Benjamin Laplace is a French singer, guitarist, composer, bassist, director and author.
Biography He began his career at the age of 17 with a group called Mistral born in the village of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1974. In 1976 Mistral move to Paris.
At the age of 20, 1979, they made their first record Sexy Beau : with Sonopresse recorded at the mythical Davout Studios published by EMI Group Limited . Also for EMI they recorded a second album called "Phantom" never released at the time. It appears on only one platform: SoundCloud. But in 2018 CAMÉLÉON RECORD released an Ep 4 vinyl tracks entitled "JUMBO JET" from the album "Phantom". This same label had already released a Mistral title "Les Fils de l'acier" (from the 1st album "Sexy Beau") on a compilation entitled CAMÉLÉON Mistral Thesaurus Volume 2.
Benjamin Laplace acted as lead guitarist, songwriter of the punk rock group Mistral, and did concerts with U2, Talking Heads, INXS, Undertones, Scorpion, Téléphone, and Starshooter. Then in 1982 he founded in London the new wave group Menage à Trois with Jean-Pierre Bruno. During this he collaborated with Prince on the set of Under The Cherry Moon They record in London a 45 rpm "Danger d'emotion / Les amants d'un jour" for the Warner Music Group produced by Nick Straker.
The second record, a single: UNISEX/ Stop l’Amour was record in 1981 by Philips Records published by Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
The group consisted of Belgian Didier Claes on drums, Monegasque Jean Pierre Bruno as singer/writer, Italian Giovanni Sovieri on bass, and Laplace as guitarist and composer. They toured France, Belgium and Switzerland with Scorpions and played at Olympia with Taxi Girl. They were invited in 1981 by Antoine de Caunes and played live their single Unisex. In 1995 he started his own career with album Etat d’Ôm 95.
He founded a new musical concept: NouX, in 2017 with the classical musician Adrien Frasse-Sombet where he plays guitar and act for vocals and Adrien Frasse-Sombet plays cello. Norbert Krief, Raphael Imbert, Fabrice di Falco, also worked for album.
Music
Albums +S.#Release dateAlbumNo. of tracksGenreLabelNote1Record in 1979 Sexy Beau!8Power RockEMI 1979 Released vinyl, 2022 released on retailers platforms2Recorded in 1980Phantom18Power RockEMISoundCloud, released in 20173Recorded in 1980Jumbo Jet Ep4Power RockChameleon Records EMIVinyl Ep/ album Maxi 45 rpm and platforms4Recorded in 1981Unisex / Stop l’amour2Power Phonogram WarnerVinyls and platforms5Recorded 1995 Etat d''Ôm9517Alternative RockEMI1995 Cd. released Platforms retailers in 2022 6Recorded 2002Comme10Alternative rock EMICd released in 2010 Retailers platforms 201872018Sombres illuminés_We’re All Black Stars7Noux! 82023The blue man sees red in verse13Alternative rockCD sorti in 2023 On the platforms in 2023
Singles and EPs Laplace has produced many signals and EPs. Following are a few selected ones. Year Song Note2023Les Mômes n'aiment pas la Lose2023Trop de peine trop de larmes2023Je ne connais rien aux Mandarines2022Best Friends' dreams2022Bump – Bump (Radio Edit)2022How Strong My Love is
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