Gambeat
Biography
Gambeat is the stage name of Jean Michel Dercourt, a French bass guitarist and DJ, best known for his musical collaboration with Manu Chao. As a member of the Parisian group French Lovers, Gambeat travelled with Manu Chao and his band Mano Negra during their famous rail tour through civil war-racked Colombia in the early 1990s. The tour was later commemorated in Ramon Chao's book The Train of Ice and Fire. After Mano Negra was disbanded and a new band Radio Bemba founded by Manu Chao, Gambeat became one of its integral members alongside Madjid Fahem. Thanks to his distinctive appearance and high-energy playing, Gambeat was one of the most charismatic presences at the band's live performances; he often appeared shirtless on stage, his burly torso heavily tattooed, playing the double bass guitar, which he had named (according to Ramon Chao) "Madame Dercourt".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
81 releases · 17 albums · active 1999–2022
- Other credits · 54
- Performance · 50
- Production · 12
- Mastering · 1
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Studios Ferber · Studio Farra Vox · Arènes de Bayonne · FMDB Barcelona
Frequent collaborators
- Manu Chao
- Muyayo Rif
- Che Sudaka
- Radio Bemba
- Color Humano (2)
- Fermin Muguruza
- La Kinky Beat
- Amparanoïa