Galleon

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There are three known bands using the name Galleon: 1. a French disco house group; 2. a progressive rock band hailing from Sweden and; 3. a folk band hailing from Cork, Ireland. 1. Galleon is a French house group from Marseille, founded by Michel Fages and Phillippe Laurent (who recruited Gilles Fahy for singing) in 2000. Their music is categorized in the "French House" or "Disco House" scene, which had a revival in the early 2000s, along with artists like Daft Punk and Modjo. Galleon emerged on the European dance scene in 2001 with the hit single "So, I Begin". The single was released by Sony Music/Radikal Records and sold 400,000 copies, peaking at number 36 in the UK Singles Chart. Also noteworthy is the accompanying music video featuring the model Jitka Ogurekova. After the initial success another two singles ensued ("I Believe", November 2001, "One Sign", June 2002 and "The Way", July 2002), followed by an album, called after band's name, Galleon by the end of 2002. Galleon disbanded in 2003, but had a brief reunion from 2013-2014. In 2024, a remake of "So, I Begin" came out, in collaboration with the artist Sagan. 2. Galleon started as a three piece named Aragon back in ´85 , experimenting with different kind of music and musicians , but never really found the "right" feeling. . . Because Micke Värn, guitars - Göran Fors, bass and Vocals and Dan Fors, drums had the idea , they wanted at least to document their sweat and blood in composing the music they believed i