Mathias Camison (born 5 August 1941) is a French keyboardist and electronic musician, responsible for many library and pop recordings, especially during the 1970s.
Born in Algiers, Algeria, Camison moved to France in 1955 and in the late 1950s formed his first group, Les Français, with Jacky Rault on drums and Jacky Hythier on bass, later joined by guitarist Ted Tunnicliffe of the Krewkats, recently arrived from Germany.
The group backed many of the leading French pop musicians of the time, primarily France Gall at the start of her career, and recorded two EPs for Columbia Records in 1964, one featuring the Lead Belly song "Goodnight Irene" and the second comprising instrumentals including Camison's composition "Suspenses".
The composition of the song was credited to "Arpadys", a pseudonym used by Camison with his writing partner, drummer Pierre-Alain Dahan [fr].
[1][2] Camison also continued as a session musician working with such recording artists as Nino Ferrer, Richard Anthony, Serge Lama, Claude François, Dalida, and Sheila.