Sébastien Blanchon

Sébastien Blanchon, better known as N'Zeng, is a French trumpeter, composer, arranger, producer and DJ whose musical universe lies at the crossroads of trip-hop, jazz, Afrobeat and film music. Trained at the Conservatoire de Saint-Étienne and later at the Conservatoire National de Région de Lyon, he developed an artistic approach that naturally bridges orchestral writing, urban music and electronic production.

A key member of the acclaimed French collective Le Peuple de l'Herbe for more than a decade, he contributed to six studio albums, two live records and hundreds of concerts around the world. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with artists including Tony Allen, Beth Gibbons, Agoria, Rone, L'Entourloop, Asian Dub Foundation and Charlotte Savary, forging a distinctive musical language where groove meets cinematic storytelling.

Alongside his work for film, television, live performance and production music, N'Zeng has established himself as a sought-after composer and arranger. He wrote the original score for the feature film Le bonheur est une bête sauvage, which received the Best Original Soundtrack Award at the 2025 Life Beyond Life Film Festival in Turin. He has also created orchestral arrangements for the Degiheugi Orchestra while continuing to compose for a wide range of audiovisual and stage productions.

In 2024, he released The Trip, his debut solo album on Parigo. Featuring Charlotte Savary, Dan Amozig, The Waxidermist and the WELL Quartet, the album blends trip-hop, jazz, orchestral music and imagined film scores into an elegant and immersive body of work in which the trumpet becomes a true storytelling instrument.

Through every project, N'Zeng crafts richly cinematic soundscapes where sophisticated arrangements, acoustic instrumentation and refined beatmaking come together to create music that is immersive, timeless and emotionally resonant.