Casseurs Flowters () is a French hip hop duo established in 2004 by rappers

Orelsan Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan, sometimes stylized as OrelSan (), is a French rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ''Perdu d ...

and

Gringe Guillaume Tranchant (; born 20 February 1980), better known by his stage name Gringe (), is a French rapper, songwriter and actor. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two studio ...

. The duo's name is a reference to the two "Wet Bandits" from the movie ''

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'', called the ''"Casseurs Flotteurs"'' in the French dialogue.

History

The two rappers met in the year 2000 in

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.Orelsan et Gringe, les Casseurs Flowters, passent à table
– Fnac on

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. Retrieved 14 May 2014. ''Les Inrocks'' describe their meeting as being "as simple as a Franck Dumas match analysis." Casseurs Flowters released their first

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''Fantasy: Episode 1'' with 11 tracks, with help from French record producer

Skread Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born on September 22, 1981 in Hérouville-Saint-Clair), known professionally as Skread (), is a French hip hop record producer and composer. He is the co-founder in 2006 of the record label 7th Magnitude, with his partn ...

, in 2004.Charts in France: Orelsan : un nouvel album des Casseurs Flowters avec Gringe!
Afterwards, the two rappers decided to focus on building their solo careers, with Orelsan releasing ''

Perdu d'avance ''Perdu d'avance'' is the debut studio album by French rapper Orelsan. It was released on 16 February 2009 by 3e Bureau and 7th Magnitude. It peaked at number 10 on the French Albums Chart, and sold more than 10,000 copies. It was also nominated f ...

'' in 2009 and ''

Le chant des sirènes ''Le chant des sirènes'' is the second studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released on 26 September 2011 by 3ème Bureau, 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music. In its first week, the album entered the French Albums Chart in third place with 15,529 ...

'' in 2011, his first two

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s, and Gringe releasing a mixtape entitled ''Fantasy Mixtape'' in 2009. Following the success of Orelsan's second studio album ''

'', the duo released their first collaborative single, "

Bloqué "Bloqué" is a song by French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, and produced by Skread. It was released on July 3, 2013 as the lead single from their debut studio album ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'', in which the song's title is " ...

", on 3 July 2013, as a pre-release for their upcoming debut studio album, ''

Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is the debut studio album by Casseurs Flowters, a French hip hop duo consisting of rappers Orelsan and Gringe. It was released on 15 November 2013 by 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music in France and ...

'', which was released on 15 November 2013 to generally positive reviews.

Other works

Gringe has released a number of independent materials and has collaborated with a number of artists such as El Matador,

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, Pit Baccardi, La Province, Jamal and Nubi. Orelsan has also released a number of other independent materials, notably the ''Zéro EP'' with 14 tracks that included five tracks featuring his work with Gringe as Casseurs Flowters, namely "Arrêtes", "Toc Toc", "Mauvaises ondes", "Venu pour flowter" and "J'vais baiser ta femme".

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2013) * ''

Comment c'est loin ''Comment c'est loin'' is a 2015 French quasi-autobiographical musical comedy-drama film written by French rapper Orelsan and directed by Orelsan and Christophe Offenstein. The film stars Orelsan and fellow French rapper Gringe, both of whom for ...

'' (2015)

Mixtapes

* '' Fantasy : Épisode 1'' (2004)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flowters, Casseurs French rappers French musical duos Hip hop duos Musicians from Caen Living people 2004 establishments in France Year of birth missing (living people) Musical groups established in 2004