Brigitte Fontaine
Encyclopedia
Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix
in the Brittany
region of France, is a singer of avant-garde
music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll
, folk
, jazz
, electronica
, spoken word poetry and world
rhythms. She has collaborated with such celebrated musicians as Stereolab
, Michel Colombier
, Jean-Claude Vannier
, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project
, Sonic Youth
, Antoine Duhamel
, Grace Jones
, Noir Désir
, Archie Shepp
, Arno
and The Art Ensemble of Chicago.
She is also a novelist, writer, actress, playwright, and poet.
, then in Morlaix
. At 17 years old, she moved to Paris in order to become an actress.
and George Brassens’s show at the Bobino
. Even so, she did not give up comedy. With Jacques Higelin
and actor Rufus
, she created the play Maman j'ai peur ("Mom I am afraid"), which played first at the Vieille-Grille theatre, and then at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
. It met with such a critical and popular success that it stayed in Paris for more than two seasons and toured throughout Europe.
In 1965 and then in 1968, she made two albums, one avant-pop and one free jazz, as well as two 45s with Jacques Higelin. In 1969, she began what would be a long collaboration with Kabyle
musician Areski Belkacem. With Belkacem and in the company of Higelin, she conceived Niok, an innovative spectacle of theatre and song, for the Lucernaire theatre. Soon after, Fontaine wrote a series of works in free verse and prose which comprised the show Comme à la radio at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
before being turned into an album. Recorded with The Art Ensemble of Chicago, this album marks a clean break with traditional French songs, building the first bridges to world music
.
Because they sail among pop, folk, electro and world music, the albums L’incendie and Vous et nous
by the Areski-Fontaine duo figure among the most unclassifiable records of the French scene. Almost thirty years later, the international audience of these LPs (since re-edited for CD) is comparable to that of the cult record Histoire de Melody Nelson
by Serge Gainsbourg
and Jean-Claude Vannier
, notably due to the enthusiastic remarks made by members of the band Sonic Youth
in the Anglo-Saxon press.
in Paris, and published a novel (Paso doble) as well as a collection of short stories (Nouvelles de l’exil). In 1984, she recorded a single ("Les Filles d’aujourd’hui").
After having given a series of concerts in Tokyo and other large Japanese cities, she had to wait about five years for a French company to distribute her new album French Corazon (written and composed in 1984 but released in 1988 to Japan). Having been broadcast notably on French television, the video for the single "Le Nougat", directed by comics artist Olivia Tele Clavel, prepared the public for the big return of the singer to the French stage which commenced with a concert in 1993 at the Bataclan
.
and Massive Attack
by testing new, more electric musical forms and, especially, more electronic forms than before. Her lyrics mark a return to a more classical, versified form. The release of her album Genre humain, in 1995, met with great success (more so on the part of the critics than the general public) with surprising titles like "Conne" (produced by Étienne Daho
), lyric titles like "La Femme à barbe" (produced by Les Valentins), and poetic ones like "Il se mêle à tout ça" (produced by Yann Cortella and Areski Belkcem).
In 1997, while she published a new novel (La Limonade bleue), she recorded Les Palaces and its landmark track "Ah que la vie est belle!". The album, very well-received by the press, is enriched by the collaboration of Areski Belkacem, Jacques Higelin and Alain Bashung
.
(with whom she also co-wrote and recorded the 23-minute track L'Europe on des Visages des Figures
), Sonic Youth
, Archie Shepp
, - M-
, Gotan Project
, Zebda
, etc. In 2005, after having given a series of concerts with her usual band (but also with La Compagnie des musiques à ouïr), she published a new novel, La Bête curieuse, whose erotic ambiance somewhat foretold the tonality of her sixteenth album, Libido (2006). This new album renewed her concerts with a lively energy and gave them a very "baroque 'n' roll" ambiance, in which Teresa of Avila
, Sufis
, Hollywood films, and Melody Nelson
are invoked.
