10 Facts About Hector Zazou

Hector Zazou was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists.

Hector Zazou worked on his own and other artists' albums, including Sandy Dillon, Mimi Goese, Barbara Gogan, Sevara Nazarkhan, Carlos Nunez, Italian group PGR, Anne Grete Preus, Laurence Revey, and Sainkho since 1976.

Hector Zazou was influenced by Peter Gabriel's album Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ in his fusion of musical polarities on his own album Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses.

Hector Zazou's groundbreaking 1983 album Noir et blanc garnered a lot of international attention, and is widely recognized as one of the earliest and most impressive experiments in fusing African and electronic music.

Hector Zazou regarded his work during the 1980s as his time of apprenticeship in the studio.

Hector Zazou's 1992 offering, Sahara Blue, was based on an idea by Jacques Pasquier.

Hector Zazou wrote it in gratitude to his record company Sony who gave him complete artistic liberty.

Hector Zazou describes it as a work of black humour and regards his instrumental composition "Sombre" on the album as one of his best songs ever.

In 2004 Hector Zazou released a companion CD of sorts, L'absence, which included instrumentals, many of the same female vocalists that were featured on Strong Currents, and one male vocalist, French singer Edo.

Hector Zazou was a member of the musical collective named Slow Music.