The band was a duet composed of Christian Fourgeron (guitar, vocals) and Pierre Schott (guitar, bass, vocals, born 24 April 1958). They begin their musical career in 1985 with their single "Io (c'est ça)" which passed unnoticed in France. However, in 1987, they had their first hit with "Yaka dansé (l'arborigène)", which was a number 2 hit in France,[1] and earned a gold disc. The single was succeeded by "Femmes du Congo", which achieved a moderate success in comparison. The band's songs contained many puns and dealt with grave themes of society, sung on joyful music. In 1988, they released their first album entitled Madagascar and was the opening act for Niagara's concerts.[2] In 1990, the band split up and both members started a solo career.[3]
More recently, the reformed group participated in the concert tour named RFM Party 80, which started in 2006.
raft, band, other, uses, raft, disambiguation, raft, french, band, active, 1980s, most, notable, their, 1987, single, yaka, dansé, raftoriginfrancegenrespopyears, active1985, 1990past, memberschristian, fourgeronpierre, schott, contents, biography, discography. For other uses see Raft disambiguation Raft is a French pop band active in the 1980s most notable for their 1987 hit single Yaka danse RaftOriginFranceGenresPopYears active1985 1990Past membersChristian FourgeronPierre Schott Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 Raft 2 1 1 Albums 2 1 2 Singles 2 1 3 Collaborations 2 2 Christian Fourgeron 2 3 Pierre Schott 3 ReferencesBiography editThe band was a duet composed of Christian Fourgeron guitar vocals and Pierre Schott guitar bass vocals born 24 April 1958 They begin their musical career in 1985 with their single Io c est ca which passed unnoticed in France However in 1987 they had their first hit with Yaka danse l arborigene which was a number 2 hit in France 1 and earned a gold disc The single was succeeded by Femmes du Congo which achieved a moderate success in comparison The band s songs contained many puns and dealt with grave themes of society sung on joyful music In 1988 they released their first album entitled Madagascar and was the opening act for Niagara s concerts 2 In 1990 the band split up and both members started a solo career 3 More recently the reformed group participated in the concert tour named RFM Party 80 which started in 2006 Discography editRaft edit Albums edit 1985 It s Growing Light 1989 Madagascar Singles edit 1985 Io c est ca 1987 Yaka danse 2 in France gold disc 1988 Femmes du Congo 20 in France 1989 Didimdam dimdam 1989 Sea Sun and Sensy 1990 Debout gazelles Collaborations edit 1988 Dernier Matin d Asie a charity single recorded by many artists under the name Sampan Christian Fourgeron edit 1994 Christian Fourgeron Pierre Schott edit 1992 Le Nouveau Monde 1994 Le Retour a la vie sauvage 1998 Le Milieu du grand nulle part 2007 Zenland References edit Yaka danse French Singles Chart Lescharts com Retrieved October 13 2008 Le clip annees 80 de la semaine Yaka Danse de Raft Scoopeo Scoopeo com Archived 2011 07 16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 13 2008 Elia Habib Muz hit tubes p 113 ISBN 2 9518832 0 X Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Raft band amp oldid 1096855865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
