Franck Vaillant

Drummer, composer, arranger, Franck Vaillant is first and foremost a musician who loves adventure. Franck has recorded more than thirty CDs and played around the world.

Attracted by registering early, he recorded with the means at any kind of creation for years, until his first album under his own name for Signature Radio France in 2005. This is pure self, that he learned later on to read music, and then play their compositions. Benzine his group recorded four albums.

It is a creative musician who adds his personal touch to all its collaborations. He knows how to use the different "colors" that a battery can deliver. In addition to stomp us by listening, he crayon music as a percussionist. He likes to combine everything percutable, traditional batteries to custom batteries, trafficked, electrified. He likes to try and find the sound that suits the song, the song, the group, the movie ...

Past ten years, his sideman in contemporary jazz is intense. He has played regularly or temporarily with (in order):
Sarah Murcia, Sylvain Cathala, Gilles Coronado, Olivier Py, Guillaume Orti, Stéphane Payen, Benoit Delbecq, Jean-Philippe Morel, Jozef Dumoulin, Malik Mezzadri, Frederick Galiay, Nicolas Genest, Yves Robert, Bruno Chevillon, Stephanus Vivens Lawrence Outside Louis Sclavis, Emmanuel Bex, Hubert Dupont, Marc Ducret, Laurent Blondiau Antoine Prawerman, Pierre Van Dormael, Michel Massot, David Chevallier. Vincent Courtois, Pierre Bernard, Jean-Luc Lehr Blondiau Laurent, Jean-luc Guillonnet, Edward Perraud, Brad Scott, François Thuiller, Daniel Casimir, Philippe Sellam, Yaron Herman, Olivier Sens, Hélène Labarrière David Chevallier. Vincent Courtois, Didier Petit, Julien Lourau Fred Chiffoleau, Boyan Z Salvador Douezy, Alban Darche, Owl Guey, Vincent Segal, Pat Burter, Malik Mezzadri Sebastien Llado, Manu Codjia José Seguido, Nelson Veras, Norbert Lucarain, Sebastien Boisseau , Joffroy Tamisier, Olivier Pianko, Thomas Pourquery, IanikTallet, Christophe "Disco" Mink, Bobby Rangell, David Lewis, Didier Havet, Xavier Garcia, Christophe Monniot, Charlene Martin, Komodo Dragon, Jean-Sébastien Mariage, Daniel Jamet, médéric Collignon, Bertrand Denzler, Boris Blanchet, Daniel Zimmerman, Sylvain Kassap, Nicolas Kontos, Gilbert Roggi.

Franck involved for 4 years (over 400 concerts) in the adventure world of Rock LO'JO the goup Angevins created in 1982 after ten albums yet remains better known abroad than in France: the proof is the title of best live band, awarded by the British newspaper The Independent.

Words, the songs draw very fast, he plays with Varans Komodo Kabal, Arthur H (150 concerts), Fred Poulet, Jeanne Balibar, Lo'Jo Mike Carley, and occasionally with Alain Bashung, Katerine, Brigitte Fontaine, Izia, Franck Monnet, Dave, Mark Thomkins ...

The spirit of the group Jazz with Benzine, Benzine & Soobin, Print, Thôt Enlarged, Caroline Dupont T, All Out, Wonder Brass Factory, Yves Robert, Chamaeleo Vulgaris, Red Quarter

Also passing by the Free 69 Rock as well as many groups in which it happened to a few concerts or tours: Magic Malik Orchestra, Kartet, The Orchestra of the Moon, Urban Mood, Eric Marchand, Rodolphe Burger, Claude Barthélémy , Speed ​​Caravan, Archie Shepp, Richie Havens ...

For several years he also participates in the research workshops ARTE France emissions Ouazan Paul, directed by Sarah Murcia and plays with Thomkins Mark, Dave, Brad Scott, Mami Chan, Fred Poulet, Elise Caron, Albin, Dave.

He also participated in the Underground Adventure of the planet Slam playing in the evenings Bouchazoreilles and duet with D'Kabal old companion, and the trio Harragas Abd el Haq. RAP (Poetry Rythms years) with Vice Low, Mike Ladd, Kohndo, D 'Kabal.

Finally, it is also a composer for his own groups, four albums in total: Benzine, Benzine & Soobin. or Benzine Version situationist "electro" electro music, two CDs with guests such as Benoît Delbecq, Cyril Atef, Magic Malik, Yves Robert, Olivier Py, Jean-Philippe Morel, Bilberry Besson, Khamilya Jubran, Guo Gan, Sylvain Cathala. As well as (((Starecho))) Mehdi Haddab, Loy Ehrlich, Mosin Kawa Hussain, Vincent Segal. And of course his new trio "thisisatrio" Pierre de Bethmann and Bruno Chevillon.