David Felgeirolles (David°F)
Started his career very young when he was 7 years old as a drummer. He studied drums at the conservatory and also played Jazz. At 18, he joined the Center for Study and Research on Sound in Paris. He then joined the legendary EMI Studios / Pathé Marconi as an assistant, and worked for many years in the famous Ferber Studios, where he began his career as sound engineer with artists such as Gabriel Yared (Oscar winner), Manu Dibango, Bernard Allison… Later as a freelance sound engineer, he worked in the studios mostly in Paris and began working as musical director and also composed music for short-movies. As a sound engineer, he worked on many film scores and in collaboration with artists of international renown like: I Muvrini (with which he got a golden record), NoJazz, Ken Boothe, Wally Badarou and many others. He also worked for 6 years with the TV music program “Mezzo Voce " in Corsica, during wich time he captured “live” artists like: Ana Moura, Elysian Fields, Luz Cazal, Liz Mc Comb, Balthazar, A Filetta, etc…
His career led him to work in India with the virtuoso violinist Johar Ali Khan, but also in Mayotte (Indian Ocean) with Baco and in Eswatini with Bholoja for whom he produced “Swazi Soul I” (Satma award), “Swazi Soul II”, Velemseni and Buddy Masango. He co-produced and mixed Kenny Allen (USA) album “Free”. He continues today to collaborate with artists such as Amen Viana (Togo), Sandra Nankoma (Uganda), Alif Naaba (Burkina Faso) or Max-Hoba (South Africa) with whom he produced album “Beyele”, (SAMA AWARD 2021/ best African adult contempory album)
After producing the Afro-House project “Amandla” with Christophe Pittet, featuring SA artist Moghale Tsiane (Blu Lamp), he recently produced Bholoja’s latest album “IMPHILO”. After more than 30 years of experience, he’s now also teaching sound techniques.
