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Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. A loner throughout his teenage years, he was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in punk but, at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the New Wave movement. After completing high school he studied humanities for a year while holding a range of odd jobs, including a spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16 he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film, The Elephant Man.

The foursome recorded around 45 sombre and tormented songs while gaving a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, Dominique Ané recorded a number of songs in a more upbeat and livelier style.

Beginning of a career

At the beginning of the 1990s Dominique Ané recorded songs that were both minimalist and rock in style. He wanted to break with the traditional chanson, which he considered to be more literary than musical[1]. His first CD, released by the Nantes label, Lithium, met with critical acclaim by the alternative magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, and by Bernard Lenoir, the ‘John Peel’ of France. Furthermore, his song, Le Courage Des Oiseaux, (the Courage of the Birds), was an underground hit.
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    Ce geste absent est superbe

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    Le dernier est vraiment superbe <3

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    Concert de feu hier à Cavaillon !

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  • path_of_glory

    private concert in Paris on 11/04/2012, but free to see/listen on TV Arte, or Radio France inter http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Dominique_A_vers_les_lueurs/

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    Le convoi, juste ÉPIQUE!!!

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  • pixkot

    Si vous commencez l'écoute de l'album 'Vers Les Lueurs' par le titre 'Le Convoi' alors vous risquez d'y rester bloqué quelques jours avant de passer aux autres titres... Par contre la pochette n'est pas la réussite de l'année.

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  • Madrangue

    Purée, c'est vraiment bon... pourquoi ce genre d'artiste est invisible dans les médias...

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    Je ne suis pas sure J'aime Vers Les Lueurs. C'est très... heureux. :/

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16 May 2012 | from www.commentcertainsvivent.com/

Dominique A était hier l'invité de Frédéric Bonnaud sur le Mouv, à l'occasion de la sortie du nouvel album "Vers les lueurs" et de son livre "Y revenir". L'émission qui lui était consacrée est disponible en …

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