- Audio CD (Feb 6 2009)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B00004VRLL
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Product Description
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Si le titre a quelque chose d'énigmatique La Biographie de Luka Philipsen est comme un livre ouvert. Pas de chichi et de longues digressions mais un phrasé profondément intimiste et léger qui se chuchote discrètement sur des envolées pop, hip hop, et folk yiddish ("On est loin") ou américain. Une brise discrète et sensuelle souffle sur le premier album de Keren Ann coécrit avec son compagnon Benjamin Bioley. Où ce doux filet de voix qui est le sien s'attarde entre "Jardin d'hiver" et "Dimanche d'hiver". Des ballades envoûtantes et syncopées ("Dans ma ville", "Sur le fil", qui rappellent celles du groupe Autour de Lucie) aux simples refrains qui, sur fond de violons, piano, violoncelles, célèbrent la solitude ("Seule") et l'éphémère ("Deux"), les chansons de Keren Ann s'inscrivent dans la tradition des songwriters. Un album puisé au coeur de la vie avec une infinie tendresse. -- Valérie Dupouy
Album Description
Debut album for singer/songwriter who follows in the footsteps of Francoise Hardy but with a new trip hop sensibility that makes her sound like Paris in the autumn. 13 tracks including, 'Dimanche En Hiver', 'Aeroplane' & 'Les Mercenaires'. 2001 release.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
If only the world would listen!
Jan 22 2004
Format:Audio CD
It's a crying shame that the rest of the world tends to ignore French-language music, as there's a great deal of superb releases just demanding to be heard. Case in point is Keren Ann Zeidel's debut album 'La biographie de Luka Philipsen'. Here we find 13 gorgeous songs of wistful thoughts mainly over crystalline acoustic guitars and skittering electronica, topped off with the warm vocals of mademoiselle Zeidel. Opener 'Dimanche en Hiver' sets the tone, sparse guitar and mellotron adorning the vocal before strings guide the song into a lush autumnal chorus. And it has to be said the record barely lets up from there. 'Seule' seems harmless until a huge rock chorus kicks in; 'On Est Loin' is clear and caressing, a wonderful lullaby. The big draw for many, however, will be the single 'Sur Le Fil', a huge cinematic effort which brings all these elements together along with a hook which will follow you round all day after hearing it. That is, if you're not humming along to 'Peut-Etre', the utterly charming guitar and piano lovesong which follows it! Keren Ann's partner in crime, Benjamin Biolay (France's best contemporary songwriter? It's hard to argue) pops up for a duet on 'Decrocher Les Etoiles', and the album also contains Keren Ann's own version of 'Jardin d'Hiver', a big comeback hit she wrote for jazz crooner Henri Salvador. She deserves to be at least as big as Francoise Hardy - it's unlikely, which is a shame. And don't get me started on her jazzier second album 'La Disparition', which might even surpass this one! If you can find her CDs, buy them!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great Album!
May 13 2003
Format:Audio CD
i've been wanted to buy this CD for quite a while and have
finally managed to get it just this week. it is a beautiful
piece of work, keren ann herself is pretty and so is her music.
acutally at first i didn't really like the CD very much, but
if you keep listening to it, it only gets better and better.
a 5 stars french album, would recommend it to anyone who has
a mellow side.
finally managed to get it just this week. it is a beautiful
piece of work, keren ann herself is pretty and so is her music.
acutally at first i didn't really like the CD very much, but
if you keep listening to it, it only gets better and better.
a 5 stars french album, would recommend it to anyone who has
a mellow side.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
<< Vintage >>
Feb 2 2002
Format:Audio CD
I heard "Seule" at some late night radio show and it stayed in my head for a week or so, until I made the move and got myself the CD.
It was a splendid surprise, I never heard French music before (I don't count Air as French as they sing in English and their music is more universal). And it got me big time.
It's the kind of music that keep you warm, like hot coffee in the winter, you fall addicted to the calm soft voice of Keren along with the floating easy tunes and the unique sound.
It definitely becomes one of the best CDs I bought this year.
It was a splendid surprise, I never heard French music before (I don't count Air as French as they sing in English and their music is more universal). And it got me big time.
It's the kind of music that keep you warm, like hot coffee in the winter, you fall addicted to the calm soft voice of Keren along with the floating easy tunes and the unique sound.
It definitely becomes one of the best CDs I bought this year.
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No one Realizes the Genius
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Published on Aug 15 2001 by Timothy Lee
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After the French electronic revolution you could expect French pop would soon follow. And it does. There is a new string of great talent coming from Paris, one of the brightest is... Read more
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exquisite
while shopping in BHV, i heard this truly beautiful music. being an American living in Paris i was actually not searching for a French artist, but for a more well-know American... Read more
Published on May 29 2001 by Judy L.
Sleeper Hit of the Year!
Although crappy teen pop is taking over France (Alize, the Corrs), Keren Ann offers a brilliant reprieve from such mindless drivel. Read more
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