Cali

Bruno Caliciuri born 28 June 1968 better known as Cali is a French singersongwriter Cali was born 28 June 1968 in Perpignan to an Italian father and Catalan mother He grew up in VernetlesBains A fan of English rock and French chanson during his youth Cali was also a keen rugby player He played for his region and Perpignan USAP Inspired by a U2 concert in 1984 Cali devoted himself more to music and less to rugby At the age of 17 Cali discovered punk music in Ireland This was the style of his first group Pénétration anale His second group was composed of friends from VernetlesBains and called Les Rebelles From 25 to 28 Cali selfproduced two albums with the band Indy then was part of Tom Scarlett where he worked with his past guitarist Hugo Baretge At the end of 2001 Cali stopped work with Tom record company Labels which signed him on At the end of 2003 he released his first wellknown solo album Lamour parfait Regarded as a critical success the album made him known amongst the premier French artists Popular songs from the album include Elle ma dit the single Cest quand le bonheur and Pensons à lavenir In October 2005 Cali released his second solo album Menteur This album reinforced his position amongst Frances most popular artists Popular songs include Je ne vivrai pas sans toi and the single Je men vais après Miossec In 2006 he published Le bordel magnifique which was recorded during his Menteur tour in Zénith de Lille It witnesses the connection established between the singer and his audience through the concert In 2007 he did a TakeAway Show video session shot by Vincent Moon In 2007 he went on a support tour for all the producers of cheese pies hard hit by the crisis that raged that year in the cheese industry thanks to which he was inducted Chevalier du Camembert Doré and Grand Maître de lEmmental In 2008 he released his third solo album Lespoir which was recorded in the South of France with the help of Mathias Malzieu and Scott Colburn He expressed his penchant for love stories but also his political engagement in Résistance and the single 1000 coeurs debout In 2010 he got prankster Rémi Gaillard to make the clip for his song Lamour fou He currently lives in LanguedocRoussillon with his two children Calis musical style is poprock He is accompanied usually by a rock trio guitar drums bass but often also a violin saxophone trumpet and even trombone for songs like Tes Yeux giving his music a unique almost folkjazz feel Cali accompanies himself sometimes with acoustic guitar On stage he is known for injecting much passion and energy into his performances He will often perform a stage dive towards the end of his set which in at least four instances led to serious injuries He was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the 2003 edition of the Victoires de la musique Frances version of the Grammys In 2004 he was nominated for Male ArtistGroup of the Year Song of the Year for Pensons à lavenir and ConcertShow of the Year for his concert at the Bataclan Source Article Cali singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30