Kore | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Djamel Fezari |
| Born | France |
| Genres | Hip hop, pop, R&B, pop rock, raï |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, composer, songwriter, record executive |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
Djamel Fezari better known as Kore or DJ Kore is French music producer of Algerian descent. In 2001, he signed with Sony Music France. He was also part of the duo Kore & Skalp with producer Skalpovich and part of duo Kore & Bellek (duo also known as Kore for short). His is founder of the Artop Studios. He produces music in various genres including R'n'B, hip-hop, raï, pop etc.
Career
Kore has released a number of underground mixtapes cooperating with Eloquence, Costello and the Scred Connexion. He has produced for K-Reen, Rohff and Booba and took part in a number of Raï'n'B Fever releases, some prominently baptized by his name like Kore & Bellek presentent Raï'n'B Fever 2 in 2006, Artop Records presente Kore Raï'n'B Fever 4 in 2008.
He worked with brother DJ Bellek launching him the project A.W.A. (acronym for Arab With Attitude) producing and co-producing for artists like Lacrim, Nessbeal, Sadek, S.Pri Noir.
He has prominently worked with Skalp (born Pascal Boniani Koeu, also known as Skalpovitch in the producing duo Kore & Skalp from 2001 to 2006. During this span, they cooperated with major releases by Rohff, Willy Denzey, M. Pokora, Leslie, Magic System, Amine amongst many. The duo separated in 2006 each going solo with music careers.
Kore resided in Miami in 2008 writing and producing for French Montana, Rick Ross, Shaggy etc. In 2014, he was executive producer for Amel Bent album Instinct and in 2015, took part in Lacrim's albums R.I.P.R.O. in both Volume 1 and 2 both in 2015. He also produced the debut album A7 of rapper SCH.
Kore has also composed and produced for a number of film soundtracks like Taxi 3 in 2003 and Pattaya in 2016.
Discography
(For discography as Kore & Skalp, see discography on that page)
Soundtrack albums
| Year | Albums | Charts | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] | |||
| 2021 | En Passant Pécho: Les Carottes Sont Cuites (soundtrack) | 37 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Charts | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] | |||
| 2011 | "Sahbi" (feat. Sexion D'Assaut) | 37 | |
| 2016 | "Tony" (with Lacrim & SCH) | 13 | |
| 2021 | "Mango" (with Lacrim) | 29 | En Passant Pécho: Les Carottes Sont Cuites (soundtrack) |
| "Pas bien" (with PLK) | 33 | ||
Other charting songs
| Year | Title | Charts | Certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] |
BEL (Wa) [2] |
SWI [3] | |||
| 2016 | "Mon frelo" (Kore, Lapso Laps, Lacrim, Sadek & SCH) |
75 | — | — | Lapso Laps album Packman |
| 2021 | "Mon poto" (with Ninho) | 2 | 35 | 50 | En Passant Pécho: Les Carottes Sont Cuites (soundtrack) |
| "Adelanto" (with Zola) | 66 | — | — | ||
| "Gucci Versace" (with Heuss l'Enfoiré) | 90 | — | — | ||
| "Cramé" (with Timal) | 124 | — | — | ||
| "Lewandowski" (with Soso Maness feat. Nahir) | 145 | — | — | ||
| "On ira loin" (with Leto) | 149 | — | — | ||
| "Célébration 2" (with Luv Resval / Alkpote) | 151 | — | — | ||
| "Message groupé" (with Gazo) | 161 | — | — | ||
| "Message groupé" (with Gazo) | 161 | — | — | ||
| "Nouvelle séquence" (with Naza) | 173 | — | — | ||
| "Gambas" (with Sadek) | 180 | — | — | ||
| "Mañana" (with RK) | 186 | — | — | ||