Modjo

Modjo
Origin Paris, France
Genres
Years active 1998–2002
Labels
Website modjo.com
Past members
  • Romain Tranchart
  • Yann Destagnol

Modjo (pronounced: [mɔdʒo]) was a French house musical duo made up of producer Romain Tranchart and vocalist Yann Destagnol (aka Yann Destal). They had major success with their hit single "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".

Biography

Romain Tranchart (born on 9 June 1976) first moved with his family to Mexico and Algeria, to finally live in Brazil. There, he started learning the guitar, finding inspiration through jazz classics.[1]

At that time, he became a fan of house music, influenced by DJ Sneak, Ian Pooley, and Daft Punk. He released his first house single as Funk Legacy titled "What You're Gonna Do, Baby" on Vertigo Records in 1998. Later, he decided to enter the American School of Modern Music in Paris, the French division of the Berklee School of Music.

Also Parisian, Yann learned to play flute and clarinet when he was a small child. As he aged he became deeply influenced by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, David Bowie and other pop acts. He started to play drums by emulating them. He also learned to play the piano and the guitar. He later bought himself a four track recording machine and started songwriting and singing. Fascinated more by voices than by charismatic band leaders, he liked bands such as Aerosmith, the Police and Queen and lately became a great fan of R&B divas.

After being a drummer and sometimes-vocalist in a few bands, he met Romain in 1998, and the partnership was born. The two quickly began recording, and from those sessions came "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)". The single got recognition later on in 2000. It is a "French-flavour" house track with heavy pop and disco influences, which featured a sample from Chic's "Soup for One". The track became an instant number-one across Europe, and was followed up by other singles "Chillin'", "What I Mean" and "No More Tears". Their live version of the band was named Modjo Band, which saw the duo being accompanied by guitars, bass and drums.

After "No More Tears", they started their respective solo careers, with Romain Tranchart remixing songs from various artist like Res ("Golden Boys"), Shaggy ("Sexy Lady"), Mylène Farmer ("California") and post producing the likes of Everynote's "Once Upon a Time". Yann Destal's released a very Queen-esque album, titled The Great Blue Scar, reaching some success in France.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
FRA
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 FIN
[4]		 GER
[5]		 SWI
[6]
Modjo
  • Released: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
 21 41 39 30 13

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[2]		 AUS
[7]		 BEL
[8]		 GER
[9]		 NLD
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[6]		 UK
[12]		 US
[13]
"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" 2000 7 10 5 2 4 8 1 1 81 Modjo
"Chillin'" 2001 44 35 34 38 41 26 10 12 —
"What I Mean" 88 — 52 67 58 — 17 59 —
"No More Tears" 2002 — 85 60 — — — 91 — —
"On Fire" — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Romain Tranchart interview
  2. 1 2 "Discographie Modjo". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Discographie Modjo". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Discography Modjo". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Modjo / Longplay" (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Discographie Modjo". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Discography Modjo". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Discografie Modjo". ultratop.be (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Modjo (Single)". charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Top 40-artiest: Modjo" (select individual songs for chart information). Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Discography Modjo". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Modjo" (select "Singles" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Modjo – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Les Certifications depuis 1973: Modjo" (select "MODJO" and then click "Go") (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2000". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Certified Awards" (enter "Modjo" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank: Modjo" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  19. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Modjo)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

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