Black Session: Yann Tiersen
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Black Session: Yann Tiersen is the first live album of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 avant-garde
Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is a term used to characterize music which is thought to be ahead of its time, i.e. containing innovative elements or fusing different genres....

 musician and composer Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

 except where noted.
  1. "Sur le fil" - 3:07
  2. "Geronimo" (Neil Hannon
    Neil Hannon
    Neil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy...

    ) - 1:56 (Sung by Neil Hannon)
  3. "Life on Mars
    Life on Mars?
    "Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. The song—which BBC Radio 2 later called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting"—featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman. When released as a single in 1973,...

    " (David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

    ) – 3:09 (Sung by Neil Hannon)
  4. "La Rupture" - 2:44 (Sung by Claire Pichet
    Claire Pichet
    - Performances :*Summer 78, soundtrack of Good Bye Lenin!*The Dreamlife of Angels, soundtrack.*Rue des Cascades*Le Phare- See also :*Yann Tiersen...

    )
  5. "Monochrome" - 3:29 (Sung by Dominique A
    Dominique A
    Dominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age...

    )
  6. "Les Bras de mer" (Dominique A) - 3:07 (Sung by Dominique A)
  7. "Roma amor" (The Married Monk) - 4:00 (Sung by Christian Quermalet)
  8. "Tout est calme" - 3:27 (Sung by Yann Tiersen)
  9. "À ton étoile" (Bertrand Cantat
    Bertrand Cantat
    Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...

    /Noir Désir
    Noir Désir
    Noir Désir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec...

    ) - 3:46 (Sung by Bertrand Cantat)
  10. "La Crise" - 2:35 (Sung by Claire Pichet)
  11. "Les Forges" (Dominique A) - 4:01 (Sung by Françoiz Breut
    Françoiz Breut
    Françoiz Breut is the stage name of Françoise Breut, a French illustrator and chanteuse of moody and melancholic pop. Breut got involved with music when her then-fiancé, French pop star Dominique A, asked her to contribute vocals on three songs of his 1993 album, Si Je Connais Harry...

    )
  12. "La Noyée" - 2:26
  13. "Ginette" (Christian Olivier/Les Têtes Raides) - 4:49 (Sung by Christian Olivier)
  14. "La Terrasse" - 3:40 (sung by Yann Tiersen)
  15. "Bon voyage" (Mathieu Boogaerts) - 2:25 (Sung by Mathieu Boogaerts)
  16. "Le Quartier" - 2:17

Personnel

  • Yann Tiersen
    Yann Tiersen
    Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

  • Christian Quermalet is featured on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 16
  • The Quatuor A Cordes are featured on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11
  • The Married Monk are featured on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 14
  • Olivier Mellano is featured on "La Crise"
  • Les Têtes Raides are featured on "La Noyée" and "Ginette"
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