The Groove
Saturday January 10th, 2026 with ELORIOUS CAIN
SLIM PEZIM (October 25, 1945 - January 18, 2024),
MARC CHANTEREAU (December 3, 1947 - December 26, 2024),
PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN (March 1,1943 - December 23, 2023)
SLIM PEZIM, MARC CHANTEREAU and PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN were French musicians and producers who worked with an exhausting list of major acts. They were responsible for various recordings. When they died in 2023 and 2024, we never heard about it. We salute HEAVY BEN'S "In Memoriam" series here on CKCU's amazing 'Heavy Friends' show for including their demise. It was one of the few shows in any media source in North America that did so. The lack of coverage about their deaths on most of the media in Canada is absolutely disgusting! They were directly involved with creating many EURODISCO and SPACE classics that enriched the lives of billions!
| C.C.P.P.
C.C.P.P. was quickly established as one of France's "jazz-funk/fusion super groups" in 1974 and 1975. The band name was actually the initials of the main members' surnames: CECCARELLI, CHANTEREAU, PADOVAN, PEZIN. The featured track "Prancai" was popular in some discos in Europe and the United States when the C.C.P.P. album was released in 1975. Those members included ANDRÉ CECCARELLI, CHRISTIAN PADOVAN, MARC CHANTEREAU and SLIM PEZIM. |
| PRANCAI C.C.P.P. - C.C.P.P. (LP) - FLAMOPHONE / - 4.22 |
| THE TELE-MUSIC RECORDINGS
All three gentlemen had recordings featured on the legendary Library label founded by ROGER TOKARZ in 1966. ROGER TOKARZ would produce various amazing SPACE and EURODISCO recordings like those of VOYAGE and ARPADYS involving the talents of PEZIM, CHANTEREAU and DAHAN. |
| RYTHMIQUES N° 3 PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN - CONTINENTAL POP SOUND (LP) - TELE-MUSIC / - .54 |
| KUZI KUZA PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN Et SLIM PEZIM - NEO RYTHMIQUES (LP) - TELE-MUSIC / - 3.45 |
| SLIM PEZIM's AFRICAN CONNECTION
SLIM PEZIM produced so many African recording artists over the years that some sources raved about his contributions of African Music, He was serious about his dedication to AFRICAN DISCO in the 1970's and early 1980's. He actually produced ZOUK and SOUKOUS recordings in the late 1980's and the twenty-first century. No other EURODISCO producer contributed to the development of African talent as much as SLIM PEZIM! |
| AFRICA AFRICA EKAMBI BRILLIANT - AFRICA OUMBA (LP) - FIESTA / - 2.04 |
| SOUL MAGABE PIERRE DIDY TCHAKOUNTE - MEGUELA (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 3.33 |
| AFRICA LAND OF SOUL G. LAWANI - G. LAWANI (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 4.14 |
| EYONGOLODI PETER MUKOKO - PETER MUKOKO (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / .05 - 4.17 |
| DOUDOU CHERIE J.K. MANDENGUE - J.K. MANDENGUE (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 3.04 |
| MOTEMA PASI ABETI - VISAGES (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 3.58 |
| TCHAM TCHAM ABETI - KUPEPE SUKA (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 2.49 |
| O DANGA LONDO O BIA DIKOTO - DIKOTO (LP) - TELEMEDIA N°1 / - 4.17 |
| ZAFÉ TRÈS COMPLIQUÉ RYCO & CO. - RYCO & CO. (LP) - BBZ PRODUCTIONS / - 5.26 |
| VOYAGE
SLIM PEZIM, MARC CHANTEREAU and PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN were VOYAGE. Often with SAUVEUR MALLIA and the British singer SYLVIA MASON-JAMES, the trio would offer four albums, The first two of which were programmed in tens of thousands of discos throughout the planet. |
| FROM EAST TO WEST VOYAGE - VOYAGE (LP) - RCA VICTOR (7.08) |
| POINT ZERO VOYAGE - VOYAGE (LP) - RCA VICTOR (4.35) |
| ORIENT EXPRESS VOYAGE - VOYAGE (LP) - RCA VICTOR (5.01) |
| SOUVENIRS VOYAGE - FLY AWAY (LP) - RCA VICTOR (6.18) |
| LET'S FLY AWAY VOYAGE - 12" - SIROCCO (5.07) |
| I LOVE YOU DANCER VOYAGE - VOYAGE 3 (LP) - ABLE (5.40) |
| LET'S GET STARTED VOYAGE - ONE STEP HIGHER (LP) - ATLANTIC (6.42) |
| I SURRENDER VOYAGE - 12" - MANHATTAN - FORMULA / - 2.21 |
| ARABIAN DISCO SLIM - 7" - CBS / - 2.53 |
| MARC CHANTEREAU
Not only did MARC CHANTEREAU do well as a musician in the EURODISCO industry, he was a popular actor appearing in movies like "The Fugitive" in 1993, "Six Days Seven Nights" in 1998 and "The Science of Sleep" in 2006. |
| IPANEMA, COPACABANA & BOTAFOGO MARC CHANTEREAU & PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN - VIVA LA MUSIC (LP) - TELE-MUSIC / - 3.15 |
| ARPADYS
SLIM PEZIM, MARC CHANTEREAU and PIERRE-ALAIN DAHAN joined JEAN-PIERRE SABAR in the legendary ROGER TOKARZ produced SPACE MUSIC classic project ARPADYS. |
| MONKEY STAR ARPADYS - ARPADYS (LP) - POLYDOR (6.36) |
| METEOR ONE ARPADYS - FRENCH SEVENTIES COSMIC DISCO (EP) - TUBTRACKS / - 2.08 talk over |
| RELAX ROBOTS SLIM PEZIM - PERCUSSIONS MODERNES (VOLUME 2) LP - TELE-MUSIC / - 3.53 |
| ALL THE BASS ARPADYS - FRENCH SEVENTIES COSMIC DISCO (EP) - TUBETRACKS / - 2.48 |
| SLIM PEZIM's AFRICAN CONNECTION
Here is an example of SLIM PEZIM producing ZOUK with the French singer and educator MARIJOSÉ ALIE. CHANTAL AYISSI's 2005 SOUKOUS influenced hit "Aloba" was coproduced with SLIM PEZIM. Hailing from Cameroun, she is an important figure in the modern BIKUTSI scene. No other EURODISCO producer ever dabbled with such current styles! |
| CARASSÉ MOIN (REMIX) MARIJOSÉ - 12" - BARCLAY / - 4.37 |
| ALOBA CHANTAL AYISSI - PASSION (CD) - LES EDITIONS NKUL NNAM / - 5.44 |
| SPATIAL REGGAE ARPADYS - ARPADYS (LP) - POLYDOR |
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Bravo Elorious. You and Ben share one thing in common. Not only 2 of the finest curators with CKCU, but you both are true historians of musical culture !!! I hold you both in high esteem with deep respect !
9:05 AM, January 10th, 2026