Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1969) is a Grammy Award-nominated French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specialising in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique.Le Friant is famous for popularising the "French touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams.Le Friant has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of Latin, jazz, African and tribal flavours.In 2005 he scored a hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, also peaking at no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and it stood 39 weeks in the Ultratop 50 in Belgium. It also became one of the official anthems for the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of the European countries. "Rock This Party " followed on 22 August 2006.The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 in the category of Remixed Recording. Also, "World, Hold On" topped in Billboard Magazine as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The fourth single of the album Western Dream, called "Tennessee" was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been cancelled due to the rumour of a new album being released.On the 21st of May 2007, he released the Soundz of Freedom album. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.His latest album, Born in 69, was released on 7th of May 2009. The first single of the album is Lala Song.

Discography

Singles

as The Mighty Bop 1994 "Les Jazz Electroniques EP" 1995 "Messe Pour Les Temps" 1996 "Ult Violett Sounds EP" 1998 "Feelin' Good" 2002 "I Go Crazy" 2003 "Lady", with Duncan Roy as Africanism 2000 "Bisou Sucré" 2000 "Do It", with Eddie Amador 2001 "Kazet" 2002 "Viel Ou La" 2004 "Amour Kéfé" 2004 "Kalimbo" 2004 "Steel Storm", with Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2005 "Summer Moon", with David Guetta 2006 "Hard", with The Hard Boys 2007 "Meu Carnaval", with Rolando Faria as Bob Sinclarmost tracks are co-produced by Cutee B 1996 "A Space Funk Project" 1996 "A Space Funk Project II" 1997 "Eu Só Quero um Xodó", with Salomé de Bahia 1998 "Gym Tonic", with Thomas Bangalter 1998 "My Only Love", with Lee Genesis #56 UK 1998 "Super Funky Brake's Vol. I" 1998 "The Ghetto" 1998 "Ultimate Funk" 2000 "I Feel For You", with Cerrone's Angels #9 UK, #33 ITA 2000 "Darlin'", with James "D. Train" Williams #46 UK 2000 "Greetings from Champs Elysées EP" #125 UK 2001 "Freedom", with Gene Van Buren #79 UK 2001 "Ich Rocke" 2001 "Save Our Soul" 2002 "The Beat Goes On", with Linda Lee Hopkins #33 UK 2003 "Kiss My Eyes", with Camille Lefort #67 UK, #22 US Hot Dance Club Play 2003 "Prego", with Eddie Amador 2003 "Slave Nation" 2004 "Sexy Dancer", with Cerrone's Angels 2004 "Wonderful World", with Ron Carroll 2004 "You Could Be My Lover", with Linda Lee Hopkins 2005 "Love Generation", with Gary Pine — #2 (NL), #3 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU, #1 CZ, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #11 US Hot Dance Airplay. 2006 "Generación del Amor" (Spanish Version) — #1 ESP 2006 "World, Hold On ", with Steve Edwards — #5 (NL), #2 FR, #8 CZ #1 ESP, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #10 US Hot Dance Airplay, #48 US Pop Airplay 2006 "Rock This Party ", with Dollarman and Big Ali — #3 FR, #11 CZ, '#3 UK, #7 AUS, #2 US Hot Dance Club Play 2007 "Tennessee", with Farell Lennon #21 ITA, #27 CZ 2007 "Everybody Movin'", with Ron Carroll — #3 GER, #1 ESP 2007 "Give a Lil' Love" — #10 ITA , #19 PL, #27 ESP 2007 "Sound of Freedom", with Gary Pine and Dollarman — #14 UK, #1 UK Indie, #24 CZ 2007 "What I Want", with Fireball #52 UK 2007 "Together", with Steve Edwards - #63 PL, #4 ROM 2008 "W.W.W. (What a Wonderful World)", with Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll 2008 "New New New", with Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali 2009 "LaLa Song", with Wonder Mike & Master Gee from Sugarhill Gang - #6 ITA 2009 "Love You No More", with Shabba Ranks

Hit singles

Albums

as Bob Sinclar 1998 Paradise 2000 Champs Elysées 2003 III 2004 Enjoy 2005 In The House (Various Artists Mix CD) 2006 Western Dream 2007 Soundz of Freedom 2007 Bob Sinclar: Live At The Playboy Mansion 2008 Dancefloor FG Winter 2008 (Mixed by Bob Sinclar) 2008 DJ Bob Sinclar 08 2009 Born in 69 as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho) 1995 La Vague Sensorielle 1995 The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues 2000 Spin My Hits 2002 The Mighty Bop as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastien Tellier) 1994 Ritmo Brasileiro 1995 Psycodelico 1999 More Psycodelico as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.) 1994 A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo as Africanism ( see all members on discogs.com) 2001 Africanism Allstars Vol. I, as Africanism 2004 Africanism Allstars Vol. II, as Africanism 2005 Africanism Allstars Vol. III, as Africanism 2006 Africanism Allstars Vol. IV, as Africanism

See also

List of number-one dance hits List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

Main sites Bob Sinclar — official site Bob Sinclar discography at Discogs Interviews & features Interview with Bob Sinclar Bob Sinclar on The Mag French musiciansHouse musiciansClub DJs1967 birthsLiving peopleDance musiciansFrench DJsRemixersБоб СинклерBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob Sinclarბობ სინკლერიBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarБоб СинклерBob SinclarBob SinclarBob SinclarBob Sinclar