CORTEX, founded by Alain Mion in the seventies, has become a major cult group for the ‘’jazz funk addicts’’ worldwide and many are the US stars of hip-hop who have sampled the compositions by Alain: Rick Ross in his album « God forgives, I don’t » (Gold Record in the USA), MF Doom, Madlib, Lupe Fiasco (n°2 US hip hop chart), Tyga or Damso (Gold Record), Tyler, Wiz Khalifa, Wu Tang, Logic, Fat Joe etc.
Cortex songs are also featured on NETFLIX and LittleTrumpet Productions in the US.

 

        Real showman, gifted with a virtuoso pianist technique and a rare infectious energy, composer,singer, arranger, ALAIN MION, born 1947 in Casablanca, has performed in radio and TV shows and at prestigious venues all over the world, recording and playing from USA to China, from Sweden to Morocco through Poland, UK, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Monaco and Italy.

 

       Today, on stage, the band Cortex plays the legendary songs of the album « Troupeau Bleu » (recorded in 1975) as well as Alain’s new songs.
Its growing audience, mixes several generations and the album « Troupeau Bleu » is always reedited and became a worldwide jazz funk reference, considered by the major German sales site HHV records, as an « all time favorite masterpiece