he wanted to combine Western European productions with Arab influences. Kraftwerk , Madonna and Daft Punk were his sources of inspiration . All songs are sung in Arabic.
Discography
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solo
Albums
- 1990 Mirwais
- 2000 production
Singles
- 1991 cellophane
- 2000 Disco Science
- 2000 Naïve Song
- 2001 I Can't Wait
- 2002 Miss You
Taxi girl
Albums
- Cherchez le garçon
- Seppuku
- Suite & fin?
- Quelque part in Paris
- 84-86
- Best of
- L'intégrale
Singles
- mannequin
- Cherchez le garçon
- Jardin Chinois
- Les armées de la nuit
- La femme écarlate
- Viviane Vog
- Quelqu'un comme toi
- Dites-le away
- Paris
- Aussi belle qu'une balle
Juliette et les indépendants
Albums
- 1989 S / T
- 1994 14 July
Singles
- 1987 La vie en noir
- 1989 Je suis à tes pieds
production
Albums
- 1998 Suicide Sutra (Sutra)
- 2000 Music (Madonna)
- 2003 American Life (Madonna)
- 2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor (Madonna)
- 2008 YAS ( Yasmine Hamdan )
- 2019 Madame X (Madonna)
Singles
- Music (Madonna)
- Don't Tell Me (Madonna)
- Die Another Day (Madonna)
- American Life (Madonna)
- Hollywood (madonna)
- Love Profusion (Madonna)
- Nobody Knows Me (Madonna / Promo)
- Medellin (Madonna)
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Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Mirwais |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahmadzai, Mirwais; Ahmadzaï, Mirwais (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musician and record producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |