Performance · Production
Burundi Black
France • 1941-07-10 – 2002-06-05
Burundi Black is credited on 9 releases across 4 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–1999 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
9
Pressings credited
4
Albums
3
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Michel Bernholc (Paris, 10 July 1941 – Montreuil 5 June 2002) was a French composer, arranger and producer. Using the pseudonym Mike Steïphenson, he wrote and produced the 1971 hit "Burundi Black", which made #31 on the UK Singles Chart and #74 in Australia. He also wrote the Victoire Scott song "La Licorne D’or", which was covered by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion on their fifteenth full-length musical album Les Fleurs du Mal. Michel wrote the score for the Japanese film Michi in 1986. In 2002, Bernholc committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
9 releases · 4 albums · active 1978–1999
- Performance · 9
- Production · 7
- Other credits · 3
Studios: DB Studios, Tel Aviv · ICP Recording Studios · Triton Studios · Le Chien Jaune
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Burundi Steïphenson Black
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