Matthieu "Mendès" Bernard Houbé (born 7 March 1982 in

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) is a French singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist. He has worked with a number of well-known artists including

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, Luce and others and composed soundtracks for a number of films.

Career

Matthieu Mendès passed his adolescence in north of France. At eight he picked up a guitar and played in a young local band. Before concentrating on music, he obtained his college degree in Physics, and then commenced his studies in an engineering school in Paris. During his studies, he started to write lyrics in French. 2004 saw his first single "J'en sais rien" and was signed to Peermusic France releasing his self-titled debut album ''Matthieu Mendès''Charts in France: Matthieu Mendès, première partie de Shaka Ponk
on Warner. In 2006, he co-wrote

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's single "J'veux un mec" and in the following two years composed soundtracks for a number of films, including the K. Duffy's American film ''Becoming Blond'', for the French TV series ''Flics'' created by Olivier Marchal and for ''Dom Juan sur Seine'' by Jérôme Maldhé. In 2009, Matthieu Mendès collaborated with the young artist

, a notable contestant in ''

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'' composing, arranging and pre-producing Ycare's prospective album and writing Ycare's second hit single "J'y crois encore". In 2010, he toured with

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as her guitarist and worked with yet another ''Nouvelle Star'' candidate and eventual winner

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. 2011 saw a close collaboration with

on the latter's new album '' À la poursuite du bonheur''. This resulted in the two penning seven tracks on the album, namely three singles from the album "Juste un instant", "On est là", "Si tu pars" as well as album tracks "Reste comme tu es", "Sauve-toi", "Mon évidence" and "Cours". The association between the two continued in the French musical ''

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'' with Matthieu Mendès as part of the writing team of the musical,Charts in France: Matthieu Mendès: "On m'a proposé de rejoindre le casting de Robin des Bois - Propos recueillis par Jonathan Hamard
that had a successful run after premiering on 26 September 2013. In 2013, he released his own new single "Jour après jour", in preparation for a full new album ''Echo'' on EMI, eight years after his debut album. In addition to "Jour après jour", the album includes his second single "Okay" featuring Pomme and includes a cover of the

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hit "Cendrillon".

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Official website

YouTube
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