Visitors of the recent Yann Tiersen-concert in Amsterdam told me a lot of people left - they surely had not heard Yann's latest offering, the very hard-rocking album On Tour. Only a few songs reminded the fans of Tiersen's Amélie-fame. For those fans, David Delabrosse might be a good alternative. His first soloalbum 13m2 was released last year (he used to be in a band called Delabrosse), and it was produced by Yann Tiersen. Its gentle, folky, at times it reminds me of Dominique Ané's best work, but also of Tiersens filmmusic. For 13m2 Delabrosse invited some guests, among them Francoiz Breut. The girl from the north county is a regular on this blog, but it's been a while since we heard from her. A month or so ago I bought this, a children's book illustrated and told by Francoiz, also released last year. L'Étoile du Nord is a duet, might even be about her. Who knows. A good interview with Breut from 2004 is here. [Merci JW]
David Delabrosse & Francoiz Breut - L'Étoile du Nord
It is still almost unbelievable that David had to look for a label for more than a year and a half. It's truly a nice Yann Tiersen production (like he did for Têtes Raides album "Gratte Poil").
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAbout Yann's live-performance: please listen to his older albums and understand that his universe is so much bigger than Amélie or Goodbye Lenin (which is also great). His live album includes the very nice song "State Of Shock" from the Dutch experimental rockband The Ex, which they performed originally with the late cello legend Tom Cora. The version of Tiersen is excellent!
But back to Delabrosse, he is really a new Frère Sourires! Check it out!
Merci à Guuzbourg!
bravo pour la musique
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDamn this track is catchy. I had never heard of Delabrosse and immediately went and bought his album. Thank you!
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