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Eric Appapoulay

January 01, 1970

Eric Appapoulay (born 21 December 1971) is a British singer, songwriter,[1][2] composer, arranger, programmer, multi-instrumentalist and guitarist. Appapoulay has been the guitar player for Neneh Cherry, the musical director for Daniel Bedingfield, the bassist for both Plan B and Nitin Sawhney, and the performing artist on the debut album Faith is Trust. Appapoulay is also currently the guitarist with Yusuf Islam.[3][4] He is the co-owner of The Sanctuary Recording Studio in London, and member of SMV known for their work on the 2010 award-winning Plan B album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks.[5][6]

Eric Appapoulay
Born (1971-12-21) 21 December 1971 (age 52)
London, England
GenresReggae, seggae, sega, afro beat, funk, fusion, rock, blues, country, pop
Occupation(s)Record producer, songwriter, musician, remixer
Instrument(s)guitar, bass, drums and percussion, piano, keyboards
Years active1998–present
Labels679/Atlantic, V2 Records
Websitethesanctuarystudio.co.uk

History edit

Appapoulay was born in East London to Mauritian parents. He has two siblings named Maryse Appapoulay and Caroline Appapoulay. He began playing (sega) traditional music from Mauritius at age eight alongside reggae, calypso, soca and high life. He studied classical guitar privately, inspired by John Williams. He listened to flamenco guitar, Paco de Lucia, also blues, rock and country, and artists such as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Kelly Joe Phelps and Mark Knopfler. Much later jazz/fusion influences from George Benson, Earl Klugh, Larry Carlton, Robin Ford, Pat Metheny, Bireli Lagrene and Scott Henderson.[7][8][9]

Career edit

Production edit

He was a composer with Lounge Productions in the UK.[4] In 2006, he set up The Sanctuary Recording Studio with partner David McEwan.[10]

With a career in the music industry for over 25 years he has worked with many artists that include: Yusuf, Neneh Cherry, Daniel & Natasha Bedingfield, Craig David, Keri Hilson, Jason Derulo, Lionel Richie, Don Blackman, Beverley Knight, Lucie Silvas, Nitin Sawhney, MPHO, Patrice Bart-Williams, Terri Walker, Nate James, Tackhead, Anette Peacock, Ola, New Sector Movements, Liquid Biskit, Zen Badism, Jhelisa Anderson, Glen Scott, Wisechildren, Colin Emmanuel, Jimmy Dawkins, DJ Pogo, Mc Ty, Jonzi D, Manifest, Wunmi, Kojo Antwi, Vikter Duplait, Eska Mtungwasi, Marcina Arnold, Natalie Williams, Julie Dexter.[7][8][9][11]

Appapoulay was the touring Guitarist for Neneh Cherry in 1992, Musical director for New Sector Movements in 1997, Bass player for Nitin Sawhney between 1998–2000, Musical director for Daniel Bedingfield's band between 2000–2006, Co-writer of the song "Do Ya" with Lionel Richie for his 2004 album 'Just For You', touring Guitarist for Natasha Bedingfield in 2007 and Craig David between 2007–2008. He toured with Patrice between 2008–2010 and Yusuf since 2008 and undertook a tour of Europe in May 2011 with Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens) as a guitarist and lead vocalist.

He also produced tracks for British MC/Singer Plan B for his number 1 award-winning album The Defamation of Strickland Banks, including the top 10 single "She Said". He was the bass player for 90% of the Plan B's album alongside Jodi Milner, and also did backing vocals, piano and additional guitars.[11][12][13] The bulk of the material on The Defamation of Strickland Banks was recorded by Eric Appapoulay and co-owner David McEwan at their own studio in South London, The Sanctuary Recording Studio. Partly because they were simultaneously working on its hip-hop counterpart.[5]

Making of the album edit

Prominent in both The Sanctuary Recording Studio and on The Defamation of Strickland Banks is Appapoulay's upright piano. Ben Drew explained that "Because of how old it is, and some things are slightly out of tune, it reminded me of those old hip-hop records where the sampled piano does sound a little but gritty," "That's why I loved it. It looks great and it's got a proper resonance."[5]

In a SOS interview, Appapoulay described their process during recording sessions: "It was just Ben and myself and Richard and Tom. We would be in the room together, Ben’d be on his acoustic guitar in that little doorway bit with his mic, setting down the guides. I had guitar in the Fender Twin, drums just clean, and then the bass I put through the LA2A, because I love the way it warms it up. Then we were using the bass amp as well, because we had the whole band in one room — the control room was in the drum room that you see now — so we were jamming like in a rehearsal. It had a band feeling, like Motown, where they just used to sit in one room and record together. That was the idea with this place, I wanted the whole band to feel like it was a gig scenario, playing as a band."[5]

After the album's completion it shot to the top of the European charts, won several awards in 2010,[14] and is nominated for February 2011's Brit Award for two awards including the MasterCard British Album of the Year.[15]

