DAVID CHALMIN
Musician-Producer-Sound Engineer
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BIO
Born in Chambéry, France, in 1980, David Chalmin is a producer, singer, guitarist and composer. He grew up in a strongly musical environment and after five years of piano studies, he began playing the electric guitar at the age of 14. In 2005 he gained an MBA from the French business school ESSEC before fully dedicating his life to music.
Since 2006 David is the guitarist and lead singer of B for Bang, a contemporary rock band formed by pianist Katia Labèque, reelaborating music of the Beatles. He has composed and arranged for the band and co-produced their first album "Across The Universe of Languages". In 2010 he produced, recorded and mixed their second album "B For Bang, Rewires the Beatles" (january 2011).
The band has played in various festivals including Ravello Festival, Radio France Festival, Ruhr Festival, Bremen Muisikfest, Musica Ferrara, Torino Teatro Reggio, Madrid Ellas Crean, Valladolid. www.bforbang.com
David is a member of the experimental/improvisational/rock noise Dimension X, together with bass player Massimo Pupillo (ZU/Thurston Moore/Mike Patton...) and drummer Chris Corsano (Björk/Paul Flaherty...). The band toured in Europe (Rotterdam, Oslo, London, Paris, Milano, Geneva, etc...) and is planning a live release. myspace.com/dimensionxxx
He is also singer/guitarist of his own alternative rock duet Red Velvet where he performs with Fabio Recchia aka Reeks on drums and electronics. The eponymous debut album that they produced in Rome was released worldwide in 2009. www.redvelvet.fr
After recording and mixing the first album of australian singer Nadéah, David was invited to join her band in 2011 as her guitarist. He's been touring France and Europe with her since then. www.nadeah.com
David is collaborating with composer Nicola Tescari as his guitarist and sound engineer on several feature movies. In late 2010 they've been writing together the score of Cedric Ido's new short movie, Hasaki Ya Suda. www.nicolatescari.com
Since 2008, he started recording, mixing and producing music for others in his own recording studio in Paris: Padbrapad, Perrine en Morceaux, Sophia Charaï, Kalakan, etc.... He has participated as singer, guitarist and producer in Katia Labèque's CD "Shape of My Heart" (with Sting, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea etc...). His last productions include Nadeah's debut album (former Nouvelle Vague, The LoveGods) as well as Katia & Marielle Labèque recent CDs : Satie , Gershwin, Bernstein "West Side Story".
www.davidchalmin.com