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MICHAAL BENJELLOUN
Born in 1978, Michaal Benjelloun has been a professional guitarist since the age of 17. Self-taught, he picked up his older brother's classic rock record collection by ear and put it into practice by jamming regularly in Parisian clubs where he discovered blues and country music.
A specialist in rock from the 60s and 70s (but not only), he stands out with his nervous and inspired playing, and remains one of the slide specialists in France.
He is also very comfortable with other string instruments such as the mandolin, banjo or pedal steel.
After spending 10 years on the road with the folk-rock/gypsy band Caïna, where he became familiar with the gypsy guitar, Michaal has been accompanying Gaëlle Buswel for many years (four albums under his belt and a career that is growing with opening acts for ZZ Top, Deep Purple, Ringo Starr, Beth Hart, Jonny Lang, Zucchero) and expressing his talents in various groups, such as The Feryelkillers, Goodfellas. In 2020 he participated in the second album of the United Guitars collective with 14 other guitarists including Doug Aldrich, Yarol Poupaud, Fred Chapellier...
FRANCOIS C. DELACOUDRE
François C. Delacoudre is a bass and double bass brute, capable of playing all registers, from rock to metal, including jazz, funk and rockabilly. His musicality and his innate sense of showmanship make him one of the most powerful and sought-after bassists on the current rock scene. Without his talent and the massive sound of his bass, the tracks on volume 1 (then 2, 3 and 4!) of United Guitars would probably not have resonated with such force and intensity. » Ludovic Egraz (Guitar Xtreme)
Bassist and double bassist, his versatility leads him to play for different artists such as Aloe Blacc, Thomas Boissy, Les Coquettes, Dany Brillant, Julien Bitoun and Laura Cox... He can also be found in the musicals HAIR and THE FULL MONTY...
His musical career has allowed him to play on the biggest French stages, as well as abroad (Europe, USA, Canada, Russia, etc.)
His passion and knowledge of the instrument have led him to collaborate with Bassiste Magazine since the beginning.
Teaching is one of the important facets of his profession, with the publication of a method at Play Music "100 lines of 70's bass" as well as several video tutorials for the Bassiste Mag teaching notebook.
Founder and leader of the group SOHO RIOT, in which he expresses his passion for composition and his vision of a group made for live performance.
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FABRICE DUTOUR
Fabrice Dutour started playing guitar at the age of 13, influenced by groups such as Téléphone and ACDC. After obtaining a degree in musicology, he began his professional life by giving guitar lessons in various organizations. At the same time, he played with New Walking Blues, a Blues Rock band that gave nearly 200 concerts in three years of existence and shared the stage with artists such as Luther Allison, Patrick Verbeke, Bill Thomas, Andy J Forest and Bernard Allison.
Curious and bulimic, he subsequently got involved in various genres: Funk, Acid Jazz, Celtic Music, before returning to his first loves in the early 2000s by joining the group Dyslesia. Ten years of adventure followed, during which three albums were released for which he wrote most of the compositions. Several French and European tours and festivals were also carried out, notably in the company of Symphony X, Rhapsody of Fire, Demons and Wizards, Iron Savior, Shaman, Firewind.
In 2012 he formed the band Back Roads, an adventure that would also last 10 years. He composed the entirety of the two albums released. The band had the opportunity to share the stage with Johnny Gallagher, Myrath, The Dead Daisies, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Little Bob Blues Bastard, Nanette Workman, Marco Mendoza Trio, and Band of Friends.
From 2015 to 2018, he became a regular contributor to Guitare Xtreme magazine and participated in the first three albums of the United Guitars project.
He is also the guitarist for the tribute bands Mégaphone and Sang pour Sang.
VANESSA DI MAURO
Vanessa Di Mauro has been passionate about music and English lyrics since she was very young. She joined cover bands when she was 16, that's where she discovered rock n'roll by covering songs by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Cream and many others. She went to explore her desire for Anglo-Saxon culture a little more by traveling to England. She was supposed to stay there for 3 months, but she ended up staying there for 6 years. There, she built a solid linguistic and musical foundation and, in particular, had a memorable encounter with guitarist Al Hodge who took her under his wing and with whom she recorded a few songs.
In 2002, she returned to France and met the team of the studio "les Producteurs" in Lyon, Philippe Viennet, the lyricist of Liane Foly, and Gilbert Grilli, her composer friend. Together, they worked on numerous projects of sound identities, advertisements and naturally came to compose. About ten titles were released, an album produced by the studio under the name of Vadim.
In 2012, the Undercover adventure began, a pop rock cover band that allowed her to fully reconnect with the stage, a place she particularly loved. In 2019, she met Fabrice Dutour when he replaced, for one evening, the guitarist of her pop rock composition band, IDentity. He then joined the group and an album will be released in 2021. Together, they find themselves on many rock n'roll influences and also form a duo. With the Emerald Moon project, Vanessa comes full circle, returning to her first love for seventies rock as she sang it at 16, with the added experience.
LAURENT FALSO
Laurent Falso began learning drums at the age of 12, stimulated by listening to seventies rock and hard rock albums. Initially self-taught, he followed the Dante Agostini school curriculum, from which he graduated. His professional career began in the mid-90s. From then on, his curiosity led him to get involved in a wide variety of artistic projects. First musical; he accompanied Gilbert Montagné before joining the group Dezoriental for two years of French and European touring with several highlights, such as a performance at the Olympia. He subsequently played - and among others - alongside Tom Nardone (young audience songs), Jack Helmus (jazz fusion), Jack Bon (blues rock)...
The other universe in which Laurent has been evolving since 2005 is that of the circus, with the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain as a common thread. He has also worked with the Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione and with the Cirque Baroque. These different adventures allow him to perform in Quebec, Japan...
Alongside his instrument, Laurent has developed solid skills as a sound engineer. He has notably recorded and mixed all of the Jack Bon Slim Combo albums.