Nile Rodgers is probably the most sampled artist in the world. Composer, producer, arranger, guitarist, he and his band CHIC are the masters of disco funk. Together, they inaugurated a new musical language, a fusion of jazz, soul and funk with hits such as Le Freak and Everybody Dance, even anticipating the arrival of hip-hop with Good Times. The name of his Fender Stratocaster? "Hitmaker", of course. A human hit machine who has produced the likes of David Bowie and Madonna, amongst others. That little riff on Daft Punk's Get Lucky? That's him again. One thing's for sure: it's going to groove mean.
