French Rock Concert! 29th Jan Saturday

Rock Concert - By MATMATAH
‘ Ethno-world' or ‘Celticrock',
Saturday 29 th Jan at 7.30p.m.

St. Joseph's Boys' High School Ground(near Raheja Towers) on M.G. Rd

Entry Free

"The Alliance Française de Bangalore and the Embassy of France in India present an International Rock music concert.

Matmatah is one of the leading rock bands in France. It has already sold more than 1 million albums and just released their last album in October. If the sound was electronic, the choice of music ( The Beatles, Neil Young…) was a reminder of the ‘rock' origins of those who, in 1995, came to be known as “Matmatah”, composed of Eric on the bass and Fanch on the drums. The first step was achieved and they acquired a solid reputation that never faltered.

The adventure began in 1992, West Brittany, Finistere. Sammy and Stan formed a song & guitar duo, calling themselves the Tricards Twins and playing in all the tiny bars along the way.
Their first single, The sheep ( 1997) sold 30,000 copies in less than six months before finally reaching the astronomical figure of 800,000. Too often labelled ‘ethno-world' or ‘Celtic rock', the group knew how to please the eclectic crowd, thanks to their joviality, their passion, their detonating cocktail of electronic frenzy and nostalgic sounds.

The media craze for Matmatah happened during their triumphant marathon tour of 80 performances from Elysées-Montmartre to Zénith, by way of multiple festivals.

One thing is certain; the public will give a warm welcome to these Bretons from the West who will be performing in the east for the very first time with 9 performances in India at the beginning of 2005."

Check out the Alliance Française Web site: http://www.allfranceblr.com/index.htm