Johnny Xmas

Who is regarded by Françoise Hardy as her soulmate? Who wrote "Manureva" with Alain Chamfort and Serge Gainsbourg? Who composed the soundtrack music for the motion picture of Charles Baudelaire's "Les fleurs du mal"? Who played keyboards on stage for Christophe, Chamfort, Mort Shuman, Keren Ann, Anna Karina, Helena Noguerra, Mick Harvey, Daniel Darc, Rodolphe Burger? Who occasionally collaborated with Kate Bush on a never released project for Alan Stivell? Who wrote those wonderful songs for Jane Birkin, Françoise Hardy, Veronique Sanson, Alain Chamfort and Diane Dufresne? To whom did Serge Gainsbourg say: "we're the same kind, you and me"?That's right! It's Jean-Noel Chaleat, a.k.a. Johnny Xmas, France's most refined and most seclusive musician. Lend an ear, myspacers, and you will fall in a world of endless harmony.(Jacques Duvall)