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Otisto 23

French musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ18222051 ↗
Source-derived summary

Otisto 23 (born 24 September 1974 at Cannes), is the pseudonym of Dominique Poutet, a French musician and producer.

Biography

Pianist with a classical background, Dominique Poutet is the co-founder, producer and sound engineer of both labels DTC Records and Breakz.

His experience of electro-instrumental fusion gives him today the opportunity to participate to many projects of records and live shows in France (Laurent de Wilde, Mekanik Kantatik, Sam Karpienia...) and abroad (Ti'Fock, Arambol Experience, Hos Hayas).

Dominique Poutet is also a M.A.O instructor certified by Ableton. He led many training courses and master classes for professional of the entertainment business in France and abroad.

Besides his production activity, he develops his musical career. He plays solo live under the name of Otisto 23.

In the other hand, since 2006, he performs in duo with the pianist Laurent de Wilde with whom he composed three records.

Awards and honors

Record of the year Jazz Magazine for the album Over the Clouds with Laurent de Wilde (2012)

Discography

2014 : Fly Superfly (Laurent de Wilde vs Otisto 23)

2010 : Fly! (Laurent de Wilde vs Otisto 23)

2007: PC Pieces (Laurent de Wilde vs Otisto 23)

Productions and producer

2015: Synthesis (Gaël Horellou)

2014: Disconnected EP (Manu Ferrantini)

2014: Open Me (Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic)

2014: Loan in Space Time (Loan featuring Juice Aleem, The Space Ape, Bang on and Antipop Consortium)

2014: Aquatik Baby (Dandy Freaks)

2014: Movie'zz (Laurent Robin & The Skyriders)

2014: Legacy (Gaël Horellou feat.

Editorial summary

“Otisto 23” enters the record as french musician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Otisto, French and musician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2006, 2012, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-09-24. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Otisto, French and musician.
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Why this record matters

“Otisto 23” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Otisto, French and musician provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q18222051. VIAF identifies the subject as 305971426. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2006, 2012 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Otisto 23” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.