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Marc Cerrone, founding father of disco between measure and excess

2022-11-29T15:16:41.515Z


PORTRAIT – At 70, one of the fathers of disco music is releasing a new album where he covers his greatest titles, this time as a DJ. A new career for this tireless partygoer.


Never half measures, only excess.

“Prophet”, “monster”, “legend”…

Marc Cerrone, founding father of disco, can hardly be reduced to a single superlative, as his 50-year career and the 30 million albums sold by this septuagenarian are so impressive.

Despite this crushing biography, the man is much more.

A show on its own.

Cerrone talks a lot, as if animated by an incandescent inner fire, moved by an almost suspicious optimism.

It's a burning bush of music, of rhythm, which sweeps away everything in its path.

A being of the caliber of impulsive people, entrepreneurs, icebreakers for whom sometimes the worst trials are like trampolines to better bounce back.

A studio overflowing with memories

When he receives us in his Haussmannian apartment, we stick to the window to admire the church opposite and the loud boulevard at our feet.

"When I record with my teams, I cut to hear the bells,

" he says.

It's wonderful to stop and hear the passing of time!

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Source: lefigaro

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