Biography Bernard Paganotti

Bernard Paganotti started off by playing the guitar when he was 13, then switched to the bass.

He created the group Cruciférius Lobonz, with Christian Vander, which later became Cruciferius, and went to play with the group in Japan.

He then joined Magma, Christian Vander’s group, for three intense years (1974/1977).

He started doing a considerable amount of work as a studio musician/arranger/producer whilst continuing to work on more personal productions

- Weidorje with first album in 1979

- PAGA, album as leader (1984)

- PAGA group (B.Paganotti/B.Lajudie/Claude Salmieri/F.Laizeau/K.Blasquiz/E.Seva/Antoine Paganotti) followed by the release of two albums: “Haunted” in 1988 and “Gnosis” in 1993 and numerous concerts.

For the last fifteen years or so, he has been Francis CABREL’s regular bassist. His name appears on the credits of a large number of albums.

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