JAVA was founded in 1999 around FIXI (accordeon, keyboards, compositions) and R.WAN (vocals, lyrics). Their first album, ""Hawaï" (SonyBMG) — released in 2000 — met with great success (selling more than 70,000 copies).

BISTROL BANTO (drums) and PEPOUSEMAN (bass) joined up the combo, and the venture hit the road. After a live recording in 2001 ("Java sur Seine"), their second album, "Safari Croisière" was released in 2003. It was partially recorded in Brazil. Hundreds of concerts, major festivals (Vieilles Charrues, Printemps de Bourges...) and a few trips abroad later (Australia, Brazil, China, Spain...), JAVA decided to part from their record company, SONY.

Mutual incompatibility, divergence of opinion... Then began a period of personal projects for all.

R.WAN released two solo albums (Radio Cortex 1 and 2) in 2006 and 2008. During this time, Bistrol Banto joined him on stage. Meanwhile, Fixi toured with Tony Allen and in 2006, prompted an encounter with Winston McAnuff and Java on the album "Paris Rockin’" (Makasound). A tour comprising about a hundred dates followed.

After a whole year of hard work, Java finally bring out their third album, "Maudit Français" (2T3M/Makasound/Pias).

中法文化之春今年将第二次迎来Java乐队。今年，这个说唱-风笛组合将推出他们的新专辑 Maudits français，这也是武汉音乐节的主打，将让中国观众心醉神迷。

1998年，Java因为两位巴黎人的相逢而诞生：作曲家Fixi和作词家R.wan。他们参加过不同的音乐 组合，最终让他们有了相同的发现：在法国，我们缺少可以从中吸取灵感并创作自己音乐的民间音乐参照。我们必须寻找根源或者 创造根源。Fixi决定从手风琴着手。他像美国流行音乐人选择爵士唱片一样挑选了老风笛唱片样板。R.wan着手打造语言，希望创造出以周边氛围为依托的独特环境：巴黎。 他们一起创作了很多歌曲，融会了嘻哈乐、手风琴、风笛特有的节奏、过 去的乐器及现代的声音。他们调制出自己的配方，使用了来自摇滚、说唱乐、法国香颂、非洲音乐、电子音乐的素材。

Bistrol Banto（打击乐）和Pépouseman（低音）从 草创时期就加入了组合。2000年，Java出版了第一部专辑：Hawai；2001年完成一台现场实录：塞纳河上的Java；2003年出版第二部专辑：巡游（部分在巴西完成）。2008年，Java在K-Mille的指挥下重新走上录音棚之路，并完成一部新专辑（Jean Lamoot录音合成）：Maudit Français于2009年4月由Makasound发行。

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