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ARDAG

ARDAG - Tropical Oriental Urban Metal

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I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° At the cross-roads between civilizations and influences, ARDAG’s music is the perfect reflection of our multi-cultural world and its myriad possibilities. Ardag Basmadjian was born in Paris, France, and grew up between Europe and the U.S. He’s been singing and writing songs in various groups since he was eleven years-old. Of Armenian origin, French nationality and American influence (north and south), Ardag sings in English, Spanish, French and Armenian. The style he has created merges the different influences that form his musical background: Salsa, Latin and Caribbean music, as well as Urban Sounds and Progs mixed with Rock and Metal. The imprint of the oriental melodies of his childhood, his years of experience working with the most famous names of the Paris soul/rock scene and his love for screaming guitars form the basis of his unique, ambitious and powerful style. Ardag’s self-titled EP was released in 2003. He has given about 250 concerts throughout Europe with his previous groups during the last 10 years and is now working on his upcoming album, due to be out in 2019 ;)NOURRIR LES EPEES (Alimentando Espadas)

Add to My Profile | More VideosApart from his personal 'salsa metalica' project, Ardag also works as a film composer. He has scored many songs for feature films, including the original soundtrack of ‘L’auberge Espagnole’ (‘The Spanish Apartment / Una Casa De Locos’) together with French radio guru DJ Loïk, a film directed by Cédric Klapisch and featuring Audrey ‘Amelie’ Tautou and Romain Duris, which was successfully released in 25 countries after becoming 2002’s major European blockbuster. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°°°°° Ardag has also contributed to the following movies: ‘Incontrolable’ by Raffy Shart (a comedy with French stars Michael Youn and Thierry Lhermitte), ‘The Passenger’ by François Rotger (a romantic yakuza quest co-produced by Japan, France and Canada), ‘Camping Sauvage’ by Nicolas Bonilauri and Christophe Ali, with Isild Le Besco and Denis Lavant - with whom Ardag had shared the screen as 'the child' in 'Boy Meets Girl', the first film by acclaimed french director Leos Carax. Ardag also has a side-project named The Blind Samurai together with Ed Ardan, with whom he’s worked on various TV shows as well as on the German-French feature film ‘Französisch für Anfänger’ by Christian Ditter.
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Member Since: 5/24/2006
Band Website: ardag-music.com
Sounds Like: La Fania All Stars meeting Slayer in a Nu-Yorican alley, Fishbone with an Oriental seasoning, Tito Puente's and Celia Cruz's ghosts grooving with System of a Down, Lauren Hyll on a Santeria trip, Bad Brains painting the Eiffel Tower, Cypress Hill saying 'no me gusta la motta', Aznavour doing a featuring with Ozomatli, Jennifer Lopez having lunch with James Gandolfini... Just wait for the first LP album to come out...
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My Blog

New song - Paris, le film de Cédric Klapisch

Après L'Auberge Espagnole en 2002, Ardag a de nouveau collaboré avec Cédric Klapisch et Loïk Dury dans le cadre du film "Paris". Le titre est "I don't give a F!!", un morceau punk plutôt énervé :)L'al...
Posted by ARDAG on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:22:00 PST

Feliz ano nuevo - Shnoravor Nor Dari

Happy New Year from NY May this year surprise you in a positive way
Posted by ARDAG on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:44:00 PST

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad en directo vivo from Studio City. Santa's riding on Santa Ana Winds this year.
Posted by ARDAG on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:18:00 PST

April 24 - Screamers in Paris

April 24th, 2007 - 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, SCREAMERS the movie finally made it to Paris. Wow.  24 avril, génocide arménien, justice, justice, pour le peuple arménien... Depuis ...
Posted by ARDAG on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:44:00 PST

Reality is the Dream

Feliz Ano Nuevo desde Nueva York, Capital del Mundo ;) Shenorhavor, arrortch, ourakh, hatchor Nor Dari Happy to see you again! Happy new year. Better be happy. Try and make it your best year...
Posted by ARDAG on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:51:00 PST

Rejoice!

Studio City, CA / Never give up hope in life's most simple and sacred things. Love, love, love. As long as we're here, able to breathe, smile, kiss, sing, rejoice, we can do ALL that we dream of. We'l...
Posted by ARDAG on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:58:00 PST

Only love is eternal

Van Nuys, LA, CA / Just when you thought everything was going good. There are things we can't understand. So we must keep whatever faith we have left and try to improve ourselves, always. Love th...
Posted by ARDAG on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:36:00 PST