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AUGURI PRÉSENTE : DOMINIQUE AQuelques Lumières – Dominique A « Je ne demande pas la lumière. Quelques lumières seulement ». Tout a commencé par une invitation reçue par Dominique : venir donner quelques concerts en symphonique ave. L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève. L’occasion étant belle et rare, il convenait de graver sur disque le répertoire ainsi revisité. Une perspective qui en réveilla une autre : parcourir en mode intime, mais pas en solitaire, le répertoire constitué de plus d’une trentaine d’années sur disque et en tournée. C’est ainsi que naquit Quelques Lumière, projet discographique ample et double revisitant en symphonique et en trio une trentaine de chansons du répertoire de Dominique. Ce double album rétrospectif aurait pu s’appeler Une mémoire neuve tant il offre un passé revisiter, une nouvelle couleur au temps qui s’est écoulé depuis que l’on a découvert les chansons de Dominique A (le 1er album Un disque sourd, est sorti en 1997). Le temps qui passe avec lui pourrait en être un autre tant Dominique A fait partie de ces chanteurs que l’on n’abandonne pas. Des chansons simples et fortes qui se rappellent à notre souvenir sans cesse renouvelé grâce à ces versions réarrangées. Dominique A et L’Orchestre de chambre de Genève26 mars 2024, 20h55. Dans quelques minutes, Dominique A – tout de noir vêtu - s’apprête à monter sur la scène d’une Comédie de Genève flambant neuve pour une série de 3 concerts exceptionnels. Des répétitions grandeur nature en vue de l'enregistrement qui se tient quelques jours plus tard au studio Ansermet, ancienne maison de la radio suisse, avec ces mêmes musiciens dirigés par Raphaël Merlin. Aussi surprenant que cela puisse paraître, c’est la première fois que Dominique A adosse ses nombreuses et admirables chansons à un orchestre symphonique. Une évidence trop évidente peut-être... Mais à l’écoute de ces 14 chansons réarrangées, il eut été dommage de s’en priver plus longtemps. Une question de moment aussi. « On n’a pas fêté mes 30 ans (de carrière) donc je le fais maintenant ». Et de survie : « les chansons il faut les réactiver sinon elles meurent ». L’enjeu n’est pas d’œuvrer à la postérité mais de respecter le travail accompli et d’offrir à ces chansons quelques nouveaux atours. C’est le travail accompli magistralement par un duo qu’il (et qui le) connaît bien : l’arrangeur David Euverte (complice de studio et de scène) et le producteur Yann Arnaud (déjà aux manettes sur Le monde réel). Ainsi épaulé, Dominique A s’est senti pousser des cordes dans un rapport au son très naturel porté par tout un orchestre jouant avec lui. Il y a les incontournables bien sûr : Le courage des oiseaux, Twenty-Two Bar, Au revoir mon amour ou encore Immortels (dont les versions originelles étaient déjà très orchestrées). Et puis d’autres qui resurgissent telles le fellinien Rue des Marais dont on goûte chaque mot, l’historique Ruban ou le toujours fraternel Vers le bleu. Avec une mention spéciale pour Corps de ferme à l’abandon, plongée haletante, scansion à l’appui, dans une Seine-et-Marne austère et sans avenir. Autant de titres qui semblaient, comme nous, n’attendre que ces nouveaux arrangements. Voilà donc pour ces premières lumières. Dominique A en trio « L'idée m'en est venue après un concert donné en duo avec le claviériste Julien Noël. Le fait d'être accompagné par un musicien de ce calibre, me permettant de me concentrer davantage sur le chant et sur la posture scénique, m'a procuré un rare sentiment de liberté sur scène, et évidemment donné l'envie d'une rallonge. Restait à trouver le moment... »Le moment est venu et le duo s’est mué en trio avec l’arrivée de Sébastien Boisseau à la contrebasse. Direction le Studio La Buissonne (non loin de Carpentras), haut-lieu de la musique organique tenu de main de maître expert et passionné par Gérard de Haro. L’envie est claire et partagées par tous : un travail hors des sentiers balisés de la rythmique (sans clic ni batteur s’entend). Un enregistrement qui privilégie le silence et la science, celle du détail. Et même s’il est compté, on se laisse tomber une chanson à laquelle on croyait et on en a enregistré une qui n’était pas prévue. C’est le plaisir du chanteur qui prime, ne faut pas que je m’ennuie. » Grâce à cette épure revigorante, nombre de chansons retrouvent un nouveau souffle. Dominique réinvestit ses chansons avec un plaisir renouvelé et nous avec. C’est une nouvelle mise en scène des mots de Dominique A qui est proposée ici, une nouvelle dramaturgie. Le geste absent ne l’a jamais été autant et la ville jouie d’un nouveau silence. J’ai pris goût, entouré de musiciens de leur acabit, à n’être sur scène « que » chanteur, à me concentrer sur l’interprétation et à occuper différemment, et plus fortement je crois, l’espace scénique. » Sauf que Dominique A reste aussi un auteur implacable qui s’autorise aujourd’hui des thèmes et des récits qui sonnent à l’air du temps. Témoins ces troi
