HISTORY
1969: (5th sept): born in Annecy (French Alps).
1986: first finger on a bass
1988: first band called Headline (instrumental heavy metal) .no album, no concert.
1991: One year in a music college (CMCN in Nancy-France)
1992: My first serious band : The Team (with French guitarist Christophe GODIN). Heavy metal covers.
1993: One year in a music college in England called M.I. (Musician Institute London)
1994: Patrick RONDAT called me when I was living in London (3 albums together and Tours including the G3 with Joe Satriani, Michael Schenker and Uli Roth). Support act for Gary Moore (95), AC/DC (96)...
Dec 1999: Consortium Project European Tour. Luca came in Lyon (France) to see us. I met him for the 1st time. He was completely drank...drinking all the the beers in our tourbus !
Summer 2001: By a sunny day, I went to see a rehearsal of Rhapsody before their tour in South America. All I saw was 4 guys playing with a ball in a swimming pool. I spent 2 hours catching the ball everytime it was out of the water ! I must admit during this time Luca was composing on his computer in the dark rehearsing studio.
Dec 2001: Dominique Leurquin (I know him for 15 years) called me to ask if I wanted to be the new bassplayer of Rhapsody.
Feb 2002: working hard on
the songs for the tour. My right hand cries !
For more details on Bands, albums, tours....
see the bio at the end.
Favourite Rhapsody album:
"Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret".
Favourite Rhapsody songs:
"Emerald Sword", "The March of the Swordmaster",
"Land of Immortals", "Never Forgotten Heroes",...
Favourite artwork:
"Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret".
Favourite fantasy movie:
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter.
Favourite hobbies:
Travelling , Skydiving, Mountain bike, Skiing, Trekking,...
Recordings:
- "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret"
- Rhapsody - 2004.
- "The Dark Secret" - Rhapsody - 2004.
- "Control The Past" - Inner Visions - Replica
Records/2004.
- "An Ephemeral World" - Patrick RONDAT - Replica
Records/2004.
-"Continuum in Extremis"- Consortium Project
II- 2001- With Ian PARRY (Elegy/GB), Stephane LILL (Vanden
Plas/Germany), Dirk BRUINENBERG (NL)...
-"On The Edge"- Patrick RONDAT (Dreyfus/Sony
Music-'99). With Michel PETRUCCIANI and Didier LOCKWOOD.
-"Amphibia Tour Live"- Patrick RONDAT (Dreyfus/Sony
Music-'97).
-"Basses Influences"- Patrice GUERS (XIII Bis
Records-'97) - with Jannick TOP, Mishko, Dominique BERTRAM,
Tony BONFILS, Sylvain MARC, Linley MARTHE, Philippe CHAYEB,...
-"Shooting Star"- Patrick RONDAT (CNR/Arcade-'96).
-"Amphibia"- Patrick RONDAT (Dreyfus/Sony Music-'96).
Produced by Jean-Michel JARRE, with Tommy ALDRIDGE on
Drums.
LIVE:
- "An Ephemeral World Tour" with Patrick RONDAT
- 2004.
- "Control The Past Tour" with Inner Visions
- 2004.
- "The Tour of The Dragonflame" with Rhapsody
- 2002.
- Tour as main support act for Johnny HALLYDAY ( 2000
Tour) with Fred BLONDIN.
- Tour with Fred BLONDIN (2000). The Paris concert was
broadcast on TV Channel MCM.
- European Tour '99 with Consortium Project.
- G3 Tour 1998 with Joe SATRIANI (USA), Michael SCHENKER
(All) and RONDAT (Fr).
- Tours with Patrick RONDAT (1997...2004...)
