St Germain (musician)

St Germain
Born 1973
Origin France
Genres Acid jazz, nu jazz, downtempo, deep house, Restaurantica
Years active 1995–present
Labels FCommunications
Blue Note/EMI
Parlophone/Nonesuch
Website http://www.stgermain-music.com
Members Ludovic Navarre

St Germain (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre (French pronunciation: ​[lydɔvik navaʁ]), born 1973 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a French musician. His style has been described as being a combination of house and nu jazz music.[1]

Career

Navarre's album Boulevard was released in July 1995 and has sold over 1 million copies[2] worldwide. His United States debut, Tourist, was released in 2000 and sold 300,000 copies in the USA and 4 million copies worldwide.[2] Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool and the Gang are among Ludovic's early influences. He composed his first work under the name of Sub System with friend Guy Rabiller. He has released EPs under a number of aliases, among them Deepside, LN'S, Modus Vivendi, Nuages and Soofle.

St Germain is not associated with the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café compilation series, though his song "Deep in It" is featured on its "Volume 1".

His song "Rose Rouge" was featured in the official movie trailer for Joss Whedon's 2013 Much Ado About Nothing.

His eponymous album, released on 9 October 2015, was recorded with the participation of African musicians, the album features traditional Malian instruments such as kora, balafon and n’goni, that mingle with electric guitars, pianos, saxophones and electronic loops. The first single, “Real Blues”, sets the voice of Lightnin’ Hopkins to the beat of wild, fiery drums and percussion.

The original single sleeve is decorated with a 3D mask conceived by Urban Art creator Gregos, known for his smiling and frowning faces stuck on walls throughout Paris and Europe.

St Germain was included in the line-up for Coachella 2016.[3]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
FR
[4]		 AUS
 AUT
 BEL
 GER
 IT
 NED
 NOR
 NZ
 SUI
1995 Boulevard 32  –  – 33  –  – 9  –  –  –
1999 From Detroit to St Germain
(as Ludovic Navarre)		 103  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –
2000 Tourist 5 23 23 3 76 8 3 9 8 37
2015 St Germain 15  – 43 2 92 29 11  – 19 22

Singles/EPs

St Germain
  • 1993: French Traxx EP
  • 1993: Motherland EP
  • 1994: Mezzotinto EP
  • 1995: "Alabama Blues"
  • 1996: "Muse Q The Music" (with Shazz and Derek Bays)
  • 1996: "Alabama Blues (Revisited)"
  • 2000: "Sure Thing"
  • 2000: "Rose Rouge" ('I want you to get together') (Peaks: FR: #97, NED:#86)
  • 2001: "Sure Thing Revisited"
  • 2001: "Rose Rouge Revisited"
  • 2001: "So Flute"
  • 2002: "Chaos"
  • 2004: Mezzotinto EP (re-release)
  • 2015: "Real Blues" (Peaks: FR: #129)
Deepside/D.S.
  • 1992: Seclude EP (with Guy Rabiller)
  • 1992: Deepside EP (with Guy Rabiller)
  • 1993: Tolérance EP
  • 1994: Volume 1 & 2, as D.S.
Sub System
All produced with Guy Rabiller
  • 1991: "Subhouse", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
  • 1991: "J'Ai Peur", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
  • 1991: "III", as Sub System (with Guy Rabiller)
Other aliases
  • 1993: Nouveau EP, as Soofle
  • 1993: Paris EP, as Choice
  • 1993: "Modus Vivendi", as Modus Vivendi
  • 1993: Inferno EP, as LN'S
  • 1993: The Ripost EP, as Deep Contest (with DJ Deep)
  • 1994: "Burning Trash Floor", as Hexagone
  • 1994: Blanc EP, as Nuages
  • 1997: Paris EP (re-release), as Choice
(Co-)Production for other artists
  • 1993: Orange - Quarter EP
  • 1993: Shazz - "Lost Illusions"
  • 1993: Laurent Garnier - A Bout de Souffle EP
  • 1994: Shazz - "A View of Manhattan..."
  • 1996: DJ Deep - "Signature"
  • 2003: Soel - Memento

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ St Germain: Boulevard: New Version, the Complete Series - PopMatters Music Review
  2. 1 2 Epitonic.com: Your Source for Cutting-Edge Music
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  4. ↑ "St Germain discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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