
Photo: Isabelle Françaix · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
Art Zoyd
Group · France · Valenciennes · formed 1969
band
Also known as アール・ゾイ
Timeline
1960s
Biography
Biography
Art Zoyd is a French band formed in 1969, mixing free jazz, progressive rock and avant-garde electronica. Gérard Hourbette was the band's director and composer until his death in May 2018. Another key member of the band was Thierry Zaboitzeff, who left the band in 1997. They both joined the band in 1971 and reformed it completely in 1975.
Complete Discography
"Sangria", single (1971)
Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (aka Art Zoyd 3) (1976)
Musique pour l'Odyssée (1979)
Génération sans futur (1980)
Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (Re-Recording Of Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (aka Art Zoyd 3)) (1981)
Phase IV (1982)
Les espaces inquiets (1983)
Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer (1985) (for a ballet by Roland Petit)
Berlin (1987)
Nosferatu (1990) (for the film by F. W. Murnau and from the final ballet by Salzburg Vorgänge Bewegungstheater)
Marathonnerre I (1992)
Marathonnerre II (1992)
Faust (1996) (for the film by F. W. Murnau)
Häxan (1997) (for the film by Benjamin Christensen)
u.B.I.Q.U.e. (2001) (based on the novel Ubik by Philip K. Dick)
Metropolis (2002) (for the film by Fritz Lang)
le champ des larmes (2006)
La chute de la Maison usher (2008)
Eyecatcher - Man With A Movie Camera (2011)
Armageddon - Opérette Pour Robots (2012)
44½: Live and Unreleased Works (2017) – box set (12 CDs, 2 DVDs, 2 books, 2 posters)
Phase V (2018) – box set (5 CDs)
Art Zoyd Live - Et Avec Votre Esprit - La Forêt De Samplers (2021)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Art Zoyd head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 57 | 96.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerard_Hourbette.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705790genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705790seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Zoydbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Zoyd
Why this artist is in the database
- List of progressive rock artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Isabelle Françaix · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q705790 · MusicBrainz: aba325af-9e75-4db8-967f-eab02b1116d2
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