For three decades now, Philippe Cohen Solal has been making his mark as a self-taught musician, DJ and producer. In 1995 he founded his own record label, ¡Ya Basta! Records.
During this period he was also worked at Virgin Records and other major record companies where he started working on a number of side projects such as Métamorphose, the Pierre Henry remix album, which he not only A&R-ed but additionally featured on as a remixers. ¡Ya Basta! then provided him the platform for his own projects, such as The Boyz From Brazil, Stereo Action Unlimited or Gotan Project formed in 1999.
This concoction went on to produce the -must have- album, La revancha del tango. Gotan Project went on to sell more than four million copies worldwide, and they played over 500 concerts around the globe from Rio to New York.
Never one to stand still, Philippe Cohen Solal wrote and composed a solo album, recorded in the countryside of Nashville, Tennessee. This country/bluegrass album, The Moonshine Sessions was critically acclaim by international music press.
His label signed David Walters, Féloche who collaborated with the legendary Dr. John from New Orleans and El Hijo De La Cumbia one of the pioneers of “Digital Cumbia”. He co-wrote and produced Talé, album of Salif Keita who is known as the golden voice of Africa. Recently Philippe collaborated with Chassol, Laurent Voulzy, Horace Andy, Los Calchakis & Angelique Kidjo.
In 2021 he released OUTSIDER an album with Mike Lindsay of Tunng and a transmedia project inspired by the American outsider artist Henry Darger. In 2022, was released The Human Seasons, an improvisation album with pianist and maestro Gustavo Beytelmann. In 2023 he has more exciting new projects, first to be released was “Class of 89” with Keziah Jones, then “TANGO y TANGO”, a musical in a major Parisian theater, with its original soundtrack.
