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Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Mirwais Ahmadzaï (born 23 October 1960), known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl. He met Madonna in the late 1990s, when he submitted a demo to her then record label, Maverick Records.[1]

Mirwais

Mirwais Ahmadzaï

  • Mirwais
  • Mirwais Stass

(1960-10-23) 23 October 1960
Lausanne, Switzerland

  • Record producer
  • songwriter

1978–present

Life and career[edit]

Early life[edit]

Mirwais Ahmadzaï was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. The family lived in Kabul, Afghanistan for a while before relocating to Paris.[2]

Taxi Girl and Juliette et les indépendants[edit]

Resultantly becoming known in France for this reason for the better part of two decades, Mirwais was a guitarist in the punk group Taxi Girl for eight years, before forming the acoustic outfit "Juliette et les Indépendants" with his then-girlfriend Juliette. Taxi Girl's first EP, "(S.O.S Mannequin)", was released in early 1980 on Pathé Marconi/EMI.

Seppuku (1981, Virgin France)

"Disco Science"

"I Can't Wait"

"Naïve Song"

"V.I. (The Last Words She Said Before Leaving)"

"Miss You"

2016 – My Generation

Official website

Official Taxi Girl website

Mirwais at discogs.com

Rolling Stone – Mirwais

at IMDb

Mirwais Ahmadzaï