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Martin Dupont
MARTIN DUPONT is a French new wave group new wave band formed in 1981 in Marseille (PACA region) by ALAIN SEGHIR (vocals/bass), CATHERINE LOY (vocals/synths),BRIGITTE BALIAN (vocals/guitar) and PATRICK PORTELLA (clarinet).
ALAIN was first a member of MUD SHARK with JACOB DESVARIEUX, the future KASSAV. Then he joine d MAGMO ZWEÏ, before forming INNOCULATING RABIES with a young punk of 14-year-old punk, KITO.
The group MARTIN DUPONT signs on the Aix-en-Provence label, Facteurs d’Ambiance. In 1983, PATRICK PORTELLA is replaced by BEVERLEY JANE CREW (keyboards/sax/vocals/clarinet).
This was followed by an opening concert for LOUNGE LIZARDS in June ’83 and CATHERINE withdraws. In November 1984, MARTIN DUPONT opened a SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES concert in Montpellier. March 1985, another opening concert for the LOTUS EATERS, this time in Marseille. Discography:
Just because (Facteurs d’ambiance – AA 002) 1984 – vinyle; 2011 – CD
Sleep is a luxury (Lice records – ST 21 / Facteurs d’ambiance) 1985 – vinyle ; 2011 – CD Inédits 81-83 (Facteurs d’ambiance) 1985 – cassette
Hot paradox (Facteurs d’ambiance – AA 32004) 1987 – vinyle ; 2011 – CD
Lost and late (MinimalWave – MW012) 2008 – vinyle
Martin Dupont ; Box 4 CD : just because + 4 bonus ; sleep is a luxury + 8 bonus ; hot paradox + 4 bonus ; other souvenirs – 17 inédits (Infrastition – FIN044BOX) 2009 – CD
Martin Dupont The complete collection 1980-1988 Boxset 5 x LP 180 g : just because, sleep is a luxury, inédits 81-83, hot paradox, accident of stars (MinimalWave – MW068) 2018 – vinyle
Kintsugi (Minimal wave / Infrastition / Meidosem records) 2023 – vinyle (180g) ; SACD hybrid (couche CD et couche HD stéréo et multicanal) ; cassettes audio
By 1987, they disbanded but left behind three cult albums: Just Because, Sleep Is A Luxury, and Hot Paradox, one cassette entitled Inédits 1981-1983, and one 7” single entitled Your Passion. Martin Dupont remained under the radar for over thirty years
In July 2008, Minimal Wave released the compilation Lost & Late3 on limited-edition vinyl. This includes a number of tracks released on the 81-83 cassette of unreleased material, released in 1985, as well as the single Your Passion and the version of Just Because that appeared on the album of the same name.
The Des jeunes gens mödernes compilation under the aegis of Agnès b. was released in 2008.
The albums are reissued on CD in 2009, with numerous previously unreleased tracks, as well as a 4-CD anthology box set on the French labels Infrastition.
In 2011 Madlib samples Martin Dupont’s Just because on For the nasty3.
In 2014 Tricky samples Just because again on his new album Adrian Thaws, on the track something in the way3; as Martin Dupont was not credited, the sample has been removed from digital versions.
In 2015 Kanye West introduced Martin Dupont to Theophilus London, who covered Take a look on his new Kanye West-produced album Vibes4.
In 2017, Martin Dupont is covered by German DJs, Mick Wills (the lights) and Marcel Dettmann (Selectors 003), as well as American DJ DJ Rat-Ward (Auxiliary Selector).
At the end of 2017, Martin Dupont was the subject of a tribute album with international groups by the Boredom label: Broken memory .
The band DyE (Tigersushi) covers Inside out on the album entitled Inside out in tribute to Martin Dupont released in February 2018.
The box set The complete collection 1980-1988 comprising 5 vinyl LPs is released in December 2018 on the New York label Minimal Wave, the artwork is by Peter Miles.
In November 2019 Martin Dupont appears on the soundtrack of Chanson douce, a film directed by Lucie Borleteau and starring Karin Viard, based on the novel of the same name by Leila Slimani, winner of the 2016 Goncourt Prize. 2020 sees the release of the unreleased track Nice boy on the compilation Des jeunes gens modernes volume 3, under the aegis of Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague group) and Agnès b.
2019 Thierry Sintoni and Sandrine Casado (Rise and Fall of a Decade, Girls like you) and Ollivier Leroy (Olli and the Bollywood orchestra, Contréo, Olli and the secret church) join the band.
In 2021, German filmmaker Caroline Pitzen uses Martin Dupont’s Love on My Side in her film Freizeit oder: das Gegenteil von Nichtstu, selected for Berlin Critics’ Week 2021 and Cinéma du réel, Paris 2021.
The album Kintsugi is recorded in 2022 with the new line-up and co-produced by the American label Minimal Wave and the French labels Infrastition and Meidosem records.
January 21, 2023 first Martin Dupont gig in Marseille at L’ Espace Julien
February 7, 2023 Release of the Kintsugi album
February 11, 2023 Tech Noire gig in Paris
March 10, 2023 Barcelona gig at Laut venue
March 11,2023 Madrid gig at Barco venue
March 12,2023 gig in Valencia at 16 Tonelada venue
April 09, 2023 gig at Waveteef Festival in Antwerpen
May 18, 2023 Gig at San Francico (ca) at The Great American Music Hall venue May 19,2023 gig in Los Angeles (ca) at The Globe Theatre venue
May 20,2023 gig in Las Vegas (nv) at Area 15 venue
May 23,2023 gig in Denver(co) at Hi Dive venue
May 25 , 2023 gig in Chicago (il) at Metro
May 27, 2023 gig in Montréal et Theatre Fairmount
May 28, 2023 gig in Brooklyn (ny) at Monarch venue
August 20 2023, gig at Lunafest Coimbra (Portugal)
September 2023 , work begins on the new album “You Smile When It Hurts”
January 18,2024 gig in Berlin at SO36 venue
January 19, 2024 gig in Warsaw at Hydrozagadka venue
January 27, 2024 gig in Cherbourg (France) at Espace Buisson venue
January 28, 2024 gig in Lille (France) at Illico Festival
June 13, 2024 gig in Lyon (France) at Transbordeur
May 18, 2024 gig in Leipzig at Wave Gotik Triefen Festival
May 25, 2024 gig in Paris (France) at Trabendo venue
Jun 25 Contract signed with Persona Grata Touring Company
August 9, 2024 Martin Dupont “Inside Out” song is a part of the Horror movie “Cuckoo” soundtrack. March 1-2 2025 recording of new album strings brass session at Ferber studio Paris.