Guy Skornik

Born in Paris on November 15, 1947, Guy Skornik learnt to play the piano at the age of five and continued his studies at the Conservatoire, before embarking on his musical career. Hired by Richard Bennett on the Polydor label, he won the Critics' Prize at the Rose d'Or d'Antibes festival with his first song, "Les Quatre Saisons de l'amour" (1967), followed by a series of pop songs in the zeitgeist, such as "Aimer la vie" and "Hippy aime le monde". In 1969, Guy Skornik joined forces with François Wertheimer to form the short-lived Popera Cosmic, which produced the album Les Esclaves with William Sheller. This psychedelic collection foreshadowed the content of Skornik's first solo album, Pour Pauwels (1971), inspired by the author of futuristic novels, who wrote the liner notes. A cult concept album, Pour Pauwels includes the sequels "What Is Reality?" and "What Is Dream? He enjoyed success as a singer with "Je l'aime en bleu " and "La Promenade " (from the album Histoires d'Amour, 1974), and as a composer for Gérard Lenorman, Michel Delpech and Michel Jonasz. Guy Skornik also composes film scores for Jean Kerchbron and Alejandro Jodorowsky. He hosts radio and TV programs on esotericism with Didier de Plaige, with whom he created the Ici et Maintenant radio station in 1980. After the album Ils Viennent du Futur! (1980) with Steve Hillage, the musician turned to electronic composition with his wife Élisabeth Skornik, known as Zab. The duo, under the name Skornik & Skornik or Skornik & Zab, produced a series of albums including The Art of Loops (2000), Drama Games (2002), The Sound of Science and Electronic Arts (2003). In 2019, Guy Skornik will score the film Tusk, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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