Jimmy Top

• 1996–2008: studied at the Vincennes Municipal Conservatory
• 2009–2013: Graduated from the American School of Modern Music in Paris
• 2014 - 2016: graduated from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2007: Bassist in the French pop band Assary (several live performances including at the Cirque d'Hiver and the Bataclan).
• 2009: Joined the Funk Wondersoul music collective as bassist.
• 2010: guitarist for Dominique COonte's (former ballet director of the Folies Bergères) show "Ces années-là à St Germain".
• 2010: Hosted a weekly jam session at the Art Café Bastille.
• 2010/2011: Contract with Sony Music Entertainment for Sylvie Vartan: two television appearances (Champs-Elysées and Michel Drucker's Vivement dimanche) and one radio appearance (Europe 1).
• 2012/2013: collaborated with rapper Hi levez as director, arranger and producer on his second EP. 
• 2013: Summer tour of around twenty dates with the band Bluebox.
• 2014: collaboration with Nekfeu's producer.
• 2015: Joined the group Keys Zuna, a project with which he released an EP the same year.
• 2016: Creation of the electronic music duo Dave Smith.
• 2016/2017: various projects in progress. Keys Zuna's second EP, production of rapper Hi Levels' third EP, musical show project with former pioneers of French pop.
• At the same time, he founded the electro-rock duo ELEPHANT TONE with his partner Carl Egger (CHROMATIK), whose first EP will be released in March 2019.
• In 2020, he joined the legendary band MAGMA alongside Christian Vander.