CQMD Is a heavy

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band from France using amplified 1930's brass band instruments. CQMD are the initials for Ceux Qui Marchent Debout and is the band's name outside its national territory.

Biography

Created in 1992 by Superclark, producer of Malka Family and founder of Patate Records, "Bart" and "Androuze", trumpet and

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player of "La Marabunta", and Roufi,

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player in Boula Matari. The band was originally called ''Les Fils de Crao'' playing mostly in alternative venues and bars of the Paris area. Because another band has the same name they switched to "Ceux qui marchent debout", a name that makes direct reference to the comic's character Rahan. In July 1995, at the Bataclan de Paris, they shared their first big stage with American bass player and singer

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. A few months later, they were asked by French film director

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to compose the music of his next movie, '' Chacun cherche son chat'' ("When The Cat's Away"). The band has played much since, opening or contributing with composers and musicians

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, or

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who featured their song "Horses" on The ''Cuisine Non-Stop'' compilation on his label

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. This band, which was briefly signed on the major

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for its second album, is independent.

Line up

*Bruno Gautheron – trumpet, vocals *Sylvain "Bart" Lacombe –

, vocals *Arnaud Fioravanti – saxophone *Julien Petit –

*Fabrice Lerigab –

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. vocals *Boris de Loeper –

bass drum The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Th ...

, percussions, vocals *Bruno "Superclark" Clark –

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, vocals Old members : * Serge "Roufi" Calka (sousaphone, vocals) * Cyril "Vitch" Noacco (bass drum, vocals) * Eric "Tafani" Dubessay (snare drum, vocals) * Arthur Simon (trumpet) * Ounsa Mebarkia (vocals) * Philippe "Androuze" Andrieu (trumpet).

Discography

*''Nageant dans le brouillard'' (1993 – k7 under the name ''Les Fils de Crao'') *''Debout'' (1996) *''Your Boddy'' (1998) *''Lalalalalala'' (2000) *''Funky Stuff in a Reggae Style'' (2001) *''CQMD'' (2003) *''DVD Live + Bonus'' (2005) *''The Jackpot'' (2007) *''Check That Funk'' (2008) *''Shoot The Freak'' (2011) featuring

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. *''Don't Be Shy'' (2016) featuring Rosemary Standley. *''From Blues To Funk'' (2022).

External links

* *Cqmd entry on

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