Catman

Catman (born David Taieb in 1971), son of Willy Lewis, famous French drummer, is a French musician and electronic music producer from Paris. He founded his own label Slackness Records in 2001, co-founded La Maison Magasin in 2008, and the record label end micro-publishing Much Much More based in Brussels, Belgium.

Career Familiar with turntables since the age of 14, DJ Shalom a.k.a. Catman has worked with Silmarils, Julien Lourau, Bumcello, Piers Faccini, M, Tryo, Java, Femi Kuti, Tony Allen, and Keziah Jones. He was also part of the group Olympic Gramofon. His first solo album, released in 2003, featured Piers Faccini, Sub-Z, Susie One, Vincent Ségalw and Seb Martel. He has also worked in dance and theater.

Discography

Solo 2003 – DJ Shalom (Slackness Records/Bleu Electric) 2003 – DJ Shalom : Yes professor (Slackness Records/Bleu Electric) 2008 – DJ Shalom : Freaks (Slackness Records) 2008 – Criminal Beats (Volume 1) (Slackness Records) 2008 – Johnny Dollar : Jack's religion (Slackness Records) 2009 – DJ Shalom : Yayas (Slackness Records) 2009 – Urban Chill Out (Slackness Records) 2010 – DJ Shalom : I and I (Slackness Records) 2015 – Catman : Liberation Song (Much Much More) 2016 – Catman : Dog Eat Dog (Much Much More)

Duets 1998 – Mozesli (Source/EMI) 1998 – Mozesli : Sunshine (Source/EMI) 1999 – Mozesli : Love & slackness feat. Juan Rozoff (Source/EMI) 1999 – Mozesli : Minea feat. Juan Rozoff (Source/EMI) 1999 – Shalark : Shalamark (Briff) 2001 – Shalark : Don't (Slackness Records/Karat) 2001 – Shalark : Some of them don't (Slackness Records/Karat) 2007 – SH 747 : Brand new times (Slackness Records) 2008 – Burning : Burning away (Slackness Records) 2009 – Criminal Beats (Volume 2) DJ Shalom & Jeff Boudreaux : The Cesspool Sessions (Slackness Records) 2010 – Food for children : Art CD n°1

Trio 2014 – Struggle (Silène Editions) 2016 – Electric Pop Art Ensemble : Sent from my place (L'oreille électrique)

Sextet 1996 – Olympic Gramofon (Label Bleu)

Remixes et productions 1997 – Smoke City: Mr Gorgeous - Mozesli remix (Jive) 1997 – Sinclair : L’épreuve du temps - Mozesli remix (Source/EMI) 1998 – Teri Moise : Il sait - Mozesli remix (Source/EMI) 1998 – Neron - Mozesli remix 1998 – Julien Lourau : City boom boom - Dj Shalom remix (Warner Jazz) 1999 – Ark : De derrière les fagots - 2 original tracks by Shalark (Pias) 1999 – Ark : Belle lurette - 2 original tracks by Shalark (Pias) 1999 – Ark : Punkadelik - Shalark remix + 1 original track (Pias) 2000 – Mr Oizo : Last night Shalark killed Oizo - Shalark remix (F Com) 2001 – Ark : Le magicien d’os - Shalark remix (Pias) 2002 – More GDM : Silver Apples - Shalark remix (Tigersushi) 2004 – Seb Martel : Schizo song – Dj Shalom remix (Delabel) 2004 – -M- : Quand je vais chez L – Dj Shalom remix (Delabel) 2008 – Susie One : No shit (Slackness Records) 2010 – Susie One : No more reality (Slackness Records) 2012 – Katherina Ex et Fantazio : A sonic meeting (Fantaztic Records) 2013 – Fantazio : Catman Remix (Fantaztic Records) 2015 – Zob' : La vie presque belle

Featuring 1995 – Silmarils : Silmarils (Warner) 1995 – Aurèle Ricard : (Agnès B) 1996 – Légitime processus 1996 – Julien Lourau : (Label Bleu) 1998 – Julien Lourau : (Warner Jazz) 1999 – Emmanuel Bex : Mauve 1999 – -M- : Je dis aime (Delabel) 2000 – Java : Hawaï (Sony) 2000 – Julien Lourau : Gambit (Warner Jazz) 2001 – -M- : Le tour de -M- (Delabel) 2002 – Charlélie Couture : 109 2002 – -M- : Qui de nous deux (Delabel) 2002 – Femi Kuti : 2003 – Minino Garay 2004 – -M- : Live Au Spectrum (Delabel) 2005 – -M- : En tête à tête (Delabel) 2006 – Oshen : Je ne suis pas celle (V2) 2008 – Keziah Jones : 2012 – Tryo : 2013 – Fantazio & Jean-François Vrod : Recommandé