St. Germain (musician)

St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician. His style has been described as being a combination of house and nu jazz music.

Career

Navarre's album Boulevard was released in July 1995 and has sold over 350,000 copies worldwide. His United States debut, Tourist, was released in 2000 and sold 300,000 copies in the USA and 4 million copies world wide. Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool and the Gang are among Ludovic's early influences. He composed his first work under the name of Sub System with friend Guy Rabiller. He has released EPs under a number of aliases, among them Deepside, LN'S, Modus Vivendi, Nuages and Soofle.

Discography

Albums

• 1995 Boulevard
• 1999 From Detroit to St. Germain, as Ludovic Navarre
• 2000 Tourist

Singles/EPs

St. Germain

• 1993 "French Traxx EP"
• 1993 "Motherland EP"
• 1994 "Mezzotinto EP"
• 1995 "Alabama Blues"
• 1996 "Muse Q The Music" (with Shazz and Derek Bays)
• 1996 "Alabama Blues (Revisited)"
• 2000 "Sure Thing"
• 2000 "Rose Rouge"
• 2001 "Sure Thing Revisited"
• 2001 "Rose Rouge Revisited"
• 2001 "So Flute"
• 2002 "Chaos"
• 2004 "Mezzotinto EP" (re-release)

Deepside/D.S.

• 1992 "Seclude EP" (with Guy Rabiller)
• 1992 "Deepside EP" (with Guy......
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