Talenthouse

Location France, Paris

Bio Artist / Producer / Composer - Half of "ME"

It was only a question of time for E-Leven, growing up amidst his father’s record collection and attending shows from a very young age, the Lyon-born young man was destined to live a musical life. With his albums of Stevie Wonder, Supertramp and Kanye West as sole teachers, he started to play the piano, then went on to bass, guitar and then drums.
With the only wish to become a producer, he began recording himself on the hard drive of his Neko workstation. Meticulous and unpretentious, he developed his sound behind the scenes, mixing acoustic and electronic parts, live recording and digital tweaks.

Moving to the Paris region to study sound engineering, he unknowingly embarked on a life of new experiences. One evening, he signed up for a contest by TalentHouse, a music competition initiated by American producer Ryan Leslie (Mary J. Blige, Rick Ross, Booba…). He was in the final three, and although he didn’t win, he still came out on top.

Across the pond, in the US, Continental T (Other half of "ME") was already living the dream as a young writer/producer with a career on the verge of taking off.
One evening in 2010, as he was browsing through the Talenthouse list of finalists, E-Leven the French producer blew Continental T's mind. After exchanging mails then tracks online and spending several evenings chatting on Skype, the beginning of an artistic union was about to begin, and T was soon on a plane to Paris.

Something happened on the information highway. There was a connection and sparks flew. In the space of a single week, the duo sketched out a dozen tracks, some of which they played at their first concert, swiftly organized at Le China Club in July of 2010. That night, ME’s destiny was set in stone. It was also on that night that label Atmosphérique spotted this innovative duo comprising a French composer/producer and an American writer/producer, separated by an ocean but united by a vision.

They had obvious chemistry, especially in the studio: E-Leven composed and played, Continental T thought of beat ideas, hummed and made his mark. Together they defined with a few chords the sound of ME. That’s how track “SBS” came into being, a perfect synthesis of the duo’s style: a glossy production mixing organic and electronic elements, the warmth of rounded bass lines and the groove of massive beats.
One foot in rap, the other in an alien musical territory inhabited by the ghosts of soul, rock and electro: the two artists settled on a coherent yet broad identity. It consists in subtle guitar lines and unabashed piano parts, The Neptunes’ modern take on production and The Roots’ digital forays; few notes and soaring arrangements.

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