Les Fleurs Du Mal, by Francois Atlas

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Les Fleurs Du Mal

by Francois Atlas

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Vinyl edition of the album with a limited (edition of 13) pen and ink drawing by François Atlas. Drawing originally used for the animated video of "à une passante"

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1.	A Une Passante 03:36 video		buy track
2.	Parfum Exotique 02:50 video	info	buy track
3.	L'Ennemi (feat. Fishbach) 03:44		buy track
4.	Recueillement 03:09		buy track
5.	Vie Antérieure 03:36		buy track
6.	L'Invitation Au Voyage (feat. Juliette Armanet) 03:02	info	buy track
7.	Promesse d'un Visage 02:30		buy track
8.	Rêve Parisien (feat. Barbara Carlotti) 09:03		buy track

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A few words about " Frànçois Atlas - les Fleurs Du Mal "

In the Autumn of 2016 I was asked to play for the opening of an exhibition about Baudelaire at the "Musée de la Vie Romantique" in Paris.
I took that opportunity to do a bit of brain practise and learn some poems from Les Fleurs Du Mal.
I used very simple guitar chords as a mnemonic guide - learning words by heart is easier when sentences are connected to a melody.
And thus those poems became pop songs.
I was struck by how rhythmic those poems were, every syllable calling on to the next, matching the standard patterns of pop music chord progressions perfectly.
Thrilled by the result we decided to make a record.

I started the recordings right at the time when I moved to Paris last year. I connected with musicians from here on a more regular basis, and it turned out most of us shared an interest in Charles Baudelaire. I invited a few of them to come to the studio while I was working. The last song "Parisian Dream" is an atmospheric evocation of the doomed romanticism of the capital of Bohemia that inspired artists in the 19th century. Some of that vibe remains.

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Frànçois Atlas - Fleurs Du Mal

À l'automne 2016 pour répondre à l'invitation de proposer un concert à l'exposition "Baudelaire L'oeil Moderne" au musée de La Vie Romantique,
je me suis fixé le défi d'apprendre par coeur des poèmes des Fleurs Du Mal.
J'ai utilisé des accords de guitare très simples comme structure mnémotechnique.
J'ai été frappé de la régularité et de la musicalité des vers, ils se sont glissés dans ce format pop avec limpidité.
Heureux de cette performance j'ai proposé à mon tourneur d'en enregistrer des passages. Cela s'est rapidement transformé en album.

Ce projet coïncide à mon déménagement à Paris. À cette période j'ai noué des contacts plus réguliers avec les musiciens de ma génération qui vivent dans la capitale fantasmée par l'auteur du Rêve Parisien. En leur parlant du projet ils m'ont avoué leur fascination pour le poète maudit, et j'ai convié certains d'entre eux à venir chanter avec moi (Barbara Carlotti, Juliette Armanet, Fishbach, Vacarme...)
Je souhaitais aborder ces textes avec beaucoup d'intuition et de légèreté, sortir de l'environnement classique poussiéreuse et scolaire auquel cette oeuvre est parfois associée.
On est plus près de la spontanéité des rues que Charles fréquentait que de la gloire posthume et du vernis doré de la Pleïade.

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released September 15, 2018

TEXTES DE CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
SUR UNE MUSIQUE COMPOSÉE, ARRANGÉE ET INTERPRÉTÉE PAR : FRÀNÇOIS : GUITARES, CHANT, PERCUSSIONS, PIANO & CLAVIERS

JEAN THEVENIN : BATTERIE

AMAURY RANGER : BASSE

FLORA FISHBACH : CHANT

JULIETTE ARMANET : CHANT & CHOEURS

BARBARA CARLOTTI : CHANT & CHOEURS

GROUPE POLYPHONIQUE BOSTGEHIO ( MANON IRIGOYEN, LAURA ETCHEGOYHEN, ALEXA DULIN, PAULINE LAFITTE) : CHOEURS

THIBAUD «VOYOV» VANHOOLAND : TROMPETTE & CHOEURS

CARLA PALONNE ET CHRISTELLE LASSORT : VIOLONS

GASPAR CLAUS : VIOLONCELLE

MALIK DJOUDI, CALYPSO VALOIS, GERARD BLACK : CHOEURS

AVEC L’AIMABLE AUTORISATION DE : DOMINO RECORD CO POUR FRANÇOIS,
BARCLAY (UNE DIVISON UNIVERSAL
MUSIC FRANCE) POUR JULIETTE ARMANET,
LES DISQUES ENTREPRISE POUR FISHBACH ET VOYOV, ELEKTRA MUSIC FRANCE POUR BARBARA CARLOTTI

BASSE, BATTERIE ET GUITARE ENREGISTRÉES LE 22 DEC 2017 AU STUDIO TROPICALIA PAR GUILLAUME JAOUL.
OVERDUBS, VOIX ET MIXAGE AU STUDIO PIGALLE EN FÉVRIER MARS 2018 PAR FÉLIX REMY
MIXAGE ADDITIONNEL : ANTOINE GAILLET
DESIGN ET TYPO : JEREMY LANDES & PAUL VILLARD
ARTWORK : FRANÇOIS
PHOTO MACARON : MARGAUX SHORE
REMERCIEMENTS À AGNES B

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Francois Atlas Paris, France

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Sep 22

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Brussels, Belgium
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Paris, France

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