Julien Civange

DJ at the age of 10 on the French underground radio "Carbone 14", then musical reporter for the major French magazines, radio and TV stations, Julien Civange,leaves the world of media at the age of 17 with a significant experience of the entertainment world. He has met numerous musicians (Bo Diddley, Charlie Burchill, Joe Strummer, Téléphone) who contributed to his musical autodidact background. At 16, Julien Civange created the rock band La Place, with two school friends. In its very first version the band sounds like a mix of punk energy and funk music. David Bowie who wanted the "best beginners band of the moment" invited La Place as an opening band for his concert with Tin Machine at la Cigale. Mick Jones (The Clash) Talks about their "Far out" Music" ... Following a Tour Sauvage and hundreds of live shows before various change of line-up and 4 years stuck in a basement, from which they emerge to make 7 concerts with the Simple Minds. Two months after, they were invited by the Rolling Stones at the Olympia (July 1995). The Band, who never had a label until then, signed with an indie one (La Bande Son Canal +) and recorded its first and last album. Since then, Civange has composed and produced music: for Saturnian: for NASA and ESA's Cassini-Huygens Mission. Truly a milestone in the conquest of space, the spaceship launched in 1997 will land on Saturn's satellite Titan in 2005. This will be the farthest point from Earth that human music is played. On board, music is awaiting outer space feedback. For movies: "Roberto Succo", directed by Cédric Khan (Sélection officielle, Festival de Cannes 2001), "Doggy Bag", (with composer Michel Legrand), directed by Frédéric Comtet, "Looking for Jimmy", directed by the actress Julie Delpy, "Choses secretes" directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau & "The Dreamers" by Bernardo Bertolucci for which he supervised the music. For the fashion industry, including the music of the commercial for Giorgio Armani's "Sensi" perfume (winter 2002), directed by Xhang Jimou.