Skread

Skread
Birth name	Matthieu Le Carpentier
Also known as	Skread
Born	22 September 1981 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France[1]
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter, musician
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Wagram, 7th Magnitude
Associated acts	Booba, Brasco, Casseurs Flowters, Diam's, Gringe, Nessbeal, Orelsan
Website	skread.skyrock.com

Matthieu Le Carpentier (born 22 September 1981 in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Lower Normandy), better known by his stage name Skread ([ˈskʁɛd]), is a French record producer, songwriter and musician. He has composed and produced for a great number of artists, notably Orelsan, Diam's, Booba, Rohff, Sinik and Nessbeal among others. He has worked on projects of young singer Isleym, rappers El Matador, Brasco and rap band Nysay. He is also co-founder of the record label 7th Magnitude, to which Orelsan and Nessbeal are signed, and has also appeared on many of Orelsan's music videos.

Career

Le Carpentier was born in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, a suburb in the city of Caen, France. He studied at École de Management de Normandie, where in 2000, he met French rappers Orelsan and Gringe. He composed for Orelsan, and the three co-operated to form Casseurs Flowters (officially made up of Orelsan and Gringe).^[2] He then met American rapper, producer Playboy Tramaine, better known as P Tizi, in Tampa, Florida at a pool party in 2002.

He has been active since 2004, notably with the release of Panthéon from Booba with the tracks "Tallac" and "Baby", the latter featuring Nessbeal. In 2005, he released a compilation album entitled Instrus, containing instrumentals of popular songs he has produced. In 2006, he co-produced with Kilomaitre and Elyo the track "La Boulette" from Diam's. The song won Best francophone Song" for 2006 during the NRJ Music Awards.

On 8 July 2013, he released Instrus, Vol. 2, the second in the Instrus series, showcasing his productions for Orelsan and Nessbeal.^[3]

7th Magnitude

In 2006, Skread established the French hip hop and R&B label 7th Magnitude with Ablaye, his friend and a member of Orelsan's entourage. The label has been instrumental in launching Orelsan, with Skread producing and releasing Perdu d'avance and the hugely successful Le chant des sirènes. The label has also released Nessbeal's NE2S and Sélection naturelle, as well as singer Isleym's debut studio album Ou ça nous mène.

Discography

Compilation albums

• 2005 – Instrus
• 2013 – Instrus 2.0

Production

The following is a list of albums in which Skread has produced as either producer or co-producer, showing year released, performing artists and album name.

Year	Artist	Album
2004	Booba	Panthéon
	Nysay	L'asphaltape
		Starting Blocks
	Street Lourd	Street Lourd Hall Stars
2005	Booba	Autopsie, Vol. 1
	Brasco and El Matador	Bombattak MC's
	IV My People	Mission
	LIM	Enfant du ghetto
	Lino	Paradis assassiné
	Rohff	Au-delà de mes limites
	Sinik	La main sur le cœur
2006	Diam's	Dans ma bulle
	DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Cut Killer	Mixtape Evolution
	Hostile Records	Hostile 2006
	Nessbeal	La mélodie des briques
	Nysay	Au pied du mur
2007	El Matador	Parti de rien
	Passi	Evolution
	Salif	Boulogne Boy
2008	Nessbeal	Rois sans couronne
	Salif	Prolongations
2009	Frenesik Industry	Maghreb United
	Orelsan	Perdu d'avance
	Taipan	Punchliner
2010	Isleym	Avec le temps
	Nessbeal	NE2S
2011	Nessbeal	Sélection naturelle
	Orelsan	Le chant des sirènes
2013	Casseurs Flowters	Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters
2014	Disiz	Transe-lucide
	Isleym	Où ça nous mène
2015	Casseurs Flowters	Comment c'est loin

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Comment c'est loin	Himself	Semi-autobiographical film

References

1. Abcdrduson: Interview Raphaël avec Skread
2. Charts in France: Orelsan : un nouvel album des Casseurs Flowters avec Gringe! (French)
3. "Skread - Instrus, Vol. 2 - iTunes" (in French). iTunes. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

External links

• Skread on Skyrock
• Skread on Facebook