Gildas Arzel | |
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| Born | 21 January 1961 Alsace, France |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Multi-instrumentalist |
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Gildas Arzel (born 21 January 1961) is a French singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Alsace. In addition to his solo career, he has been in musical formations such as the duo Die Form, with Erick Benzi; the group Canada (with Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel); and since 2007, El Club, with Benzi, Michael Jones, and Christian Seguret (fr).[1]
Arzel began his solo career playing a mix of Irish and Scottish folk, blues, rock, Cajun, Celtic, and ethnic music. He has written a number of songs for and collaborated with Celine Dion, Johnny Hallyday, Roch Voisine, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Carole Fredericks, Michael Jones, Maurane, Nanette Workman, Florent Pagny, Yannick Noah, France D'Amour, J.A.H.O., and others.
Discography
Solo
- Les gens du voyage (1991)
- Entrer dans la danse (1994)
- Gildas Arzel (1997)
- Autour de nous (2001)
- Greneville (2015)
Other work
with Canada (Gildas Arzel, Gween Arzel, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso)
- Sur les traces (1988)
with Gabriel Yacoub
- Quatre (1994)
with Céline Dion (Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Jacques Veneruso)
- 1 fille & 4 types (2003)
with El Club (Gildas Arzel, Erick Benzi, Michael Jones, Christian Seguret)
- Plus fort que ça (2007)