Hey! I'm Jérémie aka iZem. 🐪
I am a music producer, a clumsy guitarist and a fervent music nerd.
Early riser, introvert, I love exploring places, cultures and technology.
Originally from France, I lived in 7 countries, 2 continents, 15 cities and countless shared houses.
Here are some of my recent projects:
Today is the day! My new album “in Ze early morning” is out on Elis Records
Five years in the making, dozens of vocalists, musicians and collaborators... A long chapter of my life!
Last December I spent a few days in a Lisbon studio with Brazilian singer songwriter Luizga...
Over the last 4 or 5 years, Lisbon became a very rich music hub. We had the chance to see many emerging Brazilian musicians transiting through...
Last year I had the chance to collaborate with one of Lisboa’s most talented singer-songwriters, Dino D'Santiago...
I grew up listening to the French rap hits he produced in the '90s with his band "Alliance Ethnik". I later fell in love with his solo albums and his "Beach Digging"
A few weeks ago, I started working on a a very special project. Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade got in touch to help her put together her new live show
My friend Bertrand, co-founder of Parisian radio "Le Mellotron" and Elis Records, spent a lot of time in Colombia before the 2020 pandemic.
Working with Josyara was such a refreshing experience. She is one of the most talented singer, guitar player and composer I ever had the chance to work with....
Milton Gulli is one of my favourite singers on the Lisbon scene since way before I moved here in 2012. The songs he released with his Afrobeat band "Cacique 97" had been on my radar for a number of years
I always have a lot of fun remixing afrobeat tracks. I gave Fela Kuti and London Afrobeat Collective a shot a couple of years ago and received very positive feedback
The story started in an estate in Chelas, a neighbourhood in Lisbon. My friend Léon Brichard had brought his analogue studio from London to Lisbon...
Enchufada Records is the brainchild of the founders of Lisbon's mythical band Buraka Som Sistema.
I first released this album on my own back in June 2015. The album was really well received by DJ's and radio stations...
Sara Tavares is one of the Lisbon-based artists I had been following way before moving here. "Balancê" was one of my shower hits and I had dreamt of working with her for quite some time...
Solange’s 2016 album has been on heavy rotation in the last couple of years and those songs will for ever remind me of the good and bad times of that period of my life...
I met the guys of the London Afrobeat Collective back in 2010 when we (as part of Groovalizacion Radio) were commissioned by an Irish music festival...
This month I’m sharing my own remixed version of a Brazilian 70's classic :Claudia's "Deixa Eu Dizer”. This Brazilian song is one of the most catchy samba jazz
I lived in Dublin for a good few years and I used to run a night called Dublin Tropical in which guys like Mick T-Woc and Jeremy Murphy...
I was 19 when I first heard the fiery horns of Fela Kuti's "Lady" on my friend Nicolas' speakers...
I don't recall the exact tracklist of my first ever DJ set but I do remember two of the highlights of the night...
Mop Mop is an Italian drummer, producer and DJ who lives in Berlin. This is the second remix I did for him...
Ondatrópica and Soundway Records launched a remix competition back in 2013 and I thought I’d give it a try
I was completely hooked on Michael Kiwanuka's debut EP (back in 2011) when I went to see him do a solo gig in a pub in Islington, in London...
I first heard Alsarah (originally from Sudan) on the album she did with Débruit, one of my all-time favourite producers
I got the stems for this one through a remix competition José James was running. I tried to stick his vocals on a beat of mine...