:''This is about a French musical duo of Bertrand Cantat and Pascal Humbert. For the American city, see
Detroit. For the US spinoff of rock group The Detroit Wheels, see
Detroit (band)''
Détroit is a French musical duo formed in 2012 by French rock musician
Bertrand Cantat and French bass player
Pascal Humbert. Both were part of the rock formation Passion Fodder from 1985 to 1991 before they split up and Cantat moved on to establish his own famous band
Noir Désir, whereas Humbert went on to join the American band
16 Horsepower
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, and later to
Lilium and
Wovenhand, amongst others.
The duo Détroit released their greatly expected début album ''Horizons'' on 18 November 2013.
It was recorded in Vega Studios and produced by Pascal Humbert and Bruno Green. The début release from the album is "Droit dans le soleil"
that appeared in the SNEP Top 10 in its first week of release. It has also charted in Belgium's French records market and in Switzerland.
The formation of the duo follows the break up of Cantat's band
Noir Désir in 2010. The two collaborated in 2011 in the album ''
Chœurs'' with musicians
Bernard Falaise and
Alexander MacSween
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
. The music was composed for
Wajdi Mouawad
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's production of a trilogy from
Sophocles titled ''Le Cycle des Femmes: Trois histoires de Sophocle'' or just ''Des Femmes''.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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French musical duos
Musical groups established in 2012
2012 establishments in France