Mirwais Ahmadzaï
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Mirwais Ahmadzai, more commonly known simply as Mirwais, is a Paris-based record producer and songwriter. He was born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother.
Mirwais is a leader in the French style of progressive electronic dance music / Progressive electronica. A former member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl, he was re-discovered by Madonna in the late 1990s when he submitted a demo to her then-record label Maverick Records.
He signed to Sony for his U.S. album release Production which spawned two club hits, "Disco Science" and "Naïve Song". "Disco Science" appeared in the Guy Ritchie film Snatch.
In 1996, he contributed to Québécoise singer Carole Laure's electronic-oriented album Sentiments Naturels.
Madonna recruited him for writing and production collaboration on her three latest studio albums; Music, American Life and Confessions on a Dance Floor. Credits include the title tracks from Music and American Life plus "Impressive Instant", "Don't Tell Me", "Hollywood", "Nobody Knows Me" (this is clearly one of Madonna's personal favourites, being given full remix treatment, prominently performed on her ReInvention Tour (2004) and included on her I'm Going To Tell You A Secret live CD/DVD), "Love Profusion", "Nothing Fails" and "Paradise (Not for Me)". From Confessions On A Dance Floor, Mirwais produced Future Lovers, which Madonna chose to open her 2006 Confessions Tour with.
He was also involved in the writing and production of the title track to the movie James Bond: Die Another Day, co-written and performed by Madonna.
He contributed music to the French television series Clara Sheller.
