Fred Raspail

WHO'S THIS GUY ? Fred Raspail is a one man band french singer songwriter. He's been playin for ten years all over France, working with the famous agency PBOX (nouvelle vague, mickey 3D…) and for some years he's exporting successfully his music to other countries. After touring Quebec several times between 2003 and 2007, he's actually working since 2011 on tours all over Europe : - 15 gigs in England in 2012 - over 60 gigs all around Germany in 1 year ! He is marrying in his songs french expression and a kind of wild folk : audiences are quickly seduced by this way of being, keeping a french touch to a rock'n'roll music… Being alone on stage allows him to play in every condition : on huge stages with famous French singers (Zenith Zaz's 2011 tour for example where he played for example at Tony Garnier Lyon, in front of over 5000 people) on living room shows with the most minimal technical conditions and in front of the smallest audiences ever… About the music… Fred Raspail is now releasing a suit of records called "French Ghost Songs" "My Baby left me" 7 inch limited 2 tracks edition in JANUARY 2013 "French Ghost Songs Part 2", 12 tracks record, to be released He's singing failed loves, old stories, ghosts, leaning sometimes on myths and legends such as Ulysse, der Ratten Fänger von Hameln and many more… But most of it, he's always tryin to build a simple popular folk rock music (built on stage with loops ) combined with some oldies sounds… The right way between a dancing voodoo music and a quiet atmosphere… All of this linked to a deep and dark voice brought him to be sometimes called "the French Johnny Cash" , in Germany for example… PAST SHOWS... 2012 / 2013 Sept . 21 / Eden Project Cafe . ST AUSTELL (UK) Sept. 22 / The Melting Pot . REDRUTH (UK) Sept. 27 / Leftbank . BRISTOL (UK) Oct. 19 / Cider Press. BRISTOL (UK) Dec. 15 / Cher Fernand . THONON (F) Jan. 15 / Intersoup . BERLIN (D) Jan. 18 / Gelegenheiten . BERLIN (D) Jan. 22 / Moma Cafe . Live on ZDF TV . Grand national morning mag (D) Jan. 25 / das Hotel Kreuzberg . BERLIN (D) Feb. 7 / Saint Gaudy Cafe . BERLIN (D) Feb. 8 / GIG Linden . HANNOVER (D) Feb. 21 / Big Buttinsky . OSNABRUCK (D) Feb. 22 / Lamboojhuiis . HENGELO (NL) Feb. 27 / King Kong Klub . BERLIN (D) Feb. 28 / Blaue Engel . LUBECK (D) Mar. 22 / MusicBoard Opening Night . BERLIN (D) Mar. 22 / Das Hotel Kreuzberg . BERLIN (D) Mai 2 / Gare Montparnasse . PARIS (F) Mai 5 / Les agites du Local . BELVEZET (F) Mai 15 / Les Trois Baudets . PARIS (F) June 7 / Festival arts de Rue . SION (CH) June 20 / LivingRoom Show . BERLIN (D) June 21 / Werk 2 . LEIPZIG (D) June 23 / cafe Hulller . MUNCHEN (D) June 26 / Chat Noir . CAROUGE (CH) July 3 / La Guinguette de la Dranse . FETERNES (F) Aug 15 / Rosengarten . BERLIN (D) Aug 17 / LivingRoom Show . BERLIN (D) Aug 20 / Mardisablés . EXCENEVEX (F) 2011 / 2012 ZAZ . opening Acts (F) TOULOUSE . ZENITH BORDEAUX . MEDOQUINE GRENOBLE . LE SUMMUM LYON . HALLE TONY GARNIER BERTRAND BELIN support (F) SONGS AND WHISPERS FEB. TOUR (D) WHILELMSHAVEN . pumpwerk LÜBECK . blauer engel BREMEN . club moments AMSTERDAM . livin room show ACHIM . katacomben BREMEN . katja's Villa OSNABRUCK . big buttinsky HENGELO (NL) . de nul GRÖNINGEN (NL) . kroeg van klaas BRUSSELS (B) . club doetsje HAMBOURG . freundlich & kompetent DELMENHORST . kerem kulturkneipe BREMEN . tagungshaus Bredbeck BREMEN . hafen casino HANNOVER . gig linden ... SONGS & WHISPERS SUMMER TOUR (D) BREMEN . Breminales Festival BERLIN . livin room show WITTMUND . open air festival LUBECK . blaue engel these are dirty french folk songs !!!