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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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sianii wrote:
if only his other tracks had the same feel as La Ritournelle
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compulsiveboy wrote:
I actually had thought of going to bed with him.
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LU1ZK4RLOZ wrote:
wow!!!
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secretnumber wrote:
genius [2]
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kaseyak wrote:
i do
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MSTRFNK wrote:
who wants to make love while we play Sexuality
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claudia_l wrote:
<3
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ClujNapoca wrote:
J'aime aussi l'Amour et la Violence. Dis moi ce que tu penses, de ma vie, de mon adolescence!... Fucking genius!
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Sinestesica wrote:
Genius.
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barlafus wrote:
brutto alcolizzato torna in tournée altrimenti ti sfondo il muso.
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m-salami wrote:
love the beat on sexuality of course
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ang_arctmonk wrote:
he's amazing :DD
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Sir_Ginge wrote:
sexual sportswear and la ritournelle are the best tracks
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sianii wrote:
La Ritornelle is such a beautiful song, im enchanted by every listen.
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luxy_oh wrote:
possibly even better than gainsbourg.
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compulsiveboy wrote:
pure sex these days.
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cyro_ienne wrote:
ele veio pra são paulo ?! aaaaaa, perdi :P
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Lyao_Chzhay wrote:
<3 !!!
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JamesDean_ wrote:
really amazing.
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NEW MYSPACE FOR SEBASTIEN
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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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