Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Mirwais ( born October 23, 1960 in Lausanne, full name Mirwais Ahmadzaï ) is a living in Paris, French music producer, DJ and composer in the field of electronic music. He is of Afghan origin.
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Biography
Born in Switzerland, son of an Italian mother and an Afghan moved to Paris when he was six years old. He is one of the founders of the French progressive electronic music. In the eighties, he founded the successful group Taxi Girl (1979). Some of their hits are " Mannequin" and " Cherchez Le Garcon ". After separation of the group in 1986, he founded with his girlfriend Juliette Et Les Independants the duo. Then he turned, encouraged by his label Naïve, the electronic music. The result was, inter alia, the song "Disco Science", the Madonna Mirwais sent as DAT.
Madonna was thrilled with the new sound - and a three-year collaboration began. He wrote and produced her two albums Music (2000 ) American Life (2003) and a song for Confessions on a Dance Floor ( 2005). For his solo project in the U.S., he was signed to Sony. Mirwais has also worked on two different soundtracks, also to appear a new solo album in the fall / winter.
In addition, the song Mirwais Disco Science came into the movie Snatch (2000) producer Guy Ritchie, Madonna's husband damaligem.
Later Mirwais devoted himself to his project YAS (along with Yasmine Hamdan ), with whom he wanted to combine Western European productions with Arabic influences. As a source of inspiration Kraftwerk, Madonna and Daft Punk ministered to him. All songs are sung in Arabic.
Discography
Solo
Albums
Singles
Taxi Girl
Albums
- Cherchez le garçon
- Seppuku
- Suite & fin?
- Quelque part dans Paris
- 84-86
- Best-of
- L' intégrale
Singles
- Mannequin
- Cherchez le garçon
- Jardin Chinois
- Les Armées de la nuit
- La femme écarlate
- Viviane Vog
- Comme toi quelqu'un
- Dites - le fort
- Paris
Juliette et les Independants
Albums
Singles
Production
Albums
Singles
- Music ( Madonna)
- Do not Tell Me ( Madonna)
- Die Another Day ( Madonna)
- American Life ( Madonna)
- Hollywood ( Madonna)
- Love Profusion ( Madonna)
- Nobody Knows Me ( Madonna / Promo)