Sens Unik was a Swiss
Hip hop group from
Lausanne
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, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2010.
Sens Unik received 4 gold records and contributed to music of films ''
La Haine
''La Haine'' (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French crime drama film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and nig ...
'' and ''
Neutre''.
The six members were: Just One,
Carlos Leal
Carlos Leal (born 9 July 1969) is a Swiss rapper and actor.
Leal was born in Lausanne to Galician immigrants. In 1990, he co-founded Sens Unik. The group produced four gold records and contributed music to the films ''La Haine'' (1995) and '' Neu ...
, Rade, Déborah,
Osez
Osez was born in Montevideo, he was a member of the rap group "Sens Unik".
He performed live on many stages from Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival, Paleo Festival), New York (New Music Seminar) to Paris (Bataclan), Montreal, Berlin, Barcelone a ...
and Laurent Biollay.
Among their greatest successes was the 1997 published track "Original", which consists of a collaboration with the German hip-hop group
Die Fantastischen Vier
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and had reached number 27 of the Swiss and number 73
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charts-surfer.de
/ref> of the German single charts. Several albums reached the top ten of the Swiss album charts.
For their song "Le vent tourne", released on the album ''Panorama 91-97'', the group was inspired by the French film ''La Haine''. The song also appeared on a special compilation for the film, ''La Haine, inspirée musique du film'', but not on the soundtrack.
Discography
Albums and EPs
* 1991 – ''Le VIième Sens'' (EP)
* 1992 – ''Les portes du temps'' (Album), CH#12
* 1994 – ''Chromatic'' (Album), CH#4
* 1996 – ''Tribulations'' (Album), CH#8
* 1997 – ''Panorama 91-97'' (Compilation-LP), CH#5
* 1998 – ''Pole Position'' (Album), CH#9
* 1999 – ''Propaganda Live'' (Live-Album), CH#26
* 2001 – ''Abracadabra (Album)'', CH#12
* 2004 – ''Mea culpa'' (Album), CH#8
* 2004 – ''Galaxy 1991-2004'' (Compilation-LP), CH#52
* 2010 – ''Generations'' (Best-of-Album), CH#3
Singles
* 1991 – Nouvelle Politique (Maxi-Single)
* 1992 – Rira bien (Maxi-Single)
* 1992 – Hijo del Latino (Maxi-Single)
* 1993 – À gauche, à droite (Maxi-Single)
* 1994 – Laisse toi aller (Maxi-Single), CH#33
* 1995 – What I've Got I&II (Maxi-Single)
* 1996 – Paquito (Maxi-Single), CH#45
* 1997 – Original (feat. Fanta 4) (Maxi-Single), CH#27
* 1998 – Zak et Loly (Maxi-Single), CH#32
* 2001 – C'est la vie (Maxi-Single), CH#49
* 2004 – Charly (Maxi-Single), CH#63
* 2010 – Sur tes ondes, CH#66
References
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