Picard Brothers: ClĂ©ment and Maxime. If you havenât heard their names, then youâve definitely heard the music they make. Theyâve played pivotal parts in the creation of records by BeyoncĂ©, Mark Ronson, Diplo and Madonna, and have a slew of solo singles to their own name too.
If you look at the liner notes for some of your favourite songs of the past few years, youâll find that Maxime and ClĂ©ment have played a key part in their creation. Electricity by Silk City and Dua Lipa? They both wrote it with Diplo, Mark Ronson and co. Tracks on Beyonceâs The Gift? The boys played a hand in those too.
Being around Mark and Diplo has also given them the scope to bring things closer to home again and make more material for themselves. They talk about the âtextureâ of music, and how it plays into their new songs: slamming, soulful house records they just want people to party to.
âItâs trickyâ they say when asked to describe their own sound. âWorking on so many different projects with artists, we