In October 2006, Fontaine appeared at the Barbican Centre
in London along with Jarvis Cocker
, Badly Drawn Boy
and other English artists, for the first public interpretation of the mythic "Histoire de Melody Nelson". In January 2007, she appeared onstage with graphic novelist Blutch at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
. On 29 March 2007, she invested in the Olympia
music hall, supported by her friends Jacno, Arthur H
, Christophe, Anaïs
, Jacques Higelin
, Maya Barsony and Jean-Claude Vannier
. In April, she played at the Printemps de Bourges
music festival and participated in her Québécois
admirer Pierre Lapointe
's concert for a duo of "La symphonie pastorale". After having given a series of intimate concerts all through September on a barge anchored under the Pont des Arts
on the Seine
river in Paris, Fontaine toured throughout France. Between two concerts, she went into the studio with Olivia Ruiz
to record a new single, "Partir ou rester", for which she wrote the lyrics.
In February 2008, she published a new novel, Travellings, published by Flammarion
, while Benoît Mouchart
devoted a monograph to her ("Brigitte Fontaine, intérieur/extérieur"), published by Panama. A new album titled Prohibition and produced by Ivor Guest including collaborations with Grace Jones
and Philippe Katerine
is programmed for a release in the fall of 2009. The lyrics of this new work mark the return of Brigitte Fontaine to an anti-authority political position.
In March 2011 Polydor announced that a new album, also produced by Ivor Guest, is to be released on the 23 May. It is entitled L'un n'empêche pas l'autre, and consists of duets with Grace Jones
, Alain Souchon
, M
, Bertrand Cantat
, Arno
, Emmanuelle Seigner
, Christophe
, Jacques Higelin
and Areski Belkacem. It also contains some new tracks, including 'Dancefloor' (Feat. Grace Jones), which Polydor uploaded on their site.
- on stage
Morlaix
Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:...
in the Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
region of France, is a singer of avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, spoken word poetry and world
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
rhythms. She has collaborated with such celebrated musicians as Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
, Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.- External links :*...
, Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project
Gotan Project
Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...
, Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, Antoine Duhamel
Antoine Duhamel
Antoine Duhamel , is a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher.Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel came from a cinematic family and studied music at the Sorbonne. He wrote the score for his first film in 1960, going on to work with many of...
, Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, 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...
, Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
, Arno
Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.- Source and route :The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve...
and The Art Ensemble of Chicago.
She is also a novelist, writer, actress, playwright, and poet.
Artistic Overview
The daughter of two teachers, Brigitte Fontaine developed her taste for writing and comedy very early. She spent her childhood in small villages of FinistèreFinistère
Finistère is a département of France, in the extreme west of Brittany.-History:The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning end of the earth, and may be compared with Land's End on the opposite side of the English Channel...
, then in Morlaix
Morlaix
Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:...
. At 17 years old, she moved to Paris in order to become an actress.
1963–1968
In 1963, she turned to singing and appeared in several Parisian theatres, interpreting her own works. In 1964, she opened for BarbaraBarbara
-People:* Barbara , people with the given name Barbara* Etienne Barbara , Maltese soccer player* Barbara , stage name of French singer Monique Andrée Serf-Places:* Barbara , ancient region in the Horn of Africa...
and George Brassens’s show at the Bobino
Bobino
Bobino at 20 rue de la Gaîté, in the Montparnasse area of Paris , France, is a music hall theatre that has seen most of the biggest names of 20th century French music perform there....
. Even so, she did not give up comedy. With Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
and actor Rufus
Rufus (actor)
Rufus is the stage name of Italo-French actor Jacques Narcy. He is also called Zio Vittorio...
, she created the play Maman j'ai peur ("Mom I am afraid"), which played first at the Vieille-Grille theatre, and then at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne. Despite its name, the theatre is not on the Champs-Élysées but nearby in another part of the 8th arrondissement of Paris....
. It met with such a critical and popular success that it stayed in Paris for more than two seasons and toured throughout Europe.
