Chinese Man is a French

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band formed in 2004 and originally from

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History

They are influenced by hip-hop,

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, dub,

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and

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. Chinese Man is composed of DJ Marseille Zé Mateo and High Ku and beatmaker SLY. Beatmakers Leo le Bug and Le Yan also revolve around the group and participate in the composition of several pieces. Frequent live additions to the crew include Taiwan MC, MC Youthstar and ASM (Green T & FP). The audiovisual content for which they are well-known is produced by Fred&Annabelle, and VYZ Team. The group's song "I've Got That Tune" was chosen by

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for its promotional campaign and by the 35th French Film Festival in Hong Kong as its theme. Chinese Man Records is a label run by the band, based in

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, France.

Culture

The group has explained that Chinese Man is the name of the first track the collective produced together in 2004. The track got its name from a vocal sample saying Chinese Man, and they kept that name for the band and for the related label Chinese Man Records (aka CMR).

Discography

Albums

*2005 : ''The Bootlegs Sessions'' *2007 : ''The Groove Sessions Volume 1'' *2009 : ''The Groove Sessions Volume 2'' *2011 : ''Racing with the Sun'' *2012 : ''Remix with the Sun'' *# "The Mourning Son" (feat. Jeru the Damaja) *# "One Past" (OBF Remix) *# "Saudade" (feat. Femi Kuti / Liliboy) *# "Stand!" extended version (feat. Plex Rock) *# "Racing with the Sun" (Deluxe Remix) *# "Down" (Scratch Bandits Crew Remix): used by "Le Before" of Le Grand Journal of

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in its

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of "Le Before" of Le Grand Journal of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKqK3ybJcQ *# "In My Room" (feat. Chali 2Na) *# "Get up" (feat. Lush One / Plex Rock / Ex-I) (LeYan & Tomapam Remix) *# "Ta Bom" (feat. Tumi / General Electriks) *# "Miss Chang" (feat. Taiwan MC / Cyph4) ( Tha Trickaz Remix) *# ''Racing with the Sun'' (Iration Steppas Remix) *# "In My Room" (DJ Suv Remix) *# "The King" (The Libra Priest Suite) (DJ Simbad Remix) *2012 : ''Live à la Cigale'' *2014 : ''The Groove Sessions Volume 3'' *2015 : ''Sho-Bro'' *2015 : ''The Journey'' *2017 : ''Shikantaza'' *# "Shikantaza" *# "Liar" (feat. Kendra Morris & Dillon Cooper) *# "Maläd" *# "Step Back" *# "The New Crown" (feat. A-F-R-O, A.S.M & Taiwan MC) *# "Escape" *# "Stone Cold" (feat. Mariama) *# "Modern Slave" (feat. R.A. The Rugged Man) *# "Warriors" *# "What You You Need" (feat Vinnie Dewayne, Myke Bogan & Tre Redeau) *# "Wolf" *# "Blah!" (feat Youthstar, Taiwan MC & Illaman) *# "Golden Age" *# "L'aurore" *# "Anvoyé" *# "Goodnight" *2020 : ''The Groove Sessions Volume 5''

Maxi vinyls Chinese Man

* 2004 : ''The Pandi Groove EP'', 4 tracks * 2006 : ''The Bunni Groove EP'', 6 tracks including "I've Got That Tune" * 2007 : ''The Indi Groove EP'', 5 tracks * 2008 : ''The Groove Sessions Vol.1'', 14 tracks * 2009 : ''Hong Kong Dragon Speaking'' EP, 4 tracks * 2009 : ''The Groove Sessions Vol.2'', 16 tracks * 2011 : ''Miss Chang'' EP, 4 tracks * 2012 : ''Racing + Remix with the Sun'', 26 tracks * 2014 : ''Once Upon a Time'' EP * 2014 : ''The Groove Sessions Vol.3'', 14 tracks

Maxi vinyls solos (label Chinese Man Records)

* 2008 : SLY - ''Small City Music'' EP, 8 tracks * 2008 : Leo Le Bug - ''Le Pudding'' EP, 4 tracks * 2010 : Leo Le Bug / LeYan - ''Split'' EP, 8 tracks * 2012 : Deluxe - ''Polishing Peanuts'', 6 tracks * 2013 : Deluxe - ''Daniel'', 4 tracks * 2013 : Deluxe - ''The Deluxe Family Show'', 12 tracks * 2013 : LeYan & TomaPam - ''Sputnik Moment'', 45T 2 tracks

References

External links

* * {{Authority control French hip hop groups Trip hop groups Electro swing musicians Musical groups from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur