Sam Rouanet
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Sam Rouanet | |
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 Sam playing as Reynold at the Lieu Unique in Nantes, France | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samuel Rouanet |
| Also known as | Reynold, Babyreynold, Johnny Wagner |
| Born | 15 November 1972 Toulouse, France |
| Genres | Techno |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, Keyboards, Turntables |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Labels | Trenton Records |
| Website | Sam Rouanet |
Sam Rouanet (born 15 November 1972 in Toulouse, France) is a French-born guitarist, DJ and producer of electronic music who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Sam Rouanet studied violin and classical music in Toulouse, France. He moved to Chicago in the late 1990s and began to play guitar in bands within the post-rock scene there. After returning to Europe, Sam started producing electronic music, mostly under the alias Reynold. First, he moved to London playing bass with the electronic duo Kinobe, before moving to Paris where he co-founded the Minimal Dancin' event where artists such as Swayzak, Metro Area, T. Raumschmiere, Roman Flügel of the duo Alter Ego, Feadz, Trentemøller, Aril Brikha, Booka Shade among many others.[1] After success in Paris, Sam finally moved to Berlin to explore the electronic scene there.
He has released records for such labels as Persona, Plexi, KINA, Treibstoff and his own label, Trenton Records. Reynold's music has been well reviewed by international publications such as Resident Advisor[2] and De:Bug.[3][4][5][6]
In 2003 Sam co-created the electronic music label Trenton Records, which has since released over 50 records from artists such as John Tejada, Stewart Walker, Jeff Samuel, 3 Channels and Touane among others.
He has been the host of the monthly "Minimal Dancin" events at the Nouveau Casino in Paris, France, between 2001 and 2009 alongside Duplex 100 partner Phil Stumpf.
In 2010, Rouanet worked with Kazakh electronic musicians, in a project sponsored by the French Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Goethe-Institut, in creating a collaborative album entitled "Tronicstan".[7] He later toured with some of the Kazakh participants around France and Germany.[8]
In 2011 Sam Rouanet also released an album CD with his father Jacques Rouanet as a project called "Kigo".[9] Sam is also collaborating on a number of live band projects with like-minded artists including “Spleen Underground Music”,[10] “brome” [11] or American electronic music producer Stewart Walker with whom he shares the “Ivory Tower Studio” in Berlin.