In his first life, Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi was an instrumentalist and composer, a pioneer of synths.
His group Baba Scholae, whose first album was released decades after its recording in London, could have stood up to the English champions of the so-called progressive scene, King Crimson and Soft Machine in the lead.
Established in Woodstock just after the festival of the same name, it was under the pseudonym Mister Frog that he joined the prestigious formation of pop demiurge Todd Rundgren, Utopia, becoming the only Frenchman to have been part of an American group.
In a second life, Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi became a music producer, without losing his adventurous side.
From Notre-Dame to the war in Bosnia, he was involved in all the adventures, along the way forming the Ad Vitam Records label, which allowed him to reconnect with his first love, classical music.
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The third life of this 76-year-old young man began with the publication of his first book,
Rock Me Amin
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