Jean-Luc "Abe" Valentino

Musician, composer, singer, performer, but also poet and lyricist, Abe is a sensitive and curious artist, who strives to explore different musical horizons. First an organist for nine years in the French reggae group Highlights, he also participated in numerous events as a slam poet, notably in Agen and Toulouse.
In January 2019 he moved to Munich, where he met many musicians. He participated in open scenes, and began to take a more serious interest in composition. In March 2022 he joined (as guitarist and second singer) Francophonix, a group (swing, jazz, rockabilly) which covers, among other things, classics of French song. The following year, he founded Nessun Dorma with R. Gewurtz. They will soon be joined by Paul Anthony Francis on bass, and the group will move towards a rock that is (...) Mehr anzeigenat once punk, melodic, sometimes aggressive, and with multiple influences.
Under the advice of one of his best friends, Abe decides to set some of his slam texts to music, as well as to write other songs and record some of his compositions. Music is for him a universe to explore, and it is therefore without imposing limits that he writes rap pieces, folk and blues ballads, jazz melodies.

Some musical influences : Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Sex Pistols, Leonard Cohen, Oxmo Puccino, Orelsan, Mos Def, Peter Tosh, IAM... Weniger anzeigen