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Philippe Chatel (birth name: Philippe de Chateleux), born 23 February 1948 in Paris, France, he is one of the first wave of the French Nouvelle Chanson songs. Starting with "Brassens", he composes, writes and performs his own songs. He scored his first great popular success "Je t'aime bien Lili" in 1977. Then follow titles like "Ma lycéenne", "Tout quitter mais tout emporter", but especially "Mr. Hyde." .

From the moment the title cut’s colossal riff kick-starts the disc until the wall of feedback that finishes the soaring instrumental “Aberystwyth” concludes the set list, Sayce’s fourth release for Provogue Records is a rock ‘n’ blues joyride — a heavyweight sonic and emotional juggernaut fueled by Sayce’s unstoppable talent. “This is the most unfiltered album I’ve done,” says the Toronto native. “The only goals were to be completely honest in every moment of writing and recording, so we could get all of the emotional intensity of these songs into the tracks.” Mission accomplished. Steamroller draws on an era when...

Jean-Philippe Goude came into the world in Paris on July 27th 1952. In spite of a most favorable family context - his mother being a violinist and his father happily devoting himself to the piano -, it wasn't until the age of ten that Jean-Philippe discovered piano playing when he started his classical music studies. Two years later, however, he was forced to abandon his instrument, after moving house. He started again to practice by himself, another two years later. Yet, he soon lost interest in classics and began to play with bluse rock bands, before going back to classical...