Artist: Vincent Delerm
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Kensington Square
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
The music of French chanson Vincent Delerm channeled the sophisticated, archly literary pop tradition first popularized by American songwriters like Randy Newman and Paul Simon. No surprise, tending that he is the tyke of acclaimed novelist Philippe and children's writer/illustrator Martine Delerm. Born August 31, 1976, in Evreux, Vincent was brocaded on the amatory, melancholy pop of French icons Alain Souchon and Françoise Hardy. As a teen, he embraced British post-punk icons the Cure and Joy Division, and at 17 formed his own mope-rock outfit, Triste Sire. He continued writing songs and pedagogy himself piano patch perusal modern lit at the University at Rouen, later expanding into theatre and celluloid as good. Delerm nonetheless reserved his superlative passion for euphony, and in 1998 made his solo live debut at Rouen's Ronsard Hall. A Parisian floorshow tour followed a year later, and in early 2000 Delerm befriended comedian Jérôme Deschamps, world Health Organization passed his demonstration to producers with wireless spreader France Inter, world Health Organization in February invited the virtual strange to perform on the network's flagship programme, Tyre le Pont dES Artistes. A stint in reinforcement of Matthieu Bermeulen followed, and in the summer of 2001 Delerm open for Thomas Fersen during an extensive residence at Paris' Cigale Club. After the run came to a close, Fersen recommended him to the Tôt ou Tard label, which issued Delerm's self-titled debut LP in the bound of 2002. Inspired in large character by Delerm's sexual love of French cinema, fill in with nods to stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Irène Jacob, the disc quickly racked up sales in excess of hundred,000, with a spell highlighted by a five-night bide at Paris' celebrated Le Bataclan. In early 2003, Delerm besides standard the Victoire de la Musique prize for the year's best debut album. Guests including Keren Ann and Dominique A populated the 2004 follow-up, Kensington Square. The disc was another considerable commercial success, but Delerm temporarily mothballed his musical vocation to drop a line the 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 base album, Les Piqûres d'Araignée, followed in the fall of 2006.
