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He started with DJing and sampling, and he brings that fresh stuff that changes the way we think in the studio. Myd: Sam brings something spontaneous to the group. Now when we talk about Club cheval’s second album, it’s me telling them we should do something more rock.

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I used to really hate the sound of a guitar, but these guys they taught me how to understand that influence, and how to understand a rock pattern. Sam: The three of them brought me a more open mind. Myd, you’re from a kind of electro-punk background, right? What different influences do you guys each bring to the group? To be honest, when we started Brodinski’s album Brava, I had never produced a rap track. I wasn’t digging into rap, but I used to listen to mainstream rap on the radio and I loved it. Myd: For me it’s pretty different because before I met Brodinski I never listened to rap in a deep way. Sam: My big brother, who I shared a room with, was into French rap, and as long as I can remember I’ve been listening to hip-hop. You both worked with Brodinski on Kanye West’s album, and have produced several other hip-hop projects. For example, if you put 10 chords in front of us, we will all choose the same ones.

It’s about the way you feel it, and we all feel the music the same way. I was born and raised in Lille, and we all left when we were 23. We are all from a town called Lille, and at some point if you’re in France and not in Paris, it’s a shithole. At some point we all realized that we all had ideas about music, things we wanted to change, and things we wanted to make evolve. We didn’t even talk about music during the two or three first times we met. I remember when I met Myd I was chilling at my friend’s place listening to French rap, and he came over but didn’t say shit. Sam: It’s really weird because we didn’t listen to the same type of music at all. Sam Tiba and Myd met FACT in New York to talk about escaping from Lille, the joy of complications, and their mission to make Discovery-sized anthems on Discipline.ĭo you remember what brought you guys together? Were you into the same type of music? They’ve also developed an impressive new live show, which has grown beyond DJing into a true performance with each member on piano, synthesizers, drum machines, MPCs, and vocals.

Besides releasing two singles (‘Discipline’ and ‘From the Basement to the Roof’) from their debut full-length LP Discipline, released on March 4, each member continued to put out solo EPs: Canblaster released Continue, Sam dropped Not Dead Yet, Panteros666 collaborated with Woodkid on Clear, and Myd put out Número Uno. Last year was a busy one for all four members. Each producer has built a solo career, and an alliance with fellow French producer Brodinski has brought opportunities to work with the likes of Kanye West. Since then, Club cheval has evolved from a musical collective into a fully formed band. The four producers met at university in Lille, France, and first emerged on the scene with their self-titled debut EP in 2009. Though bonded by shared ideals about music, each member adds a different perspective and skillset to the group. French producer supergroup Club cheval brings together four unique and talented producers: Canblaster, Sam Tiba, Panteros666, and Myd.

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