After a few experiences in New Wave and Noisy bands as guitarist and programmer, he began composing down tempo and breakbeat tracks in 1998.
Interested in sound design hes recorded soundtracks for various events and videos (JESS soundtrack at palais omnisport of Paris-Bercy, LBHD for the Ecole superieure d'Architecture of Paris ...). Influenced by the 90's breakbeats, the 70's jazz-funk period, as well as the recent electro/house/dub scenes, he blends his productions in a very personnal down tempo music, soulfull but still funky.
His last EPs have gained support from Ursula 1000, Fort Knox Five, Soul of Man, Plump Djs, Laurent Garnier, Kraak&Smaak, Soul Soda ... and has received great feedbacks from the audience all over the world.
Some of their tracks appear on the NU FUNK Vol.2 Wagram compilation (with Amoncontact, Skalpel, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Alice Russel etc...), on Dope Beats vol2, on the last "Funkanova" compilation, etc.
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Discog :
Maelstrom & Napz - spell it EP (Jalapeno Records)
Maelstrom & Napz - soul school EP (Rotax Disques)
Napz & Mr Strom - fresh kingz EP (Innvision Records)
and the last one (summer 2008) :
Napz - inner vibes EP (Backslide Records)----------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------- you can buy NAPZ tunes/vinyls on : www.juno.co.uk + www.nuloop.com + www.virginmega.fr + www.chemical-records.co.uk + www.zooloader.com + www.djtunes.com + many more ...
