Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo was born on February 8, 1974 in Paris, France. In 1992 he recorded together with his schoolmates [[artist:Thomas Bangalter]] and [[artist:Laurent Brancowitz]] (later part of the band [[artist:Phoenix]]) his first two songs under the name [[artist:Darlin']], which were released on the compilation "[r=306155]" on [[label:Duophonic]]. The Darlin' tracks were called "a daft punky trash" by a reviewer of the UK music magazine Melody Maker. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter jokingly took "[[artist:Daft Punk]]" as their next band name. In 1993 their first single "The New Wave" was released on [[label:Soma Quality Recordings]]. In 1997 Guy-Man and his friend [[artist:Eric Chedeville]] created the label [[label:Crydamoure]], where they released their music under the name [[artist:Le Knight Club]] and supported other French newcomers. Guy Manuel's brother is [[artist:Paul De Homem-Christo]] AKA [[artist:Play Paul]]. Instruments: Guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, drum machine, programming. Discography [[artist:Le Knight Club]]: "Santa Claus / Holiday on Ice" (1997) "Intergalaktic Disko" (1997) "Troobadoor / Mirage" (1998) "Boogie Shell" (1999) "Hysteria" (1999) "Gator / Chérie D'Amour" (2001) "Doggystyle / Rhumba" (2002) "Nymphae Song / Rhumba" (2002) "Soul Bells" (2002) [[artist:Crydajam]]: "If You Give Me The Love I Want" / "Playground" / "Loaded" (2002) [[artist:The Eternals]] Vs. [[artist:Deelat]]: "Wet Indiez (Shake That Bourrelet Remix)" (2000) Albums produced: Waves (2000) Waves II (2003) [m=5331] by [[artist:Sébastien Tellier]] (2008) [m=525395] by [[artist:Kavinsky]] (2013)