In 1965 and then in 1968, she made two albums, one avant-pop and one free jazz, as well as two 45s with Jacques Higelin. In 1969, she began what would be a long collaboration with Kabyle
Kabyle people
The Kabyle people are the largest homogeneous Algerian ethno-cultural and linguistical community and the largest nation in North Africa to be considered exclusively Berber. Their traditional homeland is Kabylie in the north of Algeria, one hundred miles east of Algiers...
musician Areski Belkacem. With Belkacem and in the company of Higelin, she conceived Niok, an innovative spectacle of theatre and song, for the Lucernaire theatre. Soon after, Fontaine wrote a series of works in free verse and prose which comprised the show Comme à la radio at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau...
before being turned into an album. Recorded with The Art Ensemble of Chicago, this album marks a clean break with traditional French songs, building the first bridges to world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
.
1969–1979
Brigitte Fontaine became a major figure in the French underground. In a half-dozen albums, the majority of which were released through the independent label Saravah, Fontaine explored different poetic worlds. She renounced the use of rhyme, and using talk-over sometimes, she recorded, with very little means and often on two tracks, songs which addressed topics with humour or gravity, according to the mood, as various as death ("Dommage que tu sois mort"), life ("L’été, l’été"), alienation ("Comme à la radio"), madness ("Ragilia"), love ("Je t’aimerai"), social injustice ("C’est normal"), the inequality of the sexes ("Patriarcat") and racism ("Y' a du lard"). However, she also knew how to make light of herself ("L'Auberge (Révolution)").Because they sail among pop, folk, electro and world music, the albums L’incendie and Vous et nous
Vous et Nous
Vous et Nous is a 1977 experimental pop album by French musicians Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem. Vous et Nous is an avant-garde double album mixing a variety of instruments and vocal styles. The album uses synthesizer and drum machine on some songs. Other, more acoustic, songs show the...
by the Areski-Fontaine duo figure among the most unclassifiable records of the French scene. Almost thirty years later, the international audience of these LPs (since re-edited for CD) is comparable to that of the cult record Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. The Lolita-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost into teenage nymphet Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent...
by Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
and Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
, notably due to the enthusiastic remarks made by members of the band Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
in the Anglo-Saxon press.
1980–1990
The 1980s were a period of silence, musically speaking, for Brigitte Fontaine and her partner Areski Belkacem. Far from the recording studio, she devoted herself to writing and the theatre. Always active, she appeared onstage in Quebec, she performed her play Acte 2 in a grand tour of the French-speaking world, interpreted Les Bonnes by Jean GenetJean Genet
Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
in Paris, and published a novel (Paso doble) as well as a collection of short stories (Nouvelles de l’exil). In 1984, she recorded a single ("Les Filles d’aujourd’hui").
After having given a series of concerts in Tokyo and other large Japanese cities, she had to wait about five years for a French company to distribute her new album French Corazon (written and composed in 1984 but released in 1988 to Japan). Having been broadcast notably on French television, the video for the single "Le Nougat", directed by comics artist Olivia Tele Clavel, prepared the public for the big return of the singer to the French stage which commenced with a concert in 1993 at the Bataclan
Bataclan (theatre)
The Bataclan is a "salle de spectacle" at 50 boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was built in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval. Its name refers to Ba-Ta-Clan, an operetta by Offenbach...
.
1990–2001
In the 1990s, Brigitte Fontaine moved closer to the musical worlds of BjörkBjörk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
and Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
by testing new, more electric musical forms and, especially, more electronic forms than before. Her lyrics mark a return to a more classical, versified form. The release of her album Genre humain, in 1995, met with great success (more so on the part of the critics than the general public) with surprising titles like "Conne" (produced by Étienne Daho
Étienne Daho
Étienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
), lyric titles like "La Femme à barbe" (produced by Les Valentins), and poetic ones like "Il se mêle à tout ça" (produced by Yann Cortella and Areski Belkcem).
In 1997, while she published a new novel (La Limonade bleue), she recorded Les Palaces and its landmark track "Ah que la vie est belle!". The album, very well-received by the press, is enriched by the collaboration of Areski Belkacem, Jacques Higelin and Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...
.
2001 – present
Her albums Kékéland (2001) and Rue Saint-Louis en l'île (2004) benefited from prestigious collaborations with artists such as Noir désirNoir 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...
(with whom she also co-wrote and recorded the 23-minute track L'Europe on des Visages des Figures
Des Visages des Figures
des Visages des Figures is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 11 September 2001. Manu Chao plays the guitar in "Le vent nous portera", among numerous musicians participating in the album. All music was composed by Noir Désir, where not...
), Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
, - M-
Matthieu Chedid
Matthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
, Gotan Project
Gotan Project
Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...
, Zebda
Zebda
Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status...
, etc. In 2005, after having given a series of concerts with her usual band (but also with La Compagnie des musiques à ouïr), she published a new novel, La Bête curieuse, whose erotic ambiance somewhat foretold the tonality of her sixteenth album, Libido (2006). This new album renewed her concerts with a lively energy and gave them a very "baroque 'n' roll" ambiance, in which Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Ávila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
, Sufis
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
, Hollywood films, and Melody Nelson
Melody Nelson
Melody Nelson is the fictional subject of a concept album, Histoire de Melody Nelson, by French musician Serge Gainsbourg.Similar in concept to, if not based on, the infamous Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita, the plot of the album concerns the protagonist's brief relationship with a teenage English...
are invoked.
In October 2006, Fontaine appeared at the Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
in London along with Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
, Badly Drawn Boy
Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....
and other English artists, for the first public interpretation of the mythic "Histoire de Melody Nelson". In January 2007, she appeared onstage with graphic novelist Blutch at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
. On 29 March 2007, she invested in the Olympia
Paris Olympia
The Olympia is a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Located at No. 28, Boulevard des Capucines, its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin and Auber....
music hall, supported by her friends Jacno, Arthur H
Arthur H
Arthur Higelin , better known under his stage name Arthur H , is a pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances - four of his albums were recorded live - and remains relatively little-known in the English-speaking world.-Career:He is the son of the French...
, Christophe, Anaïs
Anais
Anais, Anaís, or Anaïs , is a female given name derived from the Persian goddess of love, Anahita, or its Armenian counterpart, Anahit....
, Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
, Maya Barsony and Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
. In April, she played at the Printemps de Bourges
Printemps de Bourges
Le Printemps de Bourges is an annual music festival that is held in Bourges, France, during five days. It is now a major event in France and Europe....
music festival and participated in her Québécois
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
admirer Pierre Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style...
's concert for a duo of "La symphonie pastorale". After having given a series of intimate concerts all through September on a barge anchored under the Pont des Arts
Pont des Arts
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the Seine River. It links the Institut de France and the central square of the palais du Louvre, .-History:Between 1802 and 1804, a nine-arch metallic bridge for pedestrians was constructed at the location of...
on the Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
river in Paris, Fontaine toured throughout France. Between two concerts, she went into the studio with Olivia Ruiz
Olivia Ruiz
Olivia Blanc known as Olivia Ruiz is a female French pop singer of partial Spanish origin belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.-Biography:...
to record a new single, "Partir ou rester", for which she wrote the lyrics.
In February 2008, she published a new novel, Travellings, published by Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...
, while Benoît Mouchart
Benoit Mouchart
Born on July 20, 1976, Benoit Mouchart is an author, curator and, since 2003, artistic director of the cultural programming of Angoulême International Comics Festival, in France....
devoted a monograph to her ("Brigitte Fontaine, intérieur/extérieur"), published by Panama. A new album titled Prohibition and produced by Ivor Guest including collaborations with Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
and Philippe Katerine
Philippe Katerine
Philippe Katerine is a French singer who began his career in 1991. Some of his popular singles include "Mon coeur balance", "Je vous emmerde" and "Louxor j'adore". Given that his songs are mainly in French, he hasn't gained much popularity outside of France...
is programmed for a release in the fall of 2009. The lyrics of this new work mark the return of Brigitte Fontaine to an anti-authority political position.
In March 2011 Polydor announced that a new album, also produced by Ivor Guest, is to be released on the 23 May. It is entitled L'un n'empêche pas l'autre, and consists of duets with Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, Alain Souchon
Alain Souchon
Alain Souchon is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.-Profile:...
, M
M
M is the thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu . Semitic Mem probably originally pictured water...
, 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...
, Arno
Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.- Source and route :The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve...
, Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
, Christophe
Christophe
- As mononym/pseudonym :* Christophe , French comic strip artist and botanist* Christophe , French singer* Christophe , Belgian hairstylist- As first name :* Christophe Barratier, French filmmaker...
, Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
and Areski Belkacem. It also contains some new tracks, including 'Dancefloor' (Feat. Grace Jones), which Polydor uploaded on their site.
Albums
- 12 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
and Jimmy Walter), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1965 - 15 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
and Michel ColombierMichel ColombierMichel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.- External links :*...
), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1966 - Brigitte Fontaine est folle (with Jean-Claude VannierJean-Claude VannierJean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
), Saravah, 1968 - Comme à la radio (with the Art Ensemble of ChicagoArt Ensemble of ChicagoThe Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago's AACM in the late 1960s. The group continues to tour and record through 2006, despite the deaths of two of the founding members....
and Areski Belkacem), Saravah, 1969 - Brigitte Fontaine (with Areski Belkacem, Julie Dassin and Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
), Saravah, 1972 - Je ne connais pas cet homme (with Areski Belkacem and Antoine DuhamelAntoine DuhamelAntoine Duhamel , is a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher.Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel came from a cinematic family and studied music at the Sorbonne. He wrote the score for his first film in 1960, going on to work with many of...
), Saravah, 1973 - L'Incendie (with Areski Belkacem), Byg Records, 1974
- Le Bonheur (with Areski Belkacem), Saravah, 1975
- Vous et NousVous et NousVous et Nous is a 1977 experimental pop album by French musicians Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem. Vous et Nous is an avant-garde double album mixing a variety of instruments and vocal styles. The album uses synthesizer and drum machine on some songs. Other, more acoustic, songs show the...
(with Areski Belkacem, Jean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger & musician, primarily a keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth in 1961, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.-Career:...
and Antoine DuhamelAntoine DuhamelAntoine Duhamel , is a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher.Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel came from a cinematic family and studied music at the Sorbonne. He wrote the score for his first film in 1960, going on to work with many of...
), Saravah, 1977 - Les églantines sont peut-être formidables (with Areski Belkacem), RCA-Saravah, 1979
- French corazon (with Areski Belkacem and Jean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger & musician, primarily a keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth in 1961, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.-Career:...
), Midi/EMI, 1988 - Genre humain (with Areski Belkacem, Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
and Les Valentins), Virgin, 1995 - Les palaces (with Areski Belkacem and Alain BashungAlain BashungAlain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...
), Virgin, 1997 - Morceaux de choix, compilation, Virgin, 1999
- Kékéland (with Areski Belkacem, Jean-Claude VannierJean-Claude VannierJean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
, Sonic YouthSonic YouthSonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, -M-Matthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
, Noir DésirNoir DésirNoir 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...
, Ginger AleGinger aleGinger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger. Dr. Thomas Cantrell, an American apothecary and surgeon, claimed to have invented ginger ale and marketed it with beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. Grattan embossed the slogan "The Original Makers of Ginger Ale" on its bottles...
, Lou and Placido, Jean Efflam Bavouzet, Jean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe RykielJean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger & musician, primarily a keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth in 1961, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.-Career:...
, Georges MoustakiGeorges MoustakiGiuseppe Mustacchi, known as Georges Moustaki , is a French singer and songwriter of Italo-Greek Jewish origin, best known for his poetic rhythm, eloquent simplicity and his hundreds of romantic songs...
, Les Valentins and Archie SheppArchie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
), Virgin, 2001 - Rue Saint Louis en l'île (with Areski Belkacem, -M-Matthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
, Didier MalherbeDidier MalherbeDidier Antonin Malherbe is a saxophonist and flautist. He was one of the founders of the Canterbury sound band Gong....
, Jean Efflam Bavouzet, ZebdaZebdaZebda is a French music group from Toulouse known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status...
, Daniel Mille and Gotan ProjectGotan ProjectGotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...
), Virgin, 2004 - Libido (with Jean-Claude VannierJean-Claude VannierJean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
, -M-Matthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
, Jean Efflam Bavouzet and Areski Belkacem), Polydor, 2006. The album included the song Mister Mystère, later re-used as the title track to -M-'s album Mister MystèreMister MystèreMister Mystère, released in 2009, is the fourth studio album by French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid in his persona as -M-... - Prohibition (with Areski Belkacem, Ivor Guest, Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
and Philippe KaterinePhilippe KaterinePhilippe Katerine is a French singer who began his career in 1991. Some of his popular singles include "Mon coeur balance", "Je vous emmerde" and "Louxor j'adore". Given that his songs are mainly in French, he hasn't gained much popularity outside of France...
