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Also known as The Mighty Bop, Christophe Le Friant, Chris the French Kiss, Desmond K, Reminiscence Quartet

producteur de disques français

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Bob Sinclar, born Christophe Jean Pierre Le Friant in Paris, France, on May 10, 1969, is a French record producer, disc jockey, and musician. He has worked in the music industry since 1987 and is associated with the Armada record label. His musical output spans genres including electronic dance music, French house, electro house, and dance-pop. He performs under several pseudonyms, such as Chris the French Kiss, Desmond K, The Mighty Bop, and Reminiscence Quartet.

Sinclar speaks French and maintains an official website. His work has been referenced by 373 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with descriptors like House, dance, electronic, french, and club, and he has accumulated 1,697,445 listeners and 18,209,824 plays. He has 396,450 social media followers.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1967
dance-popelectro houseelectronicfrench househip househouse

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,697,445
Total plays
18,209,824

Tags

Housedanceelectronicfrenchclub

Bob Sinclar, born in 1969, real name Christophe Le Friant (French pronunciation : kʁistɔf lə fʁijɑ̃), is a French record producer, DJ, remixer and co-owner (with DJ Yellow) of the label Yellow Productions. Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was just 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was Gym & Tonic, a track produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring unauthorized vocals taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape.

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Key facts

Also known as
Chris the French Kiss Desmond K The Mighty Bop Reminiscence Quartet
Born
Christophe Le Friant , ( 1969-05-10 ) 10 May 1969 (age 57) , Paris , France
Genres
House reggae fusion ragga electro house French house hip house
Occupations
Record producer disc jockey remixer
Years active
1987–present
Labels
Yellow Armada Ministry of Sound Australia
Website
bobsinclar .com

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Article · Français

Christophe Le Friant, dit Bob Sinclar, est un disc jockey (DJ), remixeur, compositeur et producteur de musique français, né le 10 mai 1969 à Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine. Après avoir pris les noms de scène The Mighty Bop, Chris the French Kiss et Reminiscence Quartet à ses débuts dans le platinisme, il adopte, en 1998, le pseudo Bob Sinclar, du nom du personnage incarné par Jean-Paul Belmondo dans le film Le Magnifique de Philippe de Broca (1973). Au début des années 2000, il est considéré, avec David Guetta, comme l'un des grands représentants de la French Touch. Il est à l’origine de succès internationaux et de projets parmi lesquels Africanism All Stars et Salomé de Bahia (avec notamment le single Outro Lugar), outre de nombreux remix. Son label, Yellow Productions, compte des artistes comme Dimitri from Paris, Kid Loco et DJ Yellow.

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