Sporto Kantes

Sporto Kantes are a French electronic music band, founded in 1990.

Career

The band was born from the meeting of Benjamin Sportes and Nicolas Kantorovwicz, bassist/drummer ? of Les Wampas. Sportes played Rockabilly in the 80's with Eduardo Leal de la Gala, (Wreckless Eric/Ltno, Gala and the Muzer) and Kantorovwicz thrash, but they play a melt of genres in their album: dub, jazz, reggae, hip hop, and also Brazilian music. The band have worked from samples with an Akai S 2000 on their tracks.

  • Their song "Slits" appears in the first episode of season 6 of the TV show Skins.
  • Their song "Lee" was used as a theme for the French comedy series Kaboul Kitchen on Canal+ in 2012.
  • Their song "Whistle" was used in the ad campaign for the Renault Twingo II in 2012.
  • Their song "Whistle" is featured in the French film Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013) during Adèle's birthday party scene.

Discography

Albums
Year Album Peak positions
FR
[1]
2001 Act 1  –
2004 2nd Round 113
2008 3 At Last 95
2012 4 123

Maxis
Year Album Peak positions
FR
[1]
1999 Nickson  –
2000 Party  –

Compilation albums
  • 2000: Catalogue 2000
  • 2002: Catalogue 2002
  • 2002: The Catalogue of...

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
FR
[1]
2012 "Lee" 66

References
  1. "Sporto Kantes discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2014.


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