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Dominique A Biography
Early life
Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. A loner throughout his teenage years, he was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in the punk music of the time, but at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the New Wave movement. After his baccalaureate, he studied humanities for a year, and, at the same time, did a range of odd jobs, including his spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16, he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film The Elephant Man, a cult film from David Lynch.
The foursome recorded around 45 sombre, tormented songs and gave a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, he recorded a number of songs, in a different, more upbeat and livelier style.
Beginning of a career
He began, at the beginning of the 1990s, to record more songs, which were both minimalist and rock in style. He wanted to break with the traditional chanson, which he considered to be more literary than musical[1]. His first CD, released by the Nantes label, Lithium, met with critical acclaim, appreciated by the eminent alternative magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, and by Bernard Lenoir, the 'John Peel' of France. Furthermore, his song, Le Courage des oiseaux, (the Courage of the Birds), was an underground hit.
From 1992 onwards, he started to produce more and more live shows, either with a backing band, or solo. His commercial success grew in 1995, with Le twenty-two bar, a single off the album, La Mémoire Neuve, but this success left a bitter taste in Dominique's mouth, as he considered the song to be particularly badly written[1].
In 2000, he composed the score for Antoine Desrosières' black comedy film Banqueroute.
Le Détour and beyond (2002-)
Dominique's discovery of Alain Bashung's dark 2002 album, L'Imprudence shocked him to the point that it put his music into question and he decided to explore differents ways of working. He decided to compile what he considered to be the first part of a musical time capsule, a longbox entitled Le Détour. He asked his fans to write about their relationship with his music, and some of their letters were published in the booklet accompanying Le Détour.
For his subsequent album, he wanted to experiment and consequently, for the first time, he gave control over the album to a third party, the team who produced L'Imprudence. The end result would be Tout sera comme avant (Everything will be like it was before), which was released in 2004. Unfortunately, many fans had difficulty trying to buy it. At the same time, Dominique did a lot of live shows, with diverse arrangements: with a big band, with minimalistic backing, or all alone (where he would experiment with oversampling).
In March 2006, L'Horizon came out, a new work that he produced alongside Dominique Brusson, with whom he had made the early album, Remué. It was the first time that Dominique A returned to work with a producer. He was backed by his old collaborators, Sacha Toorop and Olivier Mellano, as well as the musicians with whom he produced Tout sera comme avant. Dominique A had recently quit his record label, Labels, due to his desire for more creative freedom; consequently, it is no surprise that he describes L'Horizon as his most experimental work to date.
Collaboration and influence
Dominique A collaborates regularly with other artists and on other projects. He has been one of the shaping forces of Françoiz Breut's career, writing many of her songs since her début in 1997. He has also composed several songs for Jeanne Balibar's second album, Slalom Dale and wrote Où est la ville ? for Jane Birkin's 2006 album, Fictions. He has also sang the song Veruca Salt et Frank Black in trio with Keren Ann and Vincent Delerm on the latter's second album, Kensington Square.
