BIOGRAPHY

As a five year old in Monaco, DIDIER MAROUANI began his classical music studies in piano, notation and harmonics. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Paris Conservatoire and was to graduate with a second prize in Piano and a first in music notation. Didier began composing songs at the early age of ten only to have his first recorded song two years later.

1975 :

First LP as a singer acclaimed in France. He also went on tours with JOHNNY HALLYDAY, JOE DASSIN and CLAUDE FRANÇOIS.

1977 :

More interested by composition than singing and looking for international recognition, he formed the group SPACE, composing all its music under the pseudonym : ECAMA; and was propelled to the top of all Hit-Parades. MAGIC FLY became number one in the world (N° 1 in record sales, as well as radio and club hit parades in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, South America, England, the Soviet Union, reaching the number one spot in the United Sates National Disco charts. A contract was signed with Casablanca Records, where the band's third album was to rank number 45 in Billboard's record sales).

The song CARRY ON TURN ME ON is the first French song to reach n° 1 in the Billboard dance charts.

In all, the three albums sold more than 10 million records. The French Minister for Foreign Trade, André Rossi, awarded Didier many golden records for being one of the most important success achievements within the French Phonographic Industry.

1978 - 1981 :

He travels all around the world to promote the new LP's which reaches Top 45 on Billboard, Top 200 charts and Top 5 in 10 countries.

June 1983 :

Granted the fact his music was well-known in the Soviet Union, DIDIER and his band SPACE gave a series of 21 concerts in Kiev and Leningrad and in Moscow's Olympic Hall where more than 600.000 spectators attended the performance.

June 1987 :

DIDIER worked on his new album SPACE-OPERA, the first Opera composed for synthesisers and choirs; he was able to obtain the participation of both the Red Army and the Harvard University Choirs (USA) for his album SPACE-OPERA.

The album was relayed to the Soviet space station MIR, thus making the album the first to be heard in space. SPACE-OPERA went on to achieve great success in Europe.

January 1990 :

At the request of the European Space Agency (ESA, CNES, ARIANESPACE), DIDIER & SPACE presented an extravagantly grand concert to mark the 10th anniversary of the ARIANE rocket, bringing together more than 40.000 people in Cayenne (Guyana).

May 1991 :

From 20 May to June 10 1991, DIDIER MAROUANI & SPACE returned to the Soviet Union to perform 14 concerts in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. A forty person team of musicians and technicians accompanied DIDIER, one of the most preferred French artists in the eyes of the Soviets. Numerous visual effects and a state of the art technology in the lighting, laser and projection domain was used. The concerts attracted more than 200.000 spectators, a triumph for the group.

DIDIER's records sold more than 12 million copies in the USSR.

1992 - 1993 :

In 1992, after a year of negotiating with both the mayor of Moscow and the Russian government, DIDIER was able to obtain the necessary authorisation for a concert in Red Square. His dream was finally realised 10 years after the project was first conceived. Some 360.000 spectators attended the free concert which, at the invitation of DIDIER, featured famous international stars, art impressive paraphemalia of sound, lighting and laser effects that were put on a grand stage. This was to make DIDIER the first artist to perform in Red Square.

June 1994 :

DIDIER & SPACE were invited to an exceptional concert in Sebastopol, Crimea, thus becoming the first non-Russian artist to perform in that city in front of 60.000 spectators.

September 1995 :

The album "SPACE MAGIC CONCERTS" was released in the former Soviet Union, and in South East Asia (Taiwan, Thailand).

1998 :

After re mastering and remixing the SPACE records for two years, VIRGIN decides for the first time to release the SPACE catalogue on CD and a Best of SPACE.

At the same time, DIDIER has prepared with the International and Russian Ice skating Federation a competition to be part of the world champion ships to take place on a live concert in Red Square October 3rd 1999.

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Didier MAROUANI and his band SPACE, together with the Mariinsky Symphonic Orchestra (St. Petersburg), will play live the music peace's on which the Champions will skate on.

A new CD "SYMPHONIC SPACE DREAM" will be recorded and released before the competition.

Here is the music parts available in LiveAudio :

Download the music parts can take few seceonds; thank you for your patience...

MAGIC FLY version 1998 DA FULL remix

MAGIC FLY original version

DELIVERANCE

JUST BLEU

INNER VOICES

CHILD

PARIS-FRANCE-TRANSIT (LIVE)

VOX FUTURA

SPACE OPERA PART 1