{{Short description|French musician and electronic music producer}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{for|the members of Kiss|Peter Criss|Eric Singer}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = CATMAN | image = David Taieb, "Catman".jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = David Taieb | alias = Catman | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}} | death_date = | origin = France | instrument = Turntables, electric bass | genre = Electronic, jazz, avant-garde | occupation = Composer, producer | years_active = | label = Label Bleu, Warner, EMI | website = {{URL|http://www.muchmuchmore.net}} }}

'''Catman''' (born '''David Taieb''' in 1971), son of Willy Lewis, famous French drummer, is a French musician and electronic music producer from Paris. He founded his own label Slackness Records in 2001, co-founded La Maison Magasin in 2008, and the record label end micro-publishing Much Much More{{Clarify|date=March 2013}} based in Brussels, Belgium.

== Career == Familiar with turntables since the age of 14,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/djshalom|title = Dj shalom &#124; Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos}}</ref> DJ Shalom a.k.a. Catman has worked with Silmarils, Julien Lourau, Bumcello, Piers Faccini, M, Tryo, Java, Femi Kuti, Tony Allen, and Keziah Jones. He was also part of the group Olympic Gramofon. His first solo album, released in 2003, featured Piers Faccini, Sub-Z, Susie One, Vincent Ségalw and Seb Martel. He has also worked in dance and theater.<ref name="autogenerated53">{{cite web|url=http://bib.montreuil.free.fr/dossiers/zicamontreuil/?p=53|title=DJ Shalom — Zicamontreuil}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Solo === * 2003 – DJ Shalom (Slackness Records/Bleu Electric) * 2003 – DJ Shalom : ''Yes professor'' (Slackness Records/Bleu Electric) * 2008 – DJ Shalom : ''Freaks'' (Slackness Records) * 2008 – Criminal Beats (Volume 1) (Slackness Records) * 2008 – Johnny Dollar : ''Jack's religion'' (Slackness Records) * 2009 – DJ Shalom : ''Yayas'' (Slackness Records) * 2009 – Urban Chill Out (Slackness Records) * 2010 – DJ Shalom : ''I and I'' (Slackness Records) * 2015 – Catman : ''Liberation Song'' (Much Much More) * 2016 – Catman : ''Dog Eat Dog'' (Much Much More)

=== Duets === * 1998 – Mozesli (Source/EMI) * 1998 – Mozesli : ''Sunshine'' (Source/EMI) * 1999 – Mozesli : ''Love & slackness'' feat. Juan Rozoff (Source/EMI) * 1999 – Mozesli : ''Minea'' feat. Juan Rozoff (Source/EMI) * 1999 – Shalark : ''Shalamark'' (Briff) * 2001 – Shalark : ''Don't'' (Slackness Records/Karat) * 2001 – Shalark : ''Some of them don't'' (Slackness Records/Karat) * 2007 – SH 747 : ''Brand new times'' (Slackness Records) * 2008 – Burning : ''Burning away'' (Slackness Records) * 2009 – Criminal Beats (Volume 2) DJ Shalom & Jeff Boudreaux : ''The Cesspool Sessions'' (Slackness Records) * 2010 – Food for children : ''Art CD n°1''

=== Trio === * 2014 – Struggle (Silène Editions) * 2016 – Electric Pop Art Ensemble : ''Sent from my place'' (L'oreille électrique)

=== Sextet === * 1996 – Olympic Gramofon (Label Bleu)

=== Remixes et productions === * 1997 – Smoke City: ''Mr Gorgeous - Mozesli remix'' (Jive) * 1997 – Sinclair : ''L’épreuve du temps - Mozesli remix'' (Source/EMI) * 1998 – Teri Moise : ''Il sait - Mozesli remix'' (Source/EMI) * 1998 – Neron - ''Mozesli remix'' * 1998 – Julien Lourau : ''City boom boom - Dj Shalom remix'' (Warner Jazz) * 1999 – Ark : ''De derrière les fagots - 2 original tracks by Shalark'' (Pias) * 1999 – Ark : ''Belle lurette - 2 original tracks by Shalark'' (Pias) * 1999 – Ark : ''Punkadelik - Shalark remix + 1 original track'' (Pias) * 2000 – Mr Oizo : ''Last night Shalark killed Oizo - Shalark remix'' (F Com) * 2001 – Ark : ''Le magicien d’os - Shalark remix'' (Pias) * 2002 – More GDM : Silver Apples - ''Shalark remix'' (Tigersushi) * 2004 – Seb Martel : ''Schizo song – Dj Shalom remix'' (Delabel) * 2004 – -M- : ''Quand je vais chez L – Dj Shalom remix'' (Delabel) * 2008 – Susie One : ''No shit'' (Slackness Records) * 2010 – Susie One : ''No more reality'' (Slackness Records) * 2012 – Katherina Ex et Fantazio : ''A sonic meeting'' (Fantaztic Records) * 2013 – Fantazio : ''Catman Remix'' (Fantaztic Records) * 2015 – Zob' : ''La vie presque belle''