), Polydor, 2009 - L'un n'empêche pas l'autre (with Areski Belkacem, Ivor Guest, Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, ArnoArnoThe Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.- Source and route :The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve...
, Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
, Emmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
, Alain SouchonAlain SouchonAlain Souchon is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.-Profile:...
, -M-Matthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
, Bertrand CantatBertrand CantatBertrand 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...
, Christophe and Richard GallianoRichard GallianoRichard Galliano is a French accordionist.-Biography:He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father Lucien, an accordionist originally from Italy, living in Nice.After a long and intense period of study Richard Galliano (born December 12, 1950,...
, Polydor, 2011
Other records/Participations
- "Le goudron" / "Les beaux animaux", SaravahSaravahSaravah is a French record label founded by musician Pierre Barouh in 1965.Some artists who have released albums on Saravah include:*Brigitte Fontaine*Areski Belkacem*Jacques Higelin*Pierre Akendengué*Jean-Roger Caussimon...
, 1969 - "Quand tous les ghettos brûleront, ça va faire un hit", with Areski Belkacem and Jean-Claude VannierJean-Claude VannierJean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que...
, Byg Records, 1974 - "Les filles d'aujourd'hui", Carrère-Celluloïd, 1984 (other version in Kékéland, 2001)
- "Amore 529" in Un Drame Musical Instantané / Opération Blow-up, collective album, 1992
- "Supermarket", single, Virgin, 1995
- "On ne tue pas son prochain" in Route Manset, collective tribute to Gérard MansetGérard MansetGérard Manset is a French singer-songwriter, painter, photographer and writer, most well known for his musical work.Since 1972, the covers of his albums state his name as simply "Manset"...
, 1996 - "La caravane" (music by Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
) in Jazz à Saint-Germain, collective album, 1997 (and in Morceaux de choix, 1999) - "Calimero", single with StereolabStereolabStereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
, 1998 - "Dressing", single, Virgin, 1999 (and in Morceaux de choix, 1999)
- "Underture", inédit with Sonic YouthSonic YouthSonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, Virgin, 2000 - "Lady Macbeth", inédit with Sonic Youth, Virgin, 2000
- "L'Europe", with Bertrand CantatBertrand CantatBertrand 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...
, in Des visages des figures, album by Noir DésirNoir DésirNoir 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...
, 2001 - "Comme à la radio" and "J'ai 26 ans" (english versions of the sixties) in Vintage de choix, compilation, Virgin, 2001
- "Âme te souvient-il ?" in Avec Léo, collective tribute to Léo FerréLéo FerréLéo Ferré was a Franco-Monegasque poet, composer, singer and musician.Born in Monaco, Ferré mixed love and melancholy with moral anarchy, lyricism with slang, rhyming verse with prose monologues...
, 2003 - "L'Homme à la moto" in L'Hymne à la môme, collective tribute to Édith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
, 2003 (and in Rue Saint-Louis en l'île, 2004) - "Fine mouche", with Khan, in Disko-Cabine, collective album, 2005
- "Red Light" in Les tremblements s'immobilisent, album by KarkwaKarkwa-History:Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot, and drummer Stéphane Bergeron...
, 2005 (and together, on stage, at the festival Les Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, 2006) - "Partir ou rester", duet with Olivia RuizOlivia RuizOlivia Blanc known as Olivia Ruiz is a female French pop singer of partial Spanish origin belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.-Biography:...
, Polydor, 2007 - "La beuglante" in Femme d'extérieur, album by Maya Barsony, 2008
- "Bamako" in B, album by TurziTurziTurzi is a French electronic group, formed by Romain Turzi in Versailles. Their track 'Afghanistan' appeared on the 2nd Amorphous Androgynous compilation alongside other acts such as Oasis and Faust....
