Biography
Flo P.G., as she is called in the music industry, starting at the tender age of twelve. This talented songwriter, singer, guitarist and percussionist, was the youngest female to turn professional at age sixteen with the famous Martinican band: “Difé”, while still attending school. In Martinique, her native country, Flo was one of those responsible for encouraging bands to hire female vocalists as lead singers, a practice highly unheard of at that time. Flo then left for Paris, where she started a band called “Flo ET Douce’ in”.
In 1997, she was nominated by SACEM (Martinique) for the “Best Song of the Year” with the song: “Imajiné-Ou”, which she wrote and performed with her band. The band performed for sold out audiences in France, Italy, Germany and Brazil. During the years of 1997 to 1999, Flo performed as a guitarist with Caribbean Soca band Byron Lee and the Dragonaires.
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Currently in Trinidad, Flo is making waves on the popular radio stations and in parties. She is the French voice on the track “Serious Matters” co-performed by Queen Omega on the “Voodoo Rhythm” and she also appears vocally on tracks such as “Freedom Chant”, “Nasty” and “Djoumbé”, all which she co-wrote with producer Keith Israel.
To date, Flo has worked with labels such as Anima (Italy), Hibiscus Records (Paris / Martinique) and producers such as Kenny Philips and Keith Israel. Her background vocals and self composed songs could be found on many albums of the Caribbean’s greatest performers, such as, Sherwin Winchester (Traffik), Tony Prescott (Surface), Preacher, Bunji Garlin, Andy Stephenson, Maximus Dan, Denise Belfon, Delamo, KMC, Ella Andall, Carol Jacob, Sprangalang, Iwer George, King Wellington, Avery Seaton, Cro Cro, (all from Trinidad and Tobago), as well as John King (Barbados), Ovid Alexis (St. Lucia), Socrates (St. Kitts), Innocent (Grenada) and Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (Jamaica), to name a few.
In June 2002, Jamm Records™ in collaboration with Alliance Français presented “La Fête De La Musique”, which featured Flo P.G. performing live for the first time in Trinidad with her band “Jamm Posse” along with other local acts such as 3 Canal, Maximus Dan, Samuel Dyer and Black Lyrics. The event was a major success!
At present, Flo is attached to Jamm Records™, who were responsible for hits such as “Dust them” (by 1999 Soca Monarch Kurt Allen), “Whoa Jean” (by Michael Jackson impersonator “Andy Stephenson”), “War” and “Kick It Way” (by Trinidadian Soca star Maximus Dan), and “Soca Bhangra Remix” and “Snake Oil” (by popular Trinidadian Soca artiste Bunji Garlin). Flo’s most recent creative work can be found on Jamm Records™ CD compilations “Caribbean Hot Trax Volumes 3, 5 & 7” and “Caribbean Delight”.
Flo P.G. is the only French Artiste known to have successfully written, recorded and performed Soca music in the Caribbean and made it through to the semi-finals of the 2003 International Soca Monarch held in Trinidad. Her long awaited album “I’m Free” was released in Trinidad & Tobago in June 2002 and is scheduled for worldwide release in February 2003 through Hibiscus Records and Jamm Records™. Stay Tuned for more!!!
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.