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Sébastien Tellier is an exceptional, highly personal & intimate artist echoing such other one-offs as Robert Wyatt, Syd Barrett or Serge Gainsbourg.
His first LP, L’incroyable vérité (The Incredible Truth) (2001), was a fantastical pop album, which careered from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes. Its sleeve featured Tellier in full evening dress on the front, while the back of jacket had a shot of him cavorting in some playboy’s pool. He instructed listeners to only listen to the album by candle light and won a tight band of adherents, who fell for his lush, humorous compositions. Standout track, Fantino, was chosen by Sofia Coppola for the Lost in Translation soundtrack.
Sebastien followed this with Politics (2005), which, like his third studio album Sexuality (2008), took single term as both its title and theme. The disc dealt with ways of power and governance, in as much as it discussed the relative merits of genocide versus ketchup, as well as the tennis-playing opportunities presented by the Berlin Wall. Politics’ most prominent song was La Ritournelle, a sublime, string-led tune, which featured Nigerian drummer, Tony Allen, some eighteen months before he joined Damon Albarn for The Good the bad and the queen. La Ritournelle’s international success transformed Sebastien’s life professionally, sexually and domestically. “Many things have changed since La Ritournelle,” he says with a laugh, “now I’m living in a new apartment, I have a new girlfriend and a really beautiful sofa.”
His first LP, L’incroyable vérité (The Incredible Truth) (2001), was a fantastical pop album, which careered from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes. Its sleeve featured Tellier in full evening dress on the front, while the back of jacket had a shot of him cavorting in some playboy’s pool. He instructed listeners to only listen to the album by candle light and won a tight band of adherents, who fell for his lush, humorous compositions. Standout track, Fantino, was chosen by Sofia Coppola for the Lost in Translation soundtrack.
Sebastien followed this with Politics (2005), which, like his third studio album Sexuality (2008), took single term as both its title and theme. The disc dealt with ways of power and governance, in as much as it discussed the relative merits of genocide versus ketchup, as well as the tennis-playing opportunities presented by the Berlin Wall. Politics’ most prominent song was La Ritournelle, a sublime, string-led tune, which featured Nigerian drummer, Tony Allen, some eighteen months before he joined Damon Albarn for The Good the bad and the queen. La Ritournelle’s international success transformed Sebastien’s life professionally, sexually and domestically. “Many things have changed since La Ritournelle,” he says with a laugh, “now I’m living in a new apartment, I have a new girlfriend and a really beautiful sofa.”
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Achmaja wrote:
Piano, piano!
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di-sad wrote:
давно не слушала одну и ту же песню много раз подряд так, как слушаю "La Ritournelle".
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madbeaf wrote:
охуительный, подтверждаю
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LauraM2009 wrote:
xxx
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Letagere wrote:
What brings you to my boring part of last.fm? ;-) see and hear more under www.myspace.com/letagere my friend and tell me what you think when listening?
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_Bloodline wrote:
marry me
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vesna_in_heart wrote:
охуенный тип! gorgeous frenchman.La Ritournelle is love.
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daftpunkadie wrote:
This guy is amazing. Look is my fave tune and boy does he know how to set a tone.
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docloser wrote:
Divine!
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inna-inna wrote:
охуенный тип! [2]
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JeyBoy wrote:
En fait j'adore ce mec !! : D +++
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mutexavier wrote:
охуенный тип!
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shortbutfast wrote:
supercool
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jcoomonte wrote:
MR. GOD TELLIER
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claudia_l wrote:
Similar tunes : the hotel costes g r o u p > ☆ The Hôtel Costes Group Playlists ☆ : only: full tracks | free downloads > Volume 1, Volume 2
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duniavi wrote:
best ******
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Jarri_V wrote:
Penguin Prison mix of 'Fingers of Steel' - http://disconaivete.blogspot.com/2009/12/golden-train.html
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Rocktaviou5 wrote:
maestro! j t´aime
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vihreakuolema wrote:
so what is Chivers???
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dogpark wrote:
Kilometer Aeroplane is the best
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NEW MYSPACE FOR SEBASTIEN
29 Sep 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/telliersebastien
DEAR FRIENDS
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS PAGE WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED WITH SEBASTIEN TELLIER MUSIC AND NEWS. THIS PAGE WAS RUN BY LUCKY NUMBER IN THE UK FOR SEBASTIEN BUT NOW SEBASTIEN HAS AN OF...
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29 Sep 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/telliersebastien
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