Dominique A has inspired and influenced many artists. He has influenced many instrumentalist artists, such as Yann Tiersen and the Norwegian electro band, Oslo Telescopic, who named one of their albums The Dominique O Project. Lyrically, his movement away from the constraints of chanson moved many others- including Miossec, Holden and Arman Méliès - by showing them that it was possible to make music that reflected their tastes and feelings using French.
Read MoreBorn on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. A loner throughout his teenage years, he was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in the punk music of the time, but at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the New Wave movement. After his baccalaureate, he studied humanities for a year, and, at the same time, did a range of odd jobs, including his spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16, he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film The Elephant Man, a cult film from David Lynch.
The foursome recorded around 45 sombre, tormented songs and gave a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, he recorded a number of songs, in a different, more upbeat and livelier style.
Beginning of a career
He began, at the beginning of the 1990s, to record more songs, which were both minimalist and rock in style. He wanted to break with the traditional chanson, which he considered to be more literary than musical[1]. His first CD, released by the Nantes label, Lithium, met with critical acclaim, appreciated by the eminent alternative magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, and by Bernard Lenoir, the 'John Peel' of France. Furthermore, his song, Le Courage des oiseaux, (the Courage of the Birds), was an underground hit.
From 1992 onwards, he started to produce more and more live shows, either with a backing band, or solo. His commercial success grew in 1995, with Le twenty-two bar, a single off the album, La Mémoire Neuve, but this success left a bitter taste in Dominique's mouth, as he considered the song to be particularly badly written[1].
In 2000, he composed the score for Antoine Desrosières' black comedy film Banqueroute.
Le Détour and beyond (2002-)
Dominique's discovery of Alain Bashung's dark 2002 album, L'Imprudence shocked him to the point that it put his music into question and he decided to explore differents ways of working. He decided to compile what he considered to be the first part of a musical time capsule, a longbox entitled Le Détour. He asked his fans to write about their relationship with his music, and some of their letters were published in the booklet accompanying Le Détour.
For his subsequent album, he wanted to experiment and consequently, for the first time, he gave control over the album to a third party, the team who produced L'Imprudence. The end result would be Tout sera comme avant (Everything will be like it was before), which was released in 2004. Unfortunately, many fans had difficulty trying to buy it. At the same time, Dominique did a lot of live shows, with diverse arrangements: with a big band, with minimalistic backing, or all alone (where he would experiment with oversampling).
In March 2006, L'Horizon came out, a new work that he produced alongside Dominique Brusson, with whom he had made the early album, Remué. It was the first time that Dominique A returned to work with a producer. He was backed by his old collaborators, Sacha Toorop and Olivier Mellano, as well as the musicians with whom he produced Tout sera comme avant. Dominique A had recently quit his record label, Labels, due to his desire for more creative freedom; consequently, it is no surprise that he describes L'Horizon as his most experimental work to date.
Collaboration and influence
Dominique A collaborates regularly with other artists and on other projects. He has been one of the shaping forces of Françoiz Breut's career, writing many of her songs since her début in 1997. He has also composed several songs for Jeanne Balibar's second album, Slalom Dale and wrote Où est la ville ? for Jane Birkin's 2006 album, Fictions. He has also sang the song Veruca Salt et Frank Black in trio with Keren Ann and Vincent Delerm on the latter's second album, Kensington Square.
Dominique A has inspired and influenced many artists. He has influenced many instrumentalist artists, such as Yann Tiersen and the Norwegian electro band, Oslo Telescopic, who named one of their albums The Dominique O Project. Lyrically, his movement away from the constraints of chanson moved many others- including Miossec, Holden and Arman Méliès - by showing them that it was possible to make music that reflected their tastes and feelings using French.
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