Tchami

Martin Joseph Léonard Bresso (; born 12 May 1985), better known by his stage name Tchami , is a French record producer and DJ from Paris. A founding member of the Pardon My French collective, he is best known for his solo work and regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre – a term he coined – alongside Dutch DJs Oliver Heldens and Don Diablo.

When asked about the origins of his name Tchami, he explained, "I used to travel a lot across Europe and Africa these past five years. Tchami is a name that has been given to me in Africa which is an honour. Fortunately it sounded catchy to me, so I kept it."

Musical style Tchami most commonly produces music he has called future house. and "Promesses" on 4 January 2015 under Ministry of Sound, which features vocals from Kaleem Taylor. The latter peaked at number 7 on the Official Singles Chart. On 18 April 2014, Tchami released his debut single "Untrue" under the Spinnin' Records label. Tchami had co-wrote DJ Snake's and Lil Jon's hit single "Turn Down for What".

2015–present He launched his own record label, called Confession.

On 12 March 2015, he announced his debut extended play titled After Life. He uploaded his new song "After Life" featuring vocals from Stacy Barthe and is part of the After Life EP along with "Missing You", which has also been released by Tchami and AC Slater. In October 2015, Tchami and fellow electronic producer DJ Snake were injured in a car crash. Consequently, both artists missed a scheduled performance at Toronto's Monster Mash festival. His remix of AlunaGeorge's "You Know You Like It" was featured in the soundtrack of the 2015 movie "We Are Your Friends".

After an 8-month break following the After Life EP, Tchami released "Siaw" on his own record label Confession as a free download on 18 August 2016. The track was an experimental bass house influenced track which sampled KRS-One's Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight). He then went on to release his only single of 2016, "Prophecy", on 20 September 2016. The track was a collaboration with mysterious Parisian producer Malaa, and again featured a more experimental bass house element compared to much of Tchami's earlier work.

On 3 February 2017, Tchami released "Adieu", widely believed the 1st single of his rumoured upcoming second EP. The track was once again experimental, this time calmer than much of Tchami's earlier work. Tchami also released "World To Me" featuring London singer MNEK on Spotify, however the track was quickly made private although not taken down for unknown reasons. The track was included in his second EP, "Revelations EP", with new vocals from Luke James, alongside Adieu, Taiki Nulight collaboration "Godspell" (previously known among the dance music community unofficially as "Godspeed" and "Fallin"), "Zeal", "Adieu, Pt. ll" and a Kaelyn Behr collaboration "Don't Let Me Down". The Revelations EP was released on 25 August 2017.

His first full-length album, titled "Year Zero" was announced in the first half of 2020. Some singles from the album and other songs he released in 2020 include "Proud" featuring vocals by Daecolm, "Ghosts" featuring vocals by HANA, "Buenos Aires", "Born Again", "Faith" featuring vocals sampled from Marlena Shaw, and "Praise" featuring vocals by Gunna (rapper). In 2020, he also released a remix for Justin Martin's song "Stay" featuring vocals from Dalilah.

Pardon My French

He is currently part of the Pardon My French team, a collective of four French DJs composed of DJ Snake, Mercer, Malaa and himself. Throughout the year 2016 and early 2017, DJ Snake did a world tour with Pardon My French Tour with Tchami and Mercer.

Confession In 2015, Tchami announced that he would be launching a new record label called "Confession". Throughout late 2018 Tchami toured North America with other DJs signed to the Confession label for the Confession tour.

Discography

Live performances Something Wicked 29 October 2017 - Sam Houston Race Park Houston, TX 28 December 2017 - Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

CRSSD Festival 4 March 2018 - Waterfront Park, San Diego, CA, USA

EDC Mexico 2018 24 February 2018 - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico 24 March 2018 Live Stage Miami, FL, USA 30 March 2019 Mainstage Miami, FL, USA 26 March 2023 Mainstage Miami, FL, USA

The Calling 13 April 2023 - Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago, IL, USA 11 April 2024 - Angel Orensanz Foundation New York, NY, USA 12 April 2024 - Theatre Paradoxe Montreal, Canada 13 April 2024 - Masonic Cathedral Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA

DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Year Peak position Notes 2014 118 Out 2015 62 Up 56 2016 109 Exit (Down 47) 2017 95 Re Entry (Up 14) 2018 82 Up 13 2019 120 Exit (Down 38)2020145Down 25