Sinsemilia

Sinsemilia
General information
Genre (s)	reggae
founding	1990
Website	sinsemilia.com
Founding members
Sound effects	Chid
Guitar , vocals	Riké
Drums	Ivan
Trumpet	Fabien
Tenor saxophone	Loucos (until 2004)
Guitar , vocals	Mike
bass	Natty
Alto saxophone	Carine
Percussion	Roukin
piano	Zaz
Current occupation
Sound effects	Chid
Guitar , vocals	Riké
Drums	Ivan
Trumpet	Fabien
Tenor saxophone	Bozo (since 2004)
Guitar , vocals	Mike
bass	Natty
Alto saxophone	Carine
Percussion	Roukin
piano	Zaz
Trumpet	Olivier

Sinsemilia is a French reggae music group from Grenoble that was founded in 1990 .

Career

The name Sinsemilia is an allusion to Sinsemilla , a term used in cannabis cultivation for seedless inflorescences. In 2005, the group gained special attention when they were supposed to play their hit single Tout le bonheur du monde during the "journal de 13h" on France 2 , but shortly after the start they played the very political song Bienvenue en Chiracquie instead , which caused a minor scandal.

For their album "Résistances", Sinsemilia recorded a reggae version of the song La mauvaise réputation by chansonnier Georges Brassens .

In 2004 the saxophonist Loucos left the group and was replaced by two new members: Bozo, who replaced Loucos, and Olivier (trumpet), which in turn enabled Fabien to play more with the guitar and piano. Since the hit single Tout le Bonheur du Monde (2005), the band's French reggae has enjoyed great popularity.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1998	Resistances	FR40 gold (26 weeks)FR	-	-
2000	Tout c'qu'on a	FR4 (21 weeks) FR	-	-
2002	Sinse part en live	FR40 (11 weeks) FR	-	-
2004	Debout les yeux ouverts	FR7th platinum (80 weeks)FR	BE W27 (29 weeks) BE W	CH70 (25 weeks) CH
2009	En quête de sens ...	FR19 (16 weeks) FR	-	CH61 (6 weeks) CH

More albums

• 1996: Première Récolte
• 2001: In a Different Style
• 2011: Best of - return
• 2012: 20 ans live
• 2015: Un autre monde est possible

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2004	Tout le bonheur du monde Debout les yeux ouverts	FR4th platinum (35 weeks)FR	BE W2 (28 weeks) BE W	CH28 (38 weeks) CH

Solo performances

In June 2003, Riké, one of the two singers, released his solo album Air Frais .

Web links

Commons : Sinsemilia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: FR BEW CH
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR