Bost & Bim

Bost & Bim
OriginFrance
Genres
Years active1991–present
Labels
  • Special Delivery Music
  • The Bombist
Members

Bost & Bim is a French dancehall reggae production duo, consisting of Matthieu Bost and Jérémie "Bim" Dessus. They have worked with Jamaican and European reggae artists such as Capleton, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Gentleman, and Admiral T.[1] Dessus is the son of economist and engineer Benjamin Dessus.

Start of career

Bost & Bim started work in the early 1990s, respectively as saxophonist and guitarist in different bands, and play on tour with many Jamaican and European artists. Since 1999, Bost & Bim have worked as record producers and have worked on international lineup riddims (rhythms) with the label Special Delivery Music, and with their own label "The Bombist", along with collaborations on albums by other artists.

Collaboration

They collaborated with Brisa Roché and Lone Ranger to release the song "Jamaican Boy",[2] an early-reggae cover version of Estelle's "American Boy". It was played in honor of Usain Bolt at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, just after his 100m victory at the 2009 World Championships.[3]

In 2016, Morgan Heritage won the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award with Strictly Roots, of which two tracks ("Rise And Fall" and "Wanna Be Loved") were written by Bost & Bim.[4]

Discography

  • Yankees a Yard (2005)
  • Yankees a Yard 2 (2007)
  • The Bombing (2009)
  • The Bombing (Vol. 2) (2010)
  • Yankees a Yard 3 (2010)
  • The Bombing (Vol. 3) (2011)
  • Dub Monster (2012)
  • Ladies First (Special Blend) (2014)
  • The Bombing (Vol. 4) (2014)
  • Your Light (2017) (In collaboration with Brisa Roché)
  • Quelle Vie (2021) (Deluxe edition released in 2022)
  • Warrior Brass (2021)

Every album released was produced solely by Bost & Bim. The Bombing tetralogy consists of reggae remixed of popular songs, such as "Rude Boy" by Rihanna, "Message in a Bottle" by The Police or "P.I.M.P." by 50 Cent.

Tours

Bost & Bim tour as DJs in Europe.[5] Dessus regularly toured with Taïro as his guitarist.

Death of Bim

Jérémie "Bim" Dessus died on June 1st, 2016 due to lung cancer at the age of 41.[6] Since then, Bost has continued releasing music under the band name.

Charts

  • Fairtilizer.com (number 1 all time reggae tune: Brisa Roché/Lone Ranger "Jamaican Boy")[7]
  • Admiral T - Toucher l'horizon number 9 (20 May 2006)[8]
  • Tunisiano "Le regard des gens" n°11(fr)n°35(ch)n°24 (be) (1 March 2008)[9]
  • Beatsource.com ("Jamaican Boy" in the top 10 all style tunes for a few months)
  • iTunes charts ("Jamaican Boy" in the top 10 reggae tunes for a few months)
  • Juno.co.uk - several times number 1 and best selling reggae singles (number 9, 17, 48, 64...)[10]
  • Trendcharts.de - several times number 1

References

  1. ^ "Afspeellijst Bost and Bim op Deezer". Deezer.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Kings of Leon Get Down on All Fours". New York. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Usain Bolt 9"58 - Nouveau record du monde du 100m". Dailymotion. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ "This is guaranteed by internationally known producers like Bost & Bim from France". morganheritagemusic.com. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Concentré d'énergie". Libération (in French). 24 January 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Tribute to Jérémie Bim Dessus". REGGAE.FR (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  7. ^ [1] Archived 3 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Admiral T - Toucher l'horizon". lescharts.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  9. ^ Steffen Hung. "Tunisiano - Le regard des gens". lescharts.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Reggae charts". Juno.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2012.