Jean-Marc Lederman
Encyclopedia
Jean-Marc Lederman is a Belgian
keyboard player and producer
. He has worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget
, The The
, Gene Loves Jezebel
, The Weathermen
, Belgian rock band Streets, and Front 242
, and with other artists including Julianne Regan
and Alain Bashung
.
His main projects are The Weathermen
, Kid Montana
, Jules et Jim
with Julianne Regan
, Ghost & Writer with Frank Spinath of Seabound
, Man-Dello (a solo electronica
project), and cover version
project La Femme Verte. He also composes music for videogames
.
He recently developed a musical Iphone app with Karl Bartos
(ex-Kraftwerk
) and Japanese multimedia artist Masayuki Akamatsu
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
keyboard player and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He has worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget is the stage name of Francis John Tovey , a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both New Wave and early Industrial music....
, The The
The The
The The are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter Matt Johnson being the only constant band member.-Early years :...
, Gene Loves Jezebel
Gene Loves Jezebel
Gene Loves Jezebel are a gothic rock band from the early 1980s, now two separate bands of the same name, founded by identical twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston .-Early years: 1980-1989:...
, The Weathermen
The Weathermen (Belgian band)
The Weathermen are a semi-satirical Belgium-based electronic and pop band.- History :The Weathermen began as a joke. A couple of Americano-Belgians recorded some music and then sent it to a local record company via the US under the pretence they were a couple of enigmatic Americans trying to invade...
, Belgian rock band Streets, and Front 242
Front 242
Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...
, and with other artists including Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan is an English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.- Early life :...
and Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...
.
His main projects are The Weathermen
The Weathermen (Belgian band)
The Weathermen are a semi-satirical Belgium-based electronic and pop band.- History :The Weathermen began as a joke. A couple of Americano-Belgians recorded some music and then sent it to a local record company via the US under the pretence they were a couple of enigmatic Americans trying to invade...
, Kid Montana
Kid Montana
Kid Montana began as an alter-ego for Belgian musician Jean-Marc Lederman in 1981. He released an EP entitled Statistics Mean Nothing When You Get On The Wrong Plane in early 1982. Following this he was joined by American singer Dudley Kludt for the remainder of the groups life-time...
, Jules et Jim
Jules et Jim (band)
Jules et Jim is a trip hop / drum and bass band consisting of Jean-Marc Lederman and Julianne Regan . A 1999 press release describing their music reads: "While their sound is eerie, the vocal's in your face. When the voice whispers, the music slashes like a flick-knife...
with Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan is an English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.- Early life :...
, Ghost & Writer with Frank Spinath of Seabound
Seabound
Seabound is a synthpop/futurepop duo from Germany. Their lyrics are in English and for the most part explore the human psyche and the way that everyday events can affect a person psychologically. Hence the band's slogan; "Seabound: Journey Into Your Mind."...
, Man-Dello (a solo electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
project), and cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
project La Femme Verte. He also composes music for videogames
VideoGames
VideoGames may refer to:*VideoGames, a mid-1990s magazine about video games.*Video games in general....
.
He recently developed a musical Iphone app with Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos was, between 1975 and 1990, along with Wolfgang Flür, an electronic percussionist in the electronic-music group Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on its US "Autobahn" tour...
(ex-Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
) and Japanese multimedia artist Masayuki Akamatsu
Kid Montana
- Statistics Mean Nothing When You Are On The Wrong Plane (1982)
- The Las Vegas Gold Rush (1985)
- Temperamental (1986)
- Temperamental + singles (2008) double cd compilation
The Weathermen
- 10 Deadly Kisses (1987)
- The Black Album (1988)
- Beyond The Beyond (1990)
- Global 851 (1992)
- Deeper (2004)
- Embedded (2006)
- This is the last communique (?) (2008) PIAS compilation
- Ultimate Poison (2010) 15 tracks MCD Infacted Records
With Alain Bashung
- Chatterton (1994)
- Fantaisies Militaires (1998) (composed and performed the track "Ode A La Vie")
Ghost & Writer
- Fourplay (2007) (4 tracks on a compilation album released by Nilailah Records (USA))
- Shipwrecks' (2011)
Music for videogames
- Atlantis (2005) BigFishGames
- Fairies (with Julianne ReganJulianne ReganJulianne Regan is an English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.- Early life :...
) (2005) BigFishGames - Mystic Inn (with Julianne Regan) (2006) BigFishGames
- Atlantis: Sky Patrol (2006) BigFishGames
- Hidden Expedition: Titanic (2006) BigFishGames
- Fever Frenzy (2007) Legacy
- Turbogems (2007) Ironccode
- Theme from SocioTown (2007)
- Forces Of Arms (2006) Wardogs Studio