Born and raised in Paris, he completed his studies as a Sound Engineer at CFPTS and INA.
As a music producer, he has collaborated with many artists in the
hip hop, reggae, electro-drum and bass scene and has composed for adverts, sound design and live shows.
He started his career as a sound operator for various Paris based reggae sound systems and composed music for rising reggae and
hip-hop artists such as Raggasonic (Virgin); Melaaz (BMG) and
Neg-marrons producing the famous track : ‘Le bilan’ (Sony Music) .
He was involved with the emerging Jungle/Drum&Bass scene in London as DJ Lexi. He created the first French Drum&Bass band:
X-pensive, with DJ Manu and DJ Gilb’r (Versatile), producing tracks such as ‘Many are called’ for Source/Virgin Label, remixing tracks for Cheb Khaled, Princess Erika, Raggasonic and organizing the memorable
‘Back to the Jungle’ parties at the Rex Club.
Alexis Lazar moved into commercial advertising as music producer, composing for brands including Cic, Renault,
Lee Cooper, Panzani, Mc Donalds with EMI Publishing.
He has composed music for the audio illustration
Label Kosinus (Jungle jazz, Science lab, Jazz house).
A passionate supporter of creativity, he went on to collaborate with artists such as Cuban Rap Ligas (2 good), Hydra (FZM), Big Red (Virgin)
and Guts (Wax ON).
He has also been active in the visual and performing arts as a sound designer / engineer for theatre and dance companies like Company Kafig (Mourad Merzouki).
Alexis has composed the music of the teaser for the David Hockney and Magritte Exhibitions at the Georges Pompidou Centre.
Contact and informations
al@alexislazar.com
+33688974417
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