St Germain (musician)

St Germain
Origin France
Genres Acid jazz, nu jazz, downtempo, deep house
Years active 1995–present
Labels FCommunications
Blue Note
Parlophone/ Warner
Nonesuch
Members Ludovic Navarre

St Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician. His style has been described as being a combination of house and nu jazz music.[1]

Career

Navarre's album Boulevard was released in July 1995 and has sold over 1 million copies[2] worldwide. His United States debut, Tourist, was released in 2000 and sold 300,000 copies in the USA and 4 million copies worldwide.[2] Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool and the Gang are among Ludovic's early influences. He composed his first work under the name of Sub System with friend Guy Rabiller. He has released EPs under a number of aliases, among them Deepside, LN'S, Modus Vivendi, Nuages and Soofle.

St Germain is not associated with the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café compilation series, though his song "Deep in It" is featured on its "Volume 1".

His song "Rose Rouge" was featured in the official movie trailer for Joss Whedon's 2013 Much Ado About Nothing.

His eponymous album, released on 9 October 2015, was recorded with the participation of African musicians, the album features traditional Malian instruments such as kora, balafon and n’goni, that mingle with electric guitars, pianos, saxophones and electronic loops. The first single, “Real Blues”, sets the voice of Lightnin’ Hopkins to the beat of wild, fiery drums and percussion.

The original single sleeve is decorated with a 3D mask conceived by Urban Art creator Gregos, known for his smiling and frowning faces stuck on walls throughout Paris and Europe.

St Germain is included in the line-up for Coachella 2016.[3]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
FR
[4]
AUS
AUT
BEL
GER
IT
NED
NOR
NZ
SUI
1995 Boulevard 32     33     9      
1999 From Detroit to St Germain
(as Ludovic Navarre)
103                  
2000 Tourist 5 23 23 3 76 8 3 9 8 37
2015 St Germain 15   43 2 92 29 11   19 22

Singles/EPs

St Germain
Deepside/D.S.
Sub System
All produced with Guy Rabiller
Other aliases
(Co-)Production for other artists

Remixes

References

External links

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