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In the studio with Jul in Marseille: "I spend my life here"

2021-06-27T11:26:08.309Z


Discreet in the media, rapper Jul opened the doors of his studio to us in Marseille, before the release of his new opus, "


“Be careful, this is the real good mother.

Some regulars barely joke when they get to where it all happens.

A mythical studio with an ordinary facade.

“Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde is the one for tourists.

Here, it is the sinews of war.

However, it is impossible to imagine at first glance that this former warehouse, nestled in the Chutes-Lavie district, in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), has actually been the heart of the rap production of the Phocaean city for twenty years. years.

IAM, the Fonky Family or Psy 4 de la Rime, the Soprano group, have cut their teeth there.

Today, Naps, who triumphs with his last title, “la Kiffance”, SCH, Soso Maness or l'Algérino still charcoal there.

Jul has made it his second home.

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"I spend my life here, I've recorded almost all my albums there," laughs the star with the inimitable Bermuda-slippers-socks look.

I never stop, I have to produce about 200 songs a year.

My days are all alike: I get up, I go to the

stud

all night until dawn.

I get home early in the morning, play two decompression games on the PlayStation while listening to other music, and go to bed.

And when I wake up, I go back.

At home, at home, I'm too bored.

Music is my life, I need it like breathing but, as it's a passion, I don't feel like I'm working.

"

The biggest record seller in France in 2020

A daily routine that is worth gold.

The artist, whose real name is Julien Mari, is the biggest seller of records in France in 2020, according to the National Union of Phonographic Publishing (Snep).

He sold 770,000 copies in the year of his three projects, including the collegiate album “13 Organized” which alone attracted 160,000 fans, driven by the enormous success of the single “Bande Organisé”, with its more of 150 million streams.

His concert at the Vélodrome, postponed to June 2022, is already sold out.

No wonder for an extremely productive artist who has accumulated nearly 5 million sales since the start of his career in 2013. “Demain ça ira”, which comes out this Friday, is his… 23rd album.

Marseille, June 16, 2021. Jul in his recording studio, a few days before the release of his new album, “Demain ça ira”.

LP / Fred Dugit

The autodidact, mirror sunglasses, fanny pack, knows music software by heart and composes melodies, mouse in hand.

And the best team of sound engineers in Marseille will take care of the rest.

It is here that Jul has succeeded in bringing together the different generations of Marseille rap, that is to say 51 artists, for the collective project “13 Organized”.

“I had this idea for a long time but I couldn't find the time and then, when I launched it, everything went quickly.

It was unimaginable that it would work so much.

"

Today, the video for "Organized Band" has 430 million views on YouTube.

“It clearly started a new movement.

There have never been so many Marseille rappers in the top 10, like SCH or Naps, that makes me too happy.

"

VIDEO.

"Organized band", the tube with 430 million views

All this under the fraternal gaze of the "elders".

“Seeing Akhenaton and Shurik'n, ​​from IAM, or the Rat Luciano next to us, is a kid's dream.

I listened to their sounds repeatedly when I was little.

And now the youngest Marseille rappers are saying to themselves that maybe we will take them with us later if there is another project of this kind.

" To be continued…

In the meantime, Jul is concentrating on releasing his new record. “I just kept the 18 keystrokes out of the 70 tracks recorded. People want to party after lockdowns even more. »Evenings which his celebrity now prevents him from enjoying. This Tuesday, an outing with friends in Cannes again turned into a riot. “I can no longer put myself on the terrace in Marseille. But, in a few years, I see myself taking a step back with my family. Tranquility is a luxury. This does not mean that I will stop the music. It will be hard not to come to the studio! "

Source: leparis

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