Plastic Bertrand

Plastic Bertrand is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça Plane Pour Moi".

In 1974, influenced by the punk movement, he created the band Hubble Bubble, sharing his time between study, rehearsals and concerts with the band, and work as stage manager at the Theatre des Galeries. In 1978, Hubble Bubble released their first of two albums, also titled Hubble Bubble.

In 1977, Plastic Bertrand started his solo career as the credited artist of the international hit single Ça plane pour moi, though in fact the song had been sung and produced by its composer Lou Deprijck. Ca Plane Pour Moi would be further adaptated in English as Jet Boy, Jet Girl by Elton Motello (aka Alan Ward).

Plastic Bertrand toured Europe, Japan, Australia and North America with Lou Deprijck, becoming one of the few French-speaking artists to appear in the Billboard chart.

With Daniel Balavoine and ABBA's Anni-Frid Lyngstad, he recorded Abbacadabra, a musical tale for children. Working with Vladimir Cosma, he wrote several film scores, including Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix Versus Caesar).

In 1987, he represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Amour Amour". During the 1990s, Bertrand explored other facets of music, including songwriting and producing, and also recorded the album Suite Diagonal in 1994 with Jacques Lanzmann. He produced two albums for David Janssen, an album of classic music with a Turkish contemporary influence for harpsichord and organ with Leila Pinar, an album of traditional Balkan music with the Kazansky choir, and a single for Noël Godin, "Chantilly c'est parti".

Bertrand's track Stop ou Encore featured prominently in the 1999 film Three Kings. Ça plane pour moi is featured in National Lampoon's European Vacation and in 127 Hours.

Twenty years after "Ça plane pour moi", Bertrand returned to the public eye as MTV declared him the "most wanted comeback artist". He made a guest appearance on the album Get Ready!, and rerecorded the 1982 song "Stop ou encore", which went originally platinum in Belgium. A "best of" album was released in 1998.

In 2001, Bertrand toured Belgium, France, Switzerland and Germany with a series of concerts, and composed a number of new songs. In 2002, he recorded his eighth album Ultra terrestre.

Music Videos

 * Ça Plane Pour Moi
 * Le Chat
 * Plasticubration