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Classic Rock is back !
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Fabrice Dutour began playing guitar at the age of 13, inspired by bands such as Téléphone and ACDC. After graduating with a degree in musicology, he began his professional life giving guitar lessons in a variety of settings. At the same time, he played with New Walking Blues, a Blues Rock band that played nearly 200 concerts in its three years of existence, sharing the stage with artists such as Luther Allison, Patrick Verbeke, Bill Thomas, Andy J Forest and Bernard Allison.
Curious and bulimic, he went on to play in a variety of bands: Funk, Acid Jazz, Celtic Music, before returning to his first love in the early 2000s with the group Dyslesia. Ten years of adventure followed, during which he released three albums for which he wrote most of the compositions. He also embarked on several French and European tours and festivals, in the company of Symphony X, Rhapsody of Fire, Demons and Wizards, Iron Savior, Shaman and Firewind.
In 2012, he formed Back Roads, an adventure that also lasted 10 years, composing all of the band's two albums. The band has shared 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 was a regular contributor to Guitare Xtreme magazine, and took part in the third edition of the magazine.
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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...
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.
Anthony Prudent est un jeune bassiste dont la maturité musicale impressionne. Autodidacte, rien ne le prédestinait à faire de la musique son métier. Il participe, à 16 ans, au collectif grenoblois Tchapack et accompagne de nombreux artistes sur scène et en studio : Ralf Hartmann, Jacques Loucel, Margot Viotti, Titi Robin
Son style se caractérise par une grande précision, une maîtrise naturelle de l’instrument et une capacité à servir la musique avec intelligence et sensibilité, toujours au service du groove et de la cohésion collective.
Doté d’un sens du placement rythmique remarquable, il développe des lignes de basse vivantes et organiques, où chaque note trouve sa juste place. Son approche exclusivement aux doigts lui offre une grande précision, une dynamique naturelle et une connexion directe avec le rythme, faisant de sa basse le véritable moteur du groupe.
Malgré son jeune âge, Anthony fait preuve d’une aisance et d’une assurance habituellement associées à des musiciens beaucoup plus expérimentés. C’est en 2025 qu’il rencontre l’équipe d’Emerald Moon sur lors de quelques remplacements sur quelques dates en 2025, avant d’intégrer, tout naturellement, le groupe en 2026.
Capable de s’adapter à différents contextes musicaux, sa technique reste toujours au service de l’émotion et du collectif, faisant de lui un musicien aussi prometteur que déjà incontournable.
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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.