Vincent Ségal (born 1967 in

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, France) is a French cellist and bassist. He studied at the National Music Academy of Lyon and the

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in Canada. He is mainly known for the variety of his collaborations and unusual projects. He has worked with

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, the French

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band

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, the experimental project

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or with

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in the O.S.T. of ''

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'' and other of his films. In 1986 he and Cyril Atef and formed the band Bumcello, a downtempo electronica duo that won the

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award and was named Electronic artist of the year 2006. He played on every

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(''-M-'') album. In 2009 he worked with

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on his album '' If on a Winter's Night...''. In October of the same year he recorded, in the studio of Salif Keïta in Mali, the album ''

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'' with

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Discography

As leader

*2002: ''T-Bone Guarnerius'' *2007: ''Cello'' With Bumcello * 1999: ''Bumcello'' * 2001: ''Booty Time'' * 2002: ''Nude for Love'' * 2003: ''Get Me'' (live) * 2005: ''Animal sophistiqué'' * 2008: ''Lychee Queen'' * 2012: ''Al''

Collaborations

With

* 2009: ''Chamber Music'' * 2015: ''Musique de Nuit'' With -M- * 1997: '' Le Baptême'' * 1999: ''

Je dis aime ''Je dis aime'' (1999) is the second studio album by French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid, in his persona as -M-, described by reviewers as a "conceptual icon to rival Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane". The album manages to take a ...

'' * 2003: ''

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'' With

* 1999: ''Wild Hongi ( The Beak Brackets Series)'' * 2001: ''

Carisma de Alquiler ''Carisma de Alquiler'' ''Rented Charisma'', title taken from "Dance in America" a short story by American writer Lorrie Moore. is a covers compilation by concept band Mujeres Encinta. It was released on a limited edition cassette only in Spai ...

'' With Dick Annegarn * 1999: ''Adieu verdure'' * 2000: ''Au cirque d'hiver'' ( label Tôt ou tard) With

* 2002: ''

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'' * 2005: '' The Craft'' With

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* 2003: ''Leave No Trace'' * 2014: ''Songs of Time Lost'' With others * 1996: ''Olympic Gramofon'' with Olympic Gramofon * 1997: ''

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'' by

* 1997: ''AlphaGamabetiZado'' by

* 2000: ''

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'' by

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* 2002: ''Climax'' by

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* 2003: ''

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'' (''Neptune'') by

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* 2003: ''

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'' by

* 2004: ''Zenzile & Jamika meet Cello'' by Zenzile * 2004: ''Douze fois par an'' by

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* 2006: ''Libido'' by

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* 2006: '' Navega'' by

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* 2007: ''33 1/3'' by

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* 2009: '' If on a Winter's Night...'' by

* 2010: ''Comme la rencontre fortuite...'' with

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* 2010: ''Révélations'' with Jean-Jacques Birgé * 2011: ''Dans tous ses états'' with Jean-Jacques Birgé and Antonin-Tri Hoang * 2013: ''Dans tous les sens du terme'' with Jean-Jacques Birgé and Antonin-Tri Hoang * 2013: ''Dépaysages Côté Court'' with Jean-Jacques Birgé, Antonin-Tri Hoang and Jacques Perconte * 2020: ''Pique-nique au labo'' by Jean-Jacques Birgé

References

External links

Vincent Ségal at discogs

Vincent Ségal last.fm page

Vincent Ségal at NPR

Vincent Ségal's page at Label Bleu

Bumcello's website
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