Music:
Member Since: 1/11/2007
Band Members: Philippe took up the guitar at 13 and decided to become a musician. At 16, he was giving his first rock concerts around his home town of Marseille with the rock-band Stormbringer’s band.
At 20, he was offered his first professional contract at the Sergeant Peppers club for four months, where he played Beatles songs with a band.
At 21, he went to Boston to take a six-month course at Berklee College of Music. When he returned to France he worked for two years as a guitarist and then moved to Los Angeles in the US to take classes at the Musician Institute, where he played alongside prominent musicians such as Joe Diorio or Joe Pass. When he returned to France, he carried on working as a musician and hung around with the Brazilian and African crowd. He enrolled for jazz classes at the Conservatory, where he met Julio, and came out top of the class in 1992.
In 1994, he moved to Paris and started recording a solo album (which was launched by Night & Day in 1996) and was faced with Parisian musicians.
He made new contacts in this musical circle and started playing with his group in clubs and also with West Indian and African musicians.
He wrote educational articles for the guitar magazine Guitar & Bass. He contributed to the Music Academy International and was in charge of the world music program.
He played in clubs with his group, “Philippe Robert Group†alongside Pierre Acourt and he met Julio again. Julio joined the group and they formed Wa-zimba.
He established the Feel Time Studio in 1999, where he started writing music with Julio and Pierre for Wa-zimba.
He produced MasaoTwins album, worked on Henri Dikongué’s album, co-produced Coco Mbassi’s album, with whom he played in Canada, Italy, Germany, etc. and carried out various fusion and pop music projects.
He still prefers composing and producing, which initially drove him into the music field, and this preliminary work is materialized on stage.
Here are some album where you could hear me :
PHIL.ROBERT
Album "Songs from Paris to Boston"
Songs from Paris to Boston is also available online on:
NAPSTER
AMAZON
EMUSIC
LALA
LES JUMEAUX DE MASAO
The masao twins
perpetuate the musical
tradition of "Esewe".
This second album
annonce the return towards
a more acoustic sound
Album "Mukeng" 2007
Mukeng is also available online on:
RHAPSODY
NAPSTER
AMAZON
EMUSIC
LALA
WA-ZIMBA
The first album of
Wa-zimba " Mandé Wazy "
is a unique and
mesmerizing
melodies
Sounds from the
Oceania
Album "Mande Wazy" 2006
Mande Wazy is also available online on:
RHAPSODY
NAPSTER
AMAZON
EMUSIC
LALA
Mali-Ka et Manu Dibango Fête de l'humanité
Les Jumeaux de Masao live in Paris
Latala Latin Remix Les Jumeaux de Masao / Phil Robert
Influences: Miles Davis, David Bowie, la chanson française, The Beatles, Yes, Japan, Mike Stern, Larry Carlton, Jimi Hendrix, Tonhino Horta, Pat Metheny, Gilberto Gil, Youssoun Dour, The RollingStones, J.Paul Bourelly,sans oublier tous mes amis Musiciens avec qui je partage la musique ....
Record Label: Feel-time Music
Type of Label: Indie