, 2009 - "Je Vous Salue Marie" in Jacno Future, collective tribute to JacnoJacnoJacno was a French musician.Born as Denis Quillard, he was a founding member of the first French punk band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer Elli Medeiros to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno...
, 2011,
Other voices
- in studio- Christine Sèvres : "Les dieux sont dingues" in Christine Sèvres, CBS, 1968
- Christine Sèvres : "Maman, j'ai peur", "Le beau cancer" and "Comme Rimbaud", CBS, 1970
- Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
: "Dommage que tu sois mort" in Urgence, collective album, Virgin, 1992 - Philippe KaterinePhilippe KaterinePhilippe Katerine is a French singer who began his career in 1991. Some of his popular singles include "Mon coeur balance", "Je vous emmerde" and "Louxor j'adore". Given that his songs are mainly in French, he hasn't gained much popularity outside of France...
: "La vache enragée" in Morceaux Choisis by The Recyclers, Rectangle, 1997 - Faun FablesFaun FablesFaun Fables is a band from Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fables also covers both 20th century compositions by other song writers...
: "Eternal" (english version of "Éternelle") in Family Album, Drag City Records, 2004 - Étienne Daho and Jane BirkinJane BirkinJane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
: "La grippe" in Rendez-vous by Jane Birkin, EMI Music, 2004 - Françoise HardyFrançoise HardyFrançoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music and style. She is married to the singer and movie actor Jacques Dutronc.-Biography:...
and Rodolphe Burger : "Cet enfant que je t'avais fait" in Parenthèses by Françoise Hardy, EMI Music, 2006 - Matthieu ChedidMatthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
: "Mister Mystère" in Mister Mystère, 2009 - Emmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
: "Quand tu n'es pas là" in Dingue, Columbia, 2010 - Stereo TotalStereo TotalStereo Total is a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo comprising Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring . Both Cactus and Göring sing and play multiple instruments...
: "Barbe à papa" in Baby ouh !, 2010 - AureliaAureliaAurelia is a feminine given name. It was the name given to women of the gens Aurelia in ancient Rome. Aurelia may refer to:-Ancient:* A woman of the gens Aurelia of ancient Rome...
: "Vous et nous" in The Hour Of The Wolf, 2010 - Johnny HallydayJohnny HallydayJohnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
: "Tanagra" in Jamais seul, 2011 - Stefie ShockStefie ShockStefie Shock is a Québécois singer-songwriter.-Profile:Previously a Montreal disc jockey, Shock crafts a modern sound, notably with funk and pop influences. He sings in a low, conspiratorial voice; prominently inspired by his idol, French singer Serge Gainsbourg...
: "Dévaste-moi" in La Mécanique de l'amour, 2011
- on stage
- Dominique ADominique ADominique 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...
: "Les étoiles et les cochons" - Arthur HArthur HArthur Higelin , better known under his stage name Arthur H , is a pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances - four of his albums were recorded live - and remains relatively little-known in the English-speaking world.-Career:He is the son of the French...
: "Hollywood" - ChristopheChristophe- As mononym/pseudonym :* Christophe , French comic strip artist and botanist* Christophe , French singer* Christophe , Belgian hairstylist- As first name :* Christophe Barratier, French filmmaker...
: "Hollywood" - Pierre LapointePierre LapointePierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style...
: "La symphonie pastorale" - Maya Barsony : "Veuve Clicquot"
- Matthieu ChedidMatthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
et Johnny Hallyday : « Tanagra »
Other original lyrics
- "Toi et ton sax" for Zizi JeanmaireZizi JeanmaireZizi Jeanmaire is a ballet dancer and widow of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet version of Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films.-Background:Born in Paris,...
- "Les Encerclés", "Le Roi de la naphtaline", "Je veux des coupables" and "Rififi" (in Paradis païen, 1998) for Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
- "Le brouillard", "Chanson pour sa mère", "À chaque tournant", "Bali", "Le dragon", "Les Borgia", "Les murailles", "La tête bandée", "Un soleil", "Les muzdus", "La vache", "Pif", "Salomé", "Le triomphe de l'amour" (2010) for Areski Belkacem
- "Jungle Pulse" and "Toi, Jamais Toujours" for Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
(in Reserection, 1995, and L'Invitation, 2007) - "Barbares attraits" (in Toi du monde, 2000) and "Péplum" (in Fais moi une fleur, 2011) for MauraneMauraneMaurane, real name Claudine Luypaerts, is a Belgian singer. She lives currently in Schaerbeek.Maurane was born at Ixelles. Her father was director in the Académie de Musique de Verviers, and when she was a teenager she took part in several musical contests...
