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Swing Mon Amour

JohnJohn records is a small music label founded and managed by Benoit Viellefon in 1999. Over the years people came in and out. We've never followed the trends and the focus always remained the same: real music, good times and good people.

JohnJohn records have produced a couple of albums with warious bands, and collaborated with producers including Peter Dry, Rick Baxendale (Universal Publishing), Mark Huggett (Jazz Direct), Rubber Spanner (shriek Music Ltd). See Discography.

Songwriting & Arrangements:

Benoit Viellefon gained respect from music industry professionals for his writing and arrangements. He has written for the BBC, Channel4, JohnJohn ( with Anthony Worn), World music group Mogador, Gaz Mayall's band The Trojans, Jazz Direct, Film makers Bert& Bertie and Film director Gaelle Denis, Ta Mère, and eventually his own band Benoit and his Orchestra...

Session musicians:

From TV work, Grammy awards producers to pop bands, world music, blues, jazz, reggae ska & Roots music.

Currently working with:

- Benoit & His Orchestra (Website)
- The Trojans (Website)
- Eddie Tantan Thornton (Website - The Beatles / Georgie Fame / Jimi Hendrix / John Mc Laughlin / Boney M / Jazz Jamaica / Jools Holland / The Trojans / Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Ska Cubano...)
- Dave Shulman (Website - Alan Barnes / Steve Warterman / Mark Nightingale / Andy Panayi / Mike Garrick...)
- Peter Watson (website - Hai La Drum)
- Miss Megumi Mesaku (Myspace - Ska Cubano / Top Cats)
- Tony Uter (Website - Jazz Jamaica / all Studio 1 / The Trojans / Diz & The Doormen)
- Rick Baxendale (Website - The Princetones / The Trojans / Rotten Hil gang)

Worked with:

- Prince Buster (Wikipedia)
- Nick Turner (Wikipedia - Hawkwind...)
- Rico Rodriguez (Website - The Specials, Jules Holland)
- Vin Gordon (Website - Bob Marley / The Skatalites / Studio 1/ Burning Spear / Aswad / Max Romeo / Justin Hinds / Alpha Blondy...)
- Natty Bo (Myspace - Ska Cubano / Top Cats)
- Martin Winning (Website - Ray Charles / Van Morisson / Peter Green / Mike Sanchez...)
- Winston Marche (Myspace - Barry White / Maria Carey / Chaka khan...)
- Zoe Devlin Love (Myspace - Alabama3 / The Princetones)
- Denis Smith (Website - Dave Holland...)
- Big Boy Bloater (Website - City Shakers)
- Skaville UK (Myspace)
- Rhoda Dakar (Myspace - The Bodysnatchers)
- Nick Welsh (Myspace - The Selecter)
- Louis Alphonso (Myspace - Bad Manners)
- The Skamonics (Website)
- Roberta Howett (Website - X Factor)
- Gentleman Tim & The Contenders (website)
- Mogador (Website)
- Anthony Worn (Website - JohnJohn)
- John Ongom Big Band (Myspace)
- Tony Diavolo (Myspace - Snakebone)
- Ta Mère (Myspace)
- Sean McGloin (Myspace - Morissey / Alabama3 / Ta Mère)

Private events:

JohnJohn records takes part or organise private events, mainly with a live performance of The Trojans or Benoit & His Orchestra in the uK and abroad too as far as Russia. Events so far have included small intimate garden parties, to bigger ones for the like of people in the House of Lords, celebrities, diplomats, very large corporates, the film industry but also weddings and many so called normal people that wanted to have a good time. No party has ever been too big or too small. Enquire here

Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra's new album "Swing à la mode"
is available now!