| Orange Blossom | |
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| Origin | France |
| Genre(s) | Electronic, World, Trip hop |
| Years active | mid-1990s–present |
| Members | |
| Carlos Robles Arenas Pierre-Jean Chabot Mathias Vaguenez Leïla Bounous |
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| Éric, Jay C. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. | |
Orange Blossom is a French band that plays a mix of electronic and world music.
The band was formed in Nantes in 1993 with Pierre-Jean Chabot (known as PJ Chabot) on violin and Jean-Christophe Waechter (known as Jay C. Nantes (Naoned Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast ) on percussions and vocals. In 1994, Éric (organ) joined the band and a first audio tape was recorded in september. In 1995 the band stabilized with the arrival of Carlos Robles Arenas on drums, djembé, and sampler, and the departure of Éric. A djembe (ˈdʒɛmbeɪ JEM-bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe, or sanbanyi in Susu is a skin covered [1] Their first disc, Orange Blossom, came out in 1997 on the Prikosnovénie label, selling 15,000 copies. Prikosnovénie is a French Independent record label founded in 1990 by Frédéric Chaplain and Sabine Adélaïde that moved to its
Before their second album came out, the group was influenced by ethnic and traditional music. They met and collaborated with several non-French artists, like Ivorian percussion group Yelemba D'Abidjan and Egyptian group Ganoub. They toured in Egypt, France, and Belgium. Vocalist Jay C. left the band in 2000 and created Prajña. In 2002, percussionist Mathias Vaguenez and vocalist Leïla Bounous joined the group. The album Everything Must Change came out in 2005 on the Bonsaï Music label.
Carlos Robles Arenas is Mexican. Leïla Bounous is part Algerian, part Breton. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The Bretons are a distinct Ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France.
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