About Me
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1979 | Born in Orleans. Real name Jean-Baptiste de Laubier.
1987 | Gets into Public Enemy, thanks to his sisters. Moves from his older brothers’ classic rock (Deep Purple, Pink Floyd) to Flavor Flav impersonations. The Geto Boys, NWA and Native Tongue are next.
1989 | Darkness falls. Sent to a catholic boarding school, he learns two elfish dialects, and starts an elfish zine. Goes from blond- to dark-haired in six months. At night, he escapes from the dormitory, sneaks into the school’s chapel. There, he prays for his sick sister while playing random notes on the organ.
1992 | Moves to Chambery, a smallish town near the French Alps. Gets into skiing, breakdancing, rapping and producing.
1993 | January 8th: first hip hop group. Takes the name Paradoxal H. Writes all the lyrics and produces all the songs.
1997 | Darkness falls once again. Comes back to Paris under a shroud of sadness. Produces two mixtapes in the QUALITY STREETZ series. Directs his first movies.
1998 | Leaves a VHS tape with some of his movies on the doorstep of filmmaker Chris Marker, of LA JETEE fame.
2000 | Produces for quite a number of rappers. Meets Tacteel.
2001 | Releases the BLUE RAIN EP on Ablode Recordings. Meets French rap superstars TTC. Writes one track on their first LP, CECI N’EST PAS UN DISQUE (Big Dada): “Pas D’Armureâ€. Film school.
2002 | Produces “Baise les Gens†for Le Klub des Loosers (Record Makers) and “Helium Liquide†for L’Armee des 12 (Kerozen). Starts Fuckaloop with Tacteel. With supergroup L’Atelier, releases LE BUFFET DES ANCIENS ELEVES (Institubes/PIAS). Completes CHARLOTTE QUELQUE PART, a documentary.
2003 | January 1st: Chris Marker responds, becomes a kind of mentor-at-large. Releases the BEAT DOWN EP (Institubes), his true first solo record.
2004 | Produces six tracks on BÂTARDS SENSIBLES, TTC’s acclaimed second album (Big Dada/V2), among which a true classic: “Dans le Clubâ€. Directs a short film: CACHE TA JOIE.
2005 | His movies are shown in Tokyo. Remixes Agoria, Krazy Baldhead, Ellen Allien (with Tacteel), Daft Punk. Releases second EP: CLUBHOPPN (Institubes), played by Feadz, Erol Alkan, Diplo, Modeselektor, Justice. Works on TTC’s third LP.
2006 | EPIPHANIE is released in Europe. Tours extensively all over the world. Gets remixed by Boys Noize, MSTRKRFT and Adam Kesher. Remixes MSTRKRFT, Trabant, Bloc Party, Vegastar, Teki Latex. First single DUDUN-DUN is one of the great club hits of the year...