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La Compagnie Créole
Musical artist
La Compagnie Créole is a popular French pop band from French Guiana and the French West Indies, founded in the 's. They originally started singing in Creole but quickly adopted French as their main language. They are known mostly for the feel-good and happy-go-lucky quality reverberating in all of their songs: popular themes and imagery include colorful rainbows, sunshine, music and harmless animals as a positive morale booster all set to Caribbean rhythms. Many of their records have been produced by Daniel Vangarde.
Biography
Founded in , the group released their first album, "Ba mwen en ti bo" in , with the album "Blogodo" following in In , two of their most popular songs, "Vive le Douanier Rousseau&#;!" and "C'est bon pour le moral" were released, with , and , records sold, respectively.[1][2] From to , the group released additional popular songs, including "Le Bal masqué", "Ça fait rire les oiseaux" and "Ma première biguine-partie."
The group received top billing in the fourth and fifth seasons of "Âge tendre, la tournée des idoles" a tour composed of musical acts originating from the 's and the 's. On May 27, , a celebration in their honour was held in Paris.
In the summer of , they released a parody of their song "Le bal masqué" under the title of "Sortons masqués" (Let's go out wearing masks) to encourage wearing masks during the COVID pandemic.[3]
The group has produced over 23 albums, and claims to have sold over 60 million records.[4]
At the beginning of , the group took part in the 6th season of the popular French TV project "Mask Singer" under a Hand mask. They left the project in episode 3.
Members
- Clémence Bringtown – born 17 December , Le Robert, Martinique (vocals)
- Arthur Apatou – born 6 June , Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe (Guitar)
- José Sébéloue – (17 September , Ouanary, French Guiana – 3 September ) (Guitar, percussion, vocals)
- Julien Tarquin – born 16 September , Marigot, Martinique (Bass, vocals)
- Jean-Marc Vivenza – born 26 December , Marigot, Saint-Martin (Keyboards, intonarumori, percussion)
- Guy Bevert – born 18 February , Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe (drums, percussion, vocals)
Discography
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Studio albums
- Ba mwen en ti bo ()
- Blogodo ()
- Vive le douanier Rousseau ()
- Le Bal masqué ()
- Bons baisers de Fort de France ()
- Ça fait rire les oiseaux ()
- Sans chemise sans pantalon ()
- Soca Party sur la plage ()
- La Bonne Aventure ()
- Bon anniversaire maman ()
- Megamix ()
Tribute album
A tribute album titled Les machines à danser (dancing machines) was released in June ; the album includes covers by Québécois artists such as Ariane Moffatt, Dubmatique and Afrodizz.[5]