- "Irrésistiblement" for Vanessa ParadisVanessa ParadisVanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"...
(in Divinidylle, 2007) - "La beuglante" for Maya Barsony
- "Le solitaire" for Juliette GrécoJuliette GrécoJuliette Gréco, — also Michelle – is a French actress and popular chanson singer.-Early life and family:Juliette Gréco was born in Montpellier to a Corsican father and a mother who became active in the Résistance, in the Hérault département of southern France. She was raised by her maternal...
(in Je me souviens de tout, 2009) - "Phébus", "Tanagra", "Destroy", "Lettre à Tanagra", "Brigand", "Crise" and "Je les adore" for Matthieu Chedid (in Mister Mystère, Barclay, 2009)
Books
- Chroniques du bonheur, éditions des femmes, 1975
- Madelon : Alchimie et prêt-à-porter, récit, éditions Seghers, 1979
- L'Inconciliabule, éditions Tierce, 1980, and éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2009
- Paso doble, novel, éditions Flammarion, 1985
- Nouvelles de l'exil, éditions Imprimerie nationale, 1988, and éditions Flammarion, 2006
- Genre humain, Christian Pirot éditeur, 1996
- La Limonade bleue, novel, l’Écarlate, 1997
- Galerie d'art à Kekeland, portrait gallery, éditions Flammarion, 2002
- La Bête Curieuse, novel, éditions Flammarion, 2005
- Attends-moi sous l'obélisque, éditions Seuil-Archimbaud, 2006
- Travellings, novel, éditions Flammarion, 2008
- Rien suivi de Colère noire, éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2009
- Contes de chats, with Jean-Jacques SempéJean-Jacques SempéJean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé , is a French cartoonist. Some of his cartoons are quite striking, but retain a sentimental and often a somewhat gentle edge to them, even if the topic is a difficult one to approach...
, éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2009 - Le bon peuple du sang, éditions Flammarion, 2010
- Mot pour mot, éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2011
- Antonio, éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2011
- Le bal des coquettes sales (with Léïla Derradji), éditions Belles Lettres-Archimbaud, 2011
- Portrait de l'artiste en déshabillé de soie, éditions Flammarion, forthcoming
Theater
- Maman j'ai peur (with Jacques Higelin and RufusRufusRufus may refer to:People * Milan Rúfus , Slovak poet and writer* Rufus * Rufus , consul in 457* Several Saints Rufus* Rufus , French actor...
), Studio des Champs-Elysées, 1966 - Niok, partially improvised show (with Jacques Higelin and Areski Belkacem), Théâtre du Lucernaire, 1969
- Encore, encore et encore, 1969
- Les enfants sont tous fous (with Rufus), 1969
- Acte 2, adaptation of L'Inconciliabule, 1980
- Les marraines de Dieu (with Léïla Derradji), 1986
- Antonio, 1990
- Coup de sang à FougèresFougèresFougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, in north-western France.-Sights:Fougères' major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the ultimately unsuccessful defence system of the Duchy of Brittany against...
(with Thierry Brout), 1993 - Montana-split (with Thierry Brout), 1994
- L'Inconciliabule, Théâtre de MorlaixMorlaixMorlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:...
, 2011 (show canceled)
External links
- Biography of artist
- Brigitte Fontaine on Europopmusic.eu (English)
- French Audio book (mp3): incipit of Paso doble, written by Brigitte Fontaine in 1985
Source
- Benoît MouchartBenoit MouchartBorn on July 20, 1976, Benoit Mouchart is an author, curator and, since 2003, artistic director of the cultural programming of Angoulême International Comics Festival, in France....
, Brigitte Fontaine, intérieur/extérieur, éditions Panama-Archimbaud, 2008 ISBN 2-755-70067-X