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Plan B

Discography edit

Vocals edit

  • 2000 Various – Adventures in Clubland 1990-99: The Stress Decade(Stress Records)
  • 2006 Marcina Arnold – Introducing (Counterpoint Records)

Instruments and performance edit

Writing and arrangement edit

  • 1996 Various – Eclectro (Anti Static Recordings)
  • 1996 Various – Audium Capsule 1 (Blanc Records)
  • 2003 Various – Family Planning Vol. 2 Sampler (Main Squeeze)

Featuring and presenting edit

Production edit

References edit

  1. ^ "SHE SAID Lyrics - PLAN B | eLyrics.net". Elyrics.net. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Yusuf, Royal Albert Hall, London". The Independent. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b [1] 15 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c d "Plan B". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Plan B (4) – She Said (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Eric Appapoulay". Thesanctuarystudio.co.uk. 21 December 1971. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Bargain Hunt". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  10. ^ "About". Thesanctuarystudio.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Eric Appapoulay Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Recording "She Said" by Plan B – Relationships". MusicBrainz.org. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Plan B (4) – She Said (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Yahoo News". News.yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

External links edit

  • The Sanctuary Studios website

January 01, 1970
eric, appapoulay, born, december, 1971, british, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, programmer, multi, instrumentalist, guitarist, appapoulay, been, guitar, player, neneh, cherry, musical, director, daniel, bedingfield, bassist, both, plan, nitin, sawhney. Eric Appapoulay born 21 December 1971 is a British singer songwriter 1 2 composer arranger programmer multi instrumentalist and guitarist Appapoulay has been the guitar player for Neneh Cherry the musical director for Daniel Bedingfield the bassist for both Plan B and Nitin Sawhney and the performing artist on the debut album Faith is Trust Appapoulay is also currently the guitarist with Yusuf Islam 3 4 He is the co owner of The Sanctuary Recording Studio in London and member of SMV known for their work on the 2010 award winning Plan B album The Defamation of Strickland Banks 5 6 Eric AppapoulayBorn 1971 12 21 21 December 1971 age 52 London EnglandGenresReggae seggae sega afro beat funk fusion rock blues country popOccupation s Record producer songwriter musician remixerInstrument s guitar bass drums and percussion piano keyboardsYears active1998 presentLabels679 Atlantic V2 RecordsWebsitethesanctuarystudio wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Career 2 1 Production 2 2 Making of the album 3 Discography 3 1 Vocals 3 2 Instruments and performance 3 3 Writing and arrangement 3 4 Featuring and presenting 3 5 Production 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAppapoulay was born in East London to Mauritian parents He has two siblings named Maryse Appapoulay and Caroline Appapoulay He began playing sega traditional music from Mauritius at age eight alongside reggae calypso soca and high life He studied classical guitar privately inspired by John Williams He listened to flamenco guitar Paco de Lucia also blues rock and country and artists such as B B King Eric Clapton Jimi Hendrix Carlos Santana Kelly Joe Phelps and Mark Knopfler Much later jazz fusion influences from George Benson Earl Klugh Larry Carlton Robin Ford Pat Metheny Bireli Lagrene and Scott Henderson 7 8 9 Career editProduction edit He was a composer with Lounge Productions in the UK 4 In 2006 he set up The Sanctuary Recording Studio with partner David McEwan 10 With a career in the music industry for over 25 years he has worked with many artists that include Yusuf Neneh Cherry Daniel amp Natasha Bedingfield Craig David Keri Hilson Jason Derulo Lionel Richie Don Blackman Beverley Knight Lucie Silvas Nitin Sawhney MPHO Patrice Bart Williams Terri Walker Nate James Tackhead Anette Peacock Ola New Sector Movements Liquid Biskit Zen Badism Jhelisa Anderson Glen Scott Wisechildren Colin Emmanuel Jimmy Dawkins DJ Pogo Mc Ty Jonzi D Manifest Wunmi Kojo Antwi Vikter Duplait Eska Mtungwasi Marcina Arnold Natalie Williams Julie Dexter 7 8 9 11 Appapoulay was the touring Guitarist for Neneh Cherry in 1992 Musical director for New Sector Movements in 1997 Bass player for Nitin Sawhney between 1998 2000 Musical director for Daniel Bedingfield s band between 2000 2006 Co writer of the song Do Ya with Lionel Richie for his 2004 album Just For You touring Guitarist for Natasha Bedingfield in 2007 and Craig David between 2007 2008 He toured with Patrice between 2008 2010 and Yusuf since 2008 and undertook a tour of Europe in May 2011 with Yusuf aka Cat Stevens as a guitarist and lead vocalist He also produced tracks for British MC Singer Plan B for his number 1 award winning album The Defamation of Strickland Banks including the top 10 single She Said He was the bass player for 90 of the Plan B s album alongside Jodi Milner and also