Patrick Vidal

Patrick Vidal (b.1957) is a DJ and musician. In the late 1970s he was the singer and guitarist with Marie et Les Garçons, whose second single was produced by John Cale. The group toured with The Talking Heads and Patti Smith. In 1980 Vidal moved to New York for two years. During the 1980s he fronted the band Octobre, who supported David Bowie on the 1982 Serious Moonlight Tour. Vidal issued a number of solo albums and singles before forming Discotique and Sūtra with Thomas Bourdeau. Vidal has been resident DJ at the Bains Douches in Paris (1983-5), the Power Station, Paris (1989-90), Substation South and Heaven in London (1997-2000) and Monoculture in Paris since 2003. He has composed music for fashion shows for Thierry Mugler and for shops including Habitat and Galeries Lafayette.