Laurent & Lewis is a duet of musicians composed of Laurent Chambon

Laurent Chambon

Laurent Chambon is a French sociologist and politicologist living in Amsterdam since 1998. Specialist of the question of minorities in politics, he has been elected in the borough of Amsterdam Oud-Zuid for the Dutch Labour Party between March 2006 and May 2010...

 and Lewis de Janeiro. The first is French

France

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, the other is American

United States

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-Portuguese

Portugal

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. They are married and live together in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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.

Their music is a mix of Pop

Pop music

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, House Music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

, Techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

 and ethnic music. They worked with different underground artists like the Butch Bitches (collective with Aaron-Carl, La Chocha and DJ Bærtran), the American artists Aaron-Carl Ragland

Aaron-Carl Ragland

Aaron-Carl Ragland better known simply as Aaron-Carl was an American electronic dance musician....

(Detroit) and Snax (Berlin).

At the Amsterdam Dance Event 2007, during the Demolition 2007 contest, 'Motion' was voted best song by DJs Kevin Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson is an American electronic music producer. At the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit where he attended Belleville High School and befriended two students, Derrick May and Juan Atkins...

 and Dave Clarke.

The official release of their first album, 'Überlove', was set in April–May 2008, even if copies circulated since March. It is already considered a masterpiece by some people (Didier Lestrade

Didier Lestrade

Didier Lestrade , is a French author, magazine publisher, AIDS and LGBT rights advocate.- Biography :Didier Lestrade was born in Mehdia, Algeria. He grew up in the Southwest of France, and left home in 1977 after failing twice to graduate from the French Baccalaureate...

, Geneviève Gauckler...). Mixed in Amsterdam, in Paris, in Detroit et in Norway, it was mastered in Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta

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 (Finland

Finland

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), the Mecca of Nordic and Russian Hard rock

Hard rock

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. The sleeve was created by Pierre Marly, the Reykjavik-based Graphic designer of French origin.

Discography

• 'Monochrome' (in 'Fuwa Fuwa', Sweet Smelling Surfaces, France & Japon 2005)
• 'Motion' (avec Aaron-Carl, Cherry Juice Recordings, 12" vinyl, USA 2006)
• 'Just Want To Be Loved' (Cherry Juice Recordings, 12" vinyl, USA 2008)
• 'Überlove' (Cherry Juice Recordings, album CD 2008)
• 'Motion 日本版' (Cherry Juice Recordings 2008)
• 'One Street Further' (Cherry Juice Recordings 2008)
• 'Si tu m'aimes encore' (Cherry Juice Recordings 2008)
• 'Si tu m'aimes encore - Eddy de Clercq Re-Bleep' (Cherry Juice Recordings 2009)
• 'One For A Moment' (Cherry Juice Recordings 2010)

Remixes

• 'Ramon' (Ma'Larsen, CD, France 2004)
• 'Shukran Bamba' (Youssou N'dour, Bootleg, 2005)
• 'Edna Bulgarska Roza' (Pacha Hristova, Bootleg, 2005)
• 'Party Spirit' (2 remixes, Linda Lamb
  Linda Lamb
  Linda Lamb is an American singer and musician of European descent who has worked with Vitalic and Nina Hagen; she is known for her underground hit Hot Room.-Career:...
  
  , Sweet Smelling Surfaces, 2006)
• 'Travolta' (Ma'Larsen, CD, France 2006)
• 'Ouh Bébé' (Butch Bitches, Cherry Juice 2007)
• 'Rain' (Erica LaFay, Wallshaker 2009)
• 'Sea Sex & Sun' (Eddy de Clercq, Ubuntu 2009)

External links

• Laurent & Lewis
• Cherry Juice Recordings
• Discogs
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  : Laurent Chambon
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