did backing vocals piano and additional guitars 11 12 13 The bulk of the material on The Defamation of Strickland Banks was recorded by Eric Appapoulay and co owner David McEwan at their own studio in South London The Sanctuary Recording Studio Partly because they were simultaneously working on its hip hop counterpart 5 Making of the album edit Prominent in both The Sanctuary Recording Studio and on The Defamation of Strickland Banks is Appapoulay s upright piano Ben Drew explained that Because of how old it is and some things are slightly out of tune it reminded me of those old hip hop records where the sampled piano does sound a little but gritty That s why I loved it It looks great and it s got a proper resonance 5 In a SOS interview Appapoulay described their process during recording sessions It was just Ben and myself and Richard and Tom We would be in the room together Ben d be on his acoustic guitar in that little doorway bit with his mic setting down the guides I had guitar in the Fender Twin drums just clean and then the bass I put through the LA2A because I love the way it warms it up Then we were using the bass amp as well because we had the whole band in one room the control room was in the drum room that you see now so we were jamming like in a rehearsal It had a band feeling like Motown where they just used to sit in one room and record together That was the idea with this place I wanted the whole band to feel like it was a gig scenario playing as a band 5 After the album s completion it shot to the top of the European charts won several awards in 2010 14 and is nominated for February 2011 s Brit Award for two awards including the MasterCard British Album of the Year 15 Main article List of awards and nominations received by Plan BDiscography editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Eric Appapoulay news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Vocals edit 2000 Various Adventures in Clubland 1990 99 The Stress Decade Stress Records 2006 Marcina Arnold Introducing Counterpoint Records Instruments and performance edit 1994 Interference Global Game Blanc Records Trinity Worldwide Records 1996 Various Audium Capsule 1 Blanc Records 1997 Gary Barlow So Help Me Girl BMG UK amp Ireland 2000 New Sector Movements No Tricks EP Virgin 2000 Murky Waters Check Yourself Main Squeeze 2000 Various Family Planning Vol 1 Main Squeeze 2000 Friends From Rio Cravo E Canela Remixes By IG Culture Far Out Recordings 2000 Likwid Biskit Substance People Records 2001 New Sector Movements Download This Virgin 2002 Quite Sane Child of Troubled Times CoolHunter Music 2003 Ty Upwards Big Dada Recordings 2003 Ma Futura Feat Hylton Smith Penny Dun Drop Main Squeeze 2003 Various Family Planning Vol 2 Sampler Main Squeeze 2004 Daniel Bedingfield Wrap My Words Around You Polydor 2004 NSM Turn It Up Virgin 2004 Daniel Bedingfield Nothing Hurts Like Love Polydor 2004 Daniel Bedingfield Second First Impression Polydor 2005 Gilles Peterson Gilles Peterson Presents The BBC Sessions Ether Records 2005 Mpho Skeef Don t Like You Documented 2005 Colin Emmanuel Damelo Little League Productions 2005 Colin Emmanuel D Illusions of Grandeur Little League Productions 2005 Daniel Bedingfield The Way Ain t Nobody Polydor 2006 Marcina Arnold Introducing Counterpoint Records 2010 Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks 679 Atlantic 2010 Plan B She Said 679 Recordings 2010 Selah Sue Raggamuffin Because Music Writing and arrangement edit 1996 Various Eclectro Anti Static Recordings 1996 Various Audium Capsule 1 Blanc Records 2003 Various Family Planning Vol 2 Sampler Main Squeeze Featuring and presenting edit 2000 Various Co Operation Volume 1 Co Operation Recordings 2001 Ty The Nonsense Big Dada Recordings 2001 Ty Awkward Big Dada Recordings Production edit 2000 Julie Dexter Peace of Mind Blackbyrd References edit SHE SAID Lyrics PLAN B eLyrics net Elyrics net Retrieved 13 August 2020 California Chronicles Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 Retrieved 27 January 2011 Yusuf Royal Albert Hall London The Independent 14 December 2009 Retrieved 13 August 2020 a b 1 Archived 15 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine a b c d Plan B Soundonsound com Retrieved 29 January 2012 Plan B 4 She Said CD at Discogs Discogs com Retrieved 29 January 2012 a b Eric Appapoulay Thesanctuarystudio co uk 21 December 1971 Retrieved 29 January 2012 a b Bargain Hunt Bbc co uk Retrieved 13 August 2020 a b Beyond Jazz News Archived from the original on 23 July 2011 Retrieved 27 January 2011 About Thesanctuarystudio co uk Retrieved 29 January 2012 a b Eric Appapoulay Discography at Discogs Discogs com Retrieved 29 January 2012 Recording She Said by Plan B Relationships MusicBrainz org 22 February 1999 Retrieved 29 January 2012 Plan B 4 She Said Vinyl at Discogs Discogs com Retrieved 29 January 2012 Yahoo News News yahoo com Retrieved 13 August 2020 Brit Award Nominees Archived from the original on 16 January 2011 Retrieved 13 August 2020 External links editThe Sanctuary Studios website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eric Appapoulay amp oldid 1223405379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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