=== Featuring === * 1995 – Silmarils : ''Silmarils'' (Warner) * 1995 – Aurèle Ricard : ''{{lang|en|Think or thanks a lot}}'' (Agnès B) * 1996 – Légitime processus * 1996 – Julien Lourau : ''{{lang|en|Vodoo dance}}'' (Label Bleu) * 1998 – Julien Lourau : ''{{lang|en|City Boom Boom}}'' (Warner Jazz) * 1999 – Emmanuel Bex : ''Mauve'' * 1999 – -M- : ''Je dis aime'' (Delabel) * 2000 – Java : ''Hawaï'' (Sony) * 2000 – Julien Lourau : ''Gambit'' (Warner Jazz) * 2001 – -M- : ''Le tour de -M-'' (Delabel) * 2002 – Charlélie Couture : ''109'' * 2002 – -M- : ''Qui de nous deux'' (Delabel) * 2002 – Femi Kuti : ''{{lang|en|Red Hot + Riot : The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti}}'' * 2003 – Minino Garay * 2004 – -M- : ''Live Au Spectrum'' (Delabel) * 2005 – -M- : ''En tête à tête'' (Delabel) * 2006 – Oshen : ''Je ne suis pas celle'' (V2) * 2008 – Keziah Jones : ''{{lang|en|In the name of love : Africa celebrates U2}}'' * 2012 – Tryo : ''{{lang|en|Ladilafé}}'' * 2013 – Fantazio & Jean-François Vrod : ''Recommandé''

== Bibliography == * 2015 – K : Hommage à Elsa Cayat (Much Much More) * 2015 – Manifeste Much Much More

== Composition for theater and dance == * 2001 : ''Berenice'' mis en scène par Frederic Fisbach et Bernardo Montet (Théâtre de la Bastille) * 2006 : ''Quartett'' avec Michael Galasso, mis en scène par Bob Wilson (Théâtre de l'Odéon) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatre-odeon.eu/sites/default/files/f_archives/0607_BIB_01.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203000126/http://www.theatre-odeon.eu/sites/default/files/f_archives/0607_BIB_01.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2009 : ''Shake that devil !'' chorégraphié par Alban Richard (Forum du Blanc Mesnil) * 2011 : ''Dans le collimateur de Fantazio'' (TAP Scène nationale de Poitiers) * 2012 : ''L'été en apesanteur'' avec Kitsou Dubois et Fantazio (Théâtre de la Cité Internationale) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://next.liberation.fr/culture/2012/07/22/un-ete-a-zero-gravite_834860 |title=Un "été" à zéro gravité – Libération |publisher=Next.liberation.fr |date=2012-07-22 |accessdate=2022-08-30}}</ref> * 2013 : ''Struggle'' avec Sebastien Martel & Dorothée Munyaneza (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord)

== Ciné-concerts == * 2009 : Auditorium du Louvre (Paris) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goodkarma.fr/2009/03/21/duos-ephemeres-louvre-m-comme-magie-dj-shalom |title=Good Karma » Duos éphémères du Louvre : M comme… Magie avec DJ Shalom |access-date=2017-03-12 |archive-date=2016-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101120/http://www.goodkarma.fr/2009/03/21/duos-ephemeres-louvre-m-comme-magie-dj-shalom/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2009 : Festival Les Nuits Secrètes <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.qobuz.com/be-fr/info/magazine-actualites/sur-scene/les-nuits-secretes-2009-tres32202|title = Les Nuits Secrètes 2009 : Très bouillonnantes et très secrètes !|date = 13 August 2009|access-date = 12 March 2017|archive-date = 5 July 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180705033135/https://www.qobuz.com/be-fr/info/magazine-actualites/sur-scene/les-nuits-secretes-2009-tres32202|url-status = dead}}</ref> * 2009 : Festival Mediarte (Monterrey-Mexique)

== Résidences == * 2001 : ''Shalark'' - L'Aeronef (Lille) * 2004 : ''Ateliers imaginaires'' - La Vapeur (Dijon) * 2004 : ''DJ Shalom'' - La Maroquinerie (Paris) * 2005 : ''DJ Shalom & Susie One'' - La ferme du buisson * 2005 : ''DJ Shalom'' - La Vapeur (Dijon) * 2005 : ''DJ Shalom'' - Jazz à la Villette (Paris) * 2008 : ''Urban Chill Out'' - Festival Nuits Secrètes * 2009 : ''DJ Shalom & Susie One'' - Festival Factory (Paris) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ziknation.com/live-report-festival-factory-la-cigale-08102009-5464|title = Live Report : Festival Factory, la Cigale, 08/10/2009|date = 13 October 2009}}</ref> * 2009 : ''Minimal Western'' - Festival Les Nuits Secrètes * 2010 : ''DJ Shalom vs Black Sifichi'' - Bibliothèque R. Desnos (Montreuil) <ref name="autogenerated53"/> * 2010 : ''DJ Shalom, Sylvain Kassap & Susie One'' - Théatre Berthelot / Maison Populaire (Montreuil)

== Tour as a sideman == * 1995 : Silmarils (Europe Tour) * 1999 : Julien Lourau Groove Gang : Gambit (National & International Tour) * 1999 / 2000 : Le Tour de -M- (National & International Tour) * 2003 / 2004 : -M- En tête à tête (National & International Tour) * 2013 : Tryo : Ladilafé Tour

== Master Class / Workshops == * Philarmonie de Paris <ref>{{cite web|url=http://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/atelier-de-pratique-musicale/16294-paysages-sonores|title=Paysages sonores &#124; Philharmonie de Paris}}</ref> * La Cité de la Musique * Festival Factory * La Batie Festival de Genève * AJMI * CIAM * CMA * Festival Nuits Secrètes * Bougez Rock * Zicamontreuil * Ville de Montreuil * Ville de Bailleul * La Vapeur

== References == <references />

== External links == * [https://davidtaiebcatman.com/ Official Website] * [https://www.facebook.com/davidtaiebcatman] on Facebook * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Shalom Page] on Discogs

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