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Sebastien Tellier is one of these few rare bred artists, combining virtuosity, humour and overall talent reminding us of entertainers à la Robert Wyatt, Syd Barret or Serge Gainsbourg. His live performances are considered as being intense, emotional experiences hypnotising the audience. In 2001 Sebastien went on his first world tour with his début album “L'Incroyable Verité”, as the opening group for AIR, playing 80 dates in total and delivering his uncompromising mixture to an international audience for the first time: His track “Fantino” was instantly used for Sofia Copola's highly acclaimed film “Lost In Translation”. It is not only his talent and his physical presence on stage, which confer his shows that special touch, but also Sebastian’s choice of collaborating artists.
For his second album, Politics, released in 2004, he teamed up with a wide range of artists, including Tony Allen, the inventor of afro-beat and one of the most influential drummers of his time. Further Sebastien Tellier collaborated with his long term partner, Pamelia Kurstin, maybe the best Theremin player in the world as well as with the always excellent pianist Simon Dalmais. The results from these collaborations can be more than exhibited. The seminal piece “La Ritournelle” was one of the most anticipated releases in the United Kingdom in 2005.
“One day, Sebastien Tellier’s slow-burning club anthem will be huge”
NME, January 2005.
His work finds a lot of appreciation among fellow artists and got him a place on stage as the opening act on Royksopp's European tour, as well as the The Magic Numbers or Moby's tour support in France. Always searching for new styles and opportunities to develop his musical universe Sebastien Tellier also collaborated with the Bulgarian Symphonic Orchestra or the Parisian Boule Noire Orchestra.
2006 saw the release of Sebastien Tellier's “Sessions” album, consisting of acoustic reinterpretations from his previous “Politics” album. Besides keeping himself busy with production, remixing other artists and lending his voice to other musicians Sebastien also made a step into the movie world. He played the main role in Quentin Dupieux's film – Non Film - a movie of a charismatic and photogenic leader in a world where we can film without a camera, as well as Dupieux's latest film “Steak”, released in June 2007. Furthermore he has produced the soundtrack for Narco, a French production starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Guillaume Canet and Zabou Breitman, as well as contributing to Daft Punk's “Electroma” film with a track called “Universe”.
2008 will see the release of Sebastian Tellier's fourth album, on Record Makers, entitled “Sexuality”, which is produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, one half of Daft Punk. For this album Sebastien is exploring his more electronic side of things, changing one or the other instrument for a synthesizer but always staying true to his musical roots: deep, soulful, romantic music.
07-01-2008 Biography L'Incroyable Verité
Sebastien Tellier
is a 25 year old musician. He lives in Paris
in the 17th arrondissement.
« L’incroyable vérité » is his first album.
His previous discographic publications consist of a participation in the Source
Rocks compilation, in 1998, with « Fantino », which was noticed by
the magazine Rolling Stone (« (…)
one of the loneliest sounds you will hear this year. », December
1998).
« L’incroyable vérité » was recorded between
September 1999 and March 2000. Sebastien Tellier plays most of the instruments
and produced his album himself. It was mixed by Quentin Dupieux and Sebastien
Tellier in July 2000 with the help of Guillaume Lebraz. Sébastien Tellier and
Mathieu Tonetti wrote the lyrics to the songs.
« L’incroyable vérité » is an album about
life. You can hear a dog singing,, a woman screaming, and legs growing.
Sebastien Tellier recommends that you listen to his
album alone and by candle-light.
The album is available on vinyl since mid December 2000.
The CD format is available since March 2001.
His second album will be released in March 2003 .
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