As a French musician from Clermont-Ferrand, I began my solo career as Rivherside and have since given roughly 70 concerts as a one-man band. In 2013, I released my first album Something On My Mind with a strong Blues/Roots influence which got great reviews in specialist press. Unfortunately however, I had signed up to a label that turned out to be a non-starter.
So, in 2014 I found myself back at the self-production stage. I took advantage of this new beginning to let all my musical influences be freely expressed and was open to any type of experience and collaboration as long as it sounded good to my musical ear. The Blues I have been playing for many years has now been mixed with Rock, Electro, Hip-Hop...
Those who are familiar with my music to-date will likely be a little surprised with the result and I hope that others will discover a sound they have not yet heard elsewhere...
So today (5th May 2014, on all the legal downloading platforms) I'm launching a four-track album, Electraw Blues EP, as a precurser to my album which will be released in a few months’ time.
In the first song Haters, I chose to collaborate with a rapper from Clermont-Ferrand, TDB, whose distinctive trait is that he raps in English. On this track you'll also find my daughters as backing vocalists (since they inspired the melody for this song) along with my friend Frédéric Gamboa (lead singer with the band Marshmallow) on keyboard.
