Regg'Lyss

Regg'Lyss

Company type	Musical group
Industry	Music
Founded	1989 in Montpellier, France
Headquarters	Montpellier , France
Products	Music albums, singles

Regg'Lyss was a French reggae ensemble whose name is a clever French-language wordplay merging "reggae," "glisse," and "réglisse."

History

Established in 1989 in Montpellier (Languedoc), the collective consisted of approximately twelve friends with the ambition to develop a novel genre called Jamadoc, which they characterized as "a musical Esperanto representing a fictional land situated between Jamaica and Occitania."

The group quickly garnered recognition throughout southern France. After their selection at the Printemps de Bourges festival in 1990, they launched their first album, Vive les gestes, in 1992. Their track "Mets de l'huile" achieved significant popularity during 1993 and 1994, topping the French SNEP Singles Chart twice and maintaining a presence in the Top 50 for 32 weeks. They were also nominated for an award at the Victoires de la Musique ceremony.

Following the lack of commercial success of their third album, Regg'Lyss decided to part ways.

Members

• Roland Ramade – vocals, harmonica
• Doumé Levesque – drums
• Rémi Levesque – rhythm guitar
• Bernard Levesque – keyboards
• Christian Azéma – percussion

• Zawé Fizin – lead guitar
• Pierre Diaz – tenor saxophone
• Alexandre Augé – alto and soprano saxophones
• Victor Fanjul – trumpet
• André Fauquier – trombone

Discography

• 1993: Vive les gestes

1. "Vive les gestes"
2. "Le comptoir"
3. "Patates crues"
4. "Le rocher"
5. "Jamadoc"
6. "En attendant Victor"
7. "Regg'Lyss,... mets de l'huile"
8. "La poupée"
9. "Pose mes valises"
10. "Tronia treijepine"

• 1995: El gusanillo

1. "Non, le reggae n'est pas mort"
2. "El gusanillo"
3. "Le café des super-vedettes"
4. "Le dormeur Duval"
5. "Bouge !"
6. "Les deux sœurs"
7. "Les hanches passent"
8. "Paradis, boîte à sardine"
9. "T'as déjà vu la mer ?"
10. "Sans queue ni tête"
11. "Pas la peine"
12. "Le petit chemin"
13. "Ils vont payer"
14. "Parce que l'on aime"

• 1997: Le monde tourne

1. "J'aime les mots"
2. "La musique sera ma revanche"
3. "Bronze un coup"
4. "Ça va mieux"
5. "Les 3 ombres"
6. "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais"
7. "Yes papa"
8. "Ketre Tharei"
9. "Le monde tourne"
10. "Sans cette espérance"
11. "Le fantome"