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Phoenix ( – present)

There have been a number of artists going by the name of Phoenix
(1) A French band
(2) A Romanian band
(3) A short-lived British band
(4) A UK-based band
(5) A project

Phoenix (1)
Started during their childhood by Thomas Mars, Deck D’Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz in the suburb of Versailles, in the same culture that produced late-’90s bands such as Air and Daft Punk.

Phoenix started as the backing band for a remix of Air’s “Kelly Watch the Stars” single. Soon after, Phoenix released their 2000 debut album United. The name Phoenix was officially chosen in 1996 when Laurent Brancowitz permanently joined the band after the end of the short-lived band Darlin’ he formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, who eventually became Daft Punk.

Phoenix’s music has been featured in such films as Shallow Hal and Lost In Translation, with the band themselves appearing in the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, a film, like Lost In Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, Thomas Mars’ partner.

Phoenix (2)
A Romanian / band, who has experimented across the years with many musical genres, having a rich musical history that can easily be compared to that of The Beatles. Starting with the rock’n’roll of the Beat Generation, they continued enriching their sound with influences, , , , culminating with the orientation towards Romanian music, which they blended harmoniously with the sound that was popular in the ’70s
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