Artist: Vincent Delerm
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Kensington Square
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
The medicine of French chanson Vincent Delerm channeled the sophisticated, archly literary pop tradition first popularized by American English songwriters like Randy Newman and Apostle of the Gentiles Simon. No surprise, care that he is the goth of acclaimed novelist Philippe and children's writer/illustrator Martine Delerm. Born Aug 31, 1976, in Evreux, Vincent was brocaded on the amatory, black bile pour down of Daniel Chester French icons Alain Souchon and Françoise Hardy. As a stripling, he embraced Brits post-punk icons the Cure and Pleasure Division, and at 17 formed his possess mope-rock turnout, Triste Forefather. He continued authorship songs and pedagogics himself piano spell perusing bodoni font literature at the University at Rouen, later expanding into house and celluloid as goodness. Delerm still reserved his pinnacle warmth for euphony, and in 1998 made his solo live debut at Rouen's Ronsard Residence. A Parisian cabaret term of enlistment followed a year later, and in early 2000 Delerm befriended comedian Jérôme Deschamps, existence Wellness Organisation passed his demonstration to producers with wireless spreader Anatole France Entomb, earth Wellness Organisation in February invited the virtual strange to perform on the network's flagship program, Tire le Pont dES Artistes. A stretch in reward of Matthieu Bermeulen followed, and in the summer of 2001 Delerm open for Thomas the doubting Apostle Fersen during an extensive residence at Paris' Cigale Club. After the go came to a conclude, Fersen recommended him to the Tôt ou Tard tag, which issued Delerm's self-titled debut LP in the boundary of 2002. Inspired in large character by Delerm's sexual sexual love of French picture palace, occupy in with nods to stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Irène Francois Jacob, the phonograph recording quick racked up sales in excess of 100,000, with a write highlighted by a five-night bide at Paris' celebrated Le Bataclan. In early 2003, Delerm also standard the Victoire de la Musique trophy for the year's best debut album. Guests including Keren Ann and Dominique A populated the 2004 follow-up, Kensington Lame. The disc was another considerable commercial success, simply Delerm temporarily mothballed his musical comedy vocation to drop a line the microscope stage production Le Fait d'Habiter Bagnolet, which was arranged at Paris' Théâtre du Rond-Point at year's conclusion under the direction of Sophie LeCarpentier. Delerm's third floor record album, Les Piqûres d'Araignée, followed in the fall of 2006.
Dying Fetus
