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[Protrait credit: A. Duplantier]
New:
where does the band's name
come from?
Planète Zen forms in 1990, and starts recording its firts demos in july.
In 1992, Charlie the Spacedriver, Planète Zen's first single
is an immediate success in indie french charts.
Lenoir
(a french radio programmer) pretends they are the best group in the world,
and starts broadcasting them on january 22.
With their friends of
Rise and Fall of a Decade,
they will record first an EP, at the Unity Mitford studio, released
on march 23, and their first LP, Planète Zen, in may,
on the Single K.O. label.
Planète Zen are:
Muriel Bonfils - Vocals
Stephan Haeri - Guitar
Christophe Chiappa - Bass
But soon after, the label goes bankrupt!
The band will give a few gigs, in the following months, but while they
record a few songs, they fail to release any record in those
troubled times. And Christophe disappears...
In may 1995, they are back with a new line-up:
Muriel Bonfils - Vocals
Stephan Haeri - Guitar, bass
Pascal Vaillant - Drums
With french lyrics on some songs and a real drummer, the five songs of
Tous les Jours de Mars (limited edition EP, Garage Records)
are just wonderful. Their friends from Autour de Lucie helped on some
of the songs.
1996 may 20: their 2nd LP, Terr..., is out on XIIIbis records.
Their friends from Autour de Lucie
(J.P. Ensuque, ...) are again invited on this record recorded and mixed
within 15 days at the Garage studio.
Their sound has evolved: they mix electronic and acoustic music, add samples,
but the melodies are still fantastic.
Soon after, they peform 2 songs live on a compilation:
Collection Electrique of
les Belles Promesses,
still on XIIIbis.
In 1997, on the Motorway japanese label, they mix 2 of their songs.
A new bassist, Jérôme Macklès has joined the band.
In 1998, Planète Zen covers Dindi, from A.C. Jobim
on an hommage compilation.
Often compared to Stereolab, Planète Zen is in fact its own reference.
They just bring heavenly melodies into our CD-players.
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