Sens Unik is a Swiss Hip hop group from Lausanne, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2010. They reunited in 2024 and are touring since.
Sens Unik received 4 gold records and contributed to music of films La Haine and Neutre.
The six members were: Just One, Carlos Leal, Rade, Déborah, Osez and Laurent Biollay.
Among their greatest successes was the 1997 published track "Original", which consists of a collaboration with the German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier and had reached number 27Chartdiskografie Schweiz of the Swiss and number 73Chart Database of charts-surfer.de of the German single charts. Several albums reached the top ten of the Swiss album charts.
For their song "Le vent tourne", released on the album Panorama 91-97, the group was inspired by the French film La Haine. The song also appeared on a special compilation for the film, La Haine, inspirée musique du film, but not on the soundtrack.
Discography Albums and EPs 1991 – Le VIième Sens (EP) 1992 – Les portes du temps (Album), CH#12 1994 – Chromatic (Album), CH#4 1996 – Tribulations (Album), CH#8 1997 – Panorama 91-97 (Compilation-LP), CH#5 1998 – Pole Position (Album), CH#9 1999 – Propaganda Live (Live-Album), CH#26 2001 – Abracadabra (Album), CH#12 2004 – Mea culpa (Album), CH#8 2004 – Galaxy 1991-2004 (Compilation-LP), CH#52 2010 – Generations (Best-of-Album), CH#3
Singles 1991 – Nouvelle Politique (Maxi-Single) 1992 – Rira bien (Maxi-Single) 1992 – Hijo del Latino (Maxi-Single) 1993 – À gauche, à droite (Maxi-Single) 1994 – Laisse toi aller (Maxi-Single), CH#33 1995 – What I've Got I&II (Maxi-Single) 1996 – Paquito (Maxi-Single), CH#45 1997 – Original (feat. Fanta 4) (Maxi-Single), CH#27 1998 – Zak et Loly (Maxi-Single), CH#32 2001 – C'est la vie (Maxi-Single), CH#49 2004 – Charly (Maxi-Single), CH#63 2010 – Sur tes ondes, CH#66
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