Bel Amour is a French electronic music group, specializing in house music, composed of two members: Edouard De Tricasse and Jean-Claude Sindress.

Bel Amour
OriginFrance
GenresHouse music
Years active2000–present
LabelsTommy Boy
MembersEdouard De Tricasse
Jean-Claude Sindress

History

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The group composed of Edouard de Tricasse and Jean-Claude Sindress, released their debut single, the eponymous "Bel Amour" in 2001. The Tommy Boy single release contained fives mixes of the song, including an instrumental, ranging in length from five to eight minutes. Allmusic's Jason Birchmeier was complimentary of the original radio edit of the song, writing that "though brief, this edit includes all of the song's vocals, making this dancefloor anthem into a succinct dance-pop single."[1] The track was composed by Edouard de Tricasse and the lyrics by Jean-Claude Sindress. It mixes a male vocal with a filtered disco backing, generated buzz at the 2000 Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach, Florida.[2] The single peaked at number 23 in the United Kingdom,[3] and also charted in France and Switzerland in 2001.[4][5] It entered the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart the following year.[6]

Bel Amour have also remixed for Phats & Small (This Time Around in 2001) and David Guetta (Love Don't Let Me Go in 2002).

In subsequent years, Edouard De Tricasse still performed under the name Bel Amour, Jean-Claude Sindress is a music writer, having written several songs with David Guetta, including Gettin' Over You and Sexy Bitch

Discography

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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions
FRA
[4]
AUS
[7]
GER
[8]
SWI
[5]
UK
[3]
US Club
[6]
"Bel Amour" 2001 86 139 98 73 23 26
"Promise Me" 2003
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

References

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  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "'Bel Amour' - Song Review". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Bel Amour: 'Bel Amour'". Music Week. 21 April 2001.
  3. ^ a b "Official Charts > Bel Amour". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b "lescharts.com > Bel Amour dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Bel Amour in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b "'Billboard' Hot Dance Music". Billboard. 114 (10). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 32 9 March 2002. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Bel Amour – Bel Amour (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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Bel Amour discography at Discogs