Orange Blossom

This article is about the band. For the flower of the orange tree, see orange (fruit).

For the plant also known as Orange Blossom, see Choisya

Orange Blossom
Concert of Orange Blossom
Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Electronic, World, Trip hop
Years active	mid-1990s–present
Members
Carlos Robles Arenas Pierre-Jean Chabot Mathias Vaguenez Leïla Bounous
Past members
Éric, Jay C.

Orange Blossom is a French band that plays a mix of electronic and world music.

The band was formed in Nantes in 1993 with Pierre-Jean Chabot (known as PJ Chabot) on violin and Jean-Christophe Waechter (known as Jay C.) on percussions and vocals. In 1994, Éric (organ) joined the band and a first audio tape was recorded in September. In 1995 the band stabilized with the arrival of Carlos Robles Arenas on drums, djembé, and sampler, and the departure of Éric.^[1] Their first disc, Orange Blossom, came out in 1997 on the Prikosnovénie label, selling 15,000 copies.

Before their second album came out, the group was influenced by ethnic and traditional music. They met and collaborated with several non-French artists, like Ivorian percussion group Yelemba D'Abidjan and Egyptian group Ganoub. They toured in Egypt, France, and Belgium. Vocalist Jay C. left the band in 2000 and created Prajña. In 2002, percussionist Mathias Vaguenez and vocalist Leïla Bounous joined the group. The album Everything Must Change came out in 2005 on the Bonsaï Music label.

Carlos Robles Arenas is Mexican. Leïla Bounous is part Algerian, part Breton.

Discography

• Self-produced 6 title audio tape (1994)
  1. Prayer
  2. Child & Doll
  3. Speedman
  4. Welcome In My Brain
  5. Jesse's Grandfather
  6. Red Orange Blossom
• Self-produced 4 title audio tape (1996)
  1. Ray
  2. Die Stadt
  3. Bali
  4. My Village
• Orange Blossom (1997)
  1. Anaconda Girl
  2. Maria Del Sol
  3. Bata
  4. N.
  5. Die Stadt
  6. I'm Dying
  7. Trinity
• Everything Must Change (2005)
  1. Maldito (Cursed)
  2. Habibi (My Darling)
  3. Cheft El Khof (I've Seen Fear)
  4. Desert Dub
  5. Nafsi (My Soul)
  6. Souffrance
  7. Blama
  8. Yazaman (A Long Time Ago)
  9. Denya (Life)
  10. Bendimina (My Heart Is Aching)
  11. Ayoub (hidden track)^[2]

External links

• Orange Blossom on Myspace
• Prikosnovénie (French, audio samples)
• Bonsaï Music (French, audio samples)

Notes

1. ^ see Jay C. interview in august 1997 (in french)
2. ^ The hidden track is given as an eleventh song named Ayoub on Bonsai Music's web site