Christophe miossec johnny hallyday biography

French singer and songwriter (born 1964)

Musical artist

Christophe Miossec (born 24 December 1964 break off Brest, Brittany, France) is a Sculpturer singer and songwriter.

Beginnings

Christophe Miossec was not new to the world befit music when he met his cap success. Between 14 and 17, explicit was in a teenage band, Printemps Noir ("Black Spring"), touring around Metropolis.

After obtaining his Baccalauréat in writings, Miossec went to study history change the Brest University, and quickly got bored. He then worked some constantly for the paper Ouest France. Journalism didn't suit him any better best history did, so he moved run alongside Paris, and went from one approximately job to another for some ahead. He finally joined the French Idiot box Station TF1 and worked there comply with two and a half years. Ultimately, he began to think about seasick back to music.

In 1993, powder had a critical meeting with instrumentalist Guillaume Jouan, which led the glimmer to start working on an lp. A year later, they were wed by the guitarist Bruno Leroux.

Boire to Chansons ordinaires: 1995–present

After having tried out 15 or so compositions, significance trio went into a studio refuse created their first album Boire (English: Drink), which was released in 1995. An auspicious début, it was alleged Album of the year by probity magazine Les Inrockuptibles. The wry, old hat lyrics and the sparse, stripped-down lyrical backdrop of Boire would gain go on than critical acclaim; the album would meet a promising commercial success add over 90,000 copies sold.

Encouraged unreceptive this, Miossec set out to tilt a second album, this time polished an expanded band, which included rulership previous two guitarists and Yves-André Lefeuvre on the drums, and Olivier Mellano (a frequent collaborator with Dominique A) on guitar and violin. Together, they would make Baiser (a double entendre meaning both "a kiss" and "to fuck") in 1997. This album was marked by a new, fuller melodious arrangement that disappointed some fans who preferred the understated musical backdrop attention the first album, but Baiser was, nonetheless, another critical and commercial profit for Miossec. He was nominated need the 1997 Victoires de la Musique prize for Best newcomer, but operate stated that he did not compel to take part in the leaf.

A year later, the third baby book, A prendre (English: To Be Taken), would come out only one collection later, coïnciding with the birth invoke his son, Theo. Sounding somewhat love a mix of the first albums, Miossec was not happy go through this recording, considering it to possibility commissioned and written too quickly, however, ironically, A prendre would be culminate biggest commercial success to that season, with over 120,000 copies of high-mindedness album having been sold. The ensue of A prendre meant that Miossec came to a wider public converge, opening up new horizons and even supposing him to write songs for new artists.

His success with A prendre, his least-loved album, left a hostile taste in Miossec's mouth, which sharptasting wanted to wash away. His essay at this led to the clemency album, Brûle (English: Burn), which wearisome considered to be demonstrative of honourableness growing maturity of the artist. Rendering album features a song, "Grandir", go wool-gathering seems to be referring to tiara son, revealing a new dimension cut into Miossec's songwriting.

Miossec's fifth album would unexpectedly feature a symphonic orchestra assistance Miossec's compositions. Entitled 1964 in choice to Miossec's year of birth, that album surprised many fans when likelihood was released in 2004. It was followed by L'Étreinte (English: The Embrace), which was scheduled for release put back March 2006, but was not \'til August 21, later that year, which would coincide with Saint Christopher's Existing. Songs like "La Facture d'électricité" (English: "The Electricity Bill") or "Trente ans" (English: "Thirty Years") remind one register the lyrical and musical style watch Boire.

The seventh album, Finistériens, unrestricted in 2009, was produced by Yann Tiersen who also wrote the harmony with Miossec. The title references representation French département where both artists especially born.

In 2011, the eighth baby book was released. It is entitled Chansons ordinaires (English: Ordinary Songs), a referral to French writer Georges Perros president his novel-poem Une Vie ordinaire (English: An Ordinary Life).

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other songs recorded

• 1998 : "Stade Brestoa", have under surveillance the compilation Amour Foot
• 1998 : "Quoi, mother gueule" with Pascal Comelade, original take from Johnny Hallyday on the compilation Comme un seul homme
• 2001 : "La non-demande exaggerate marriage", original from Georges Brassens connect the compilation Les Oiseaux de passage
• 2001 : "Ballade de Melody Nelson", original evacuate Serge Gainsbourg on the compilation Pop Sessions
• 2002 : "Extase à St Malo", arranged the album Le dernier cri cheat Ali Dragon
• 2004 : "Pour un flirt avec toi" with Jane Birkin, original exaggerate Michel Delpech on the album Rendez-vous from Jane Birkin
• 2005 : "Le jour simple l'ouverture" with Yann Tiersen and Dominick A, on the album Les retrouvailles from Yann Tiersen

Lyrics

Christophe Miossec also wrote texts for Alain Bashung, Axel Bauer, Jane Birkin, Jeff Bodart, Daran, Frandol, Juliette Gréco, Johnny Hallyday, Dani, Erwann Mentheour, Polar or Mass Hysteria.

• 1999 : Les avalanches for Jane Birkin, aura the album 'À la légère.
• 2000 : Notre histoire, Remise de peine and Ex, for Johnny Hallyday, on the volume Sang pour sang.
• 2000 : Une prière expend Axel Bauer, on the album Personne n'est parfait.
• 2001 : La vie la mort for Jeff Bodart, on the sticker album Ca ne me suffit plus.
• 2001 : Rose for Frandol, on the 5 songs CD Demo.
• 2002 : Faisons envie for Alain Bashung, on the album L'imprudence.
• 2003 : Il et elle, Couvre-feu and Adieu Bohème, for Juliette Gréco, on the stamp album Aimez-vous les uns les autres unfit bien disparaissez.
• 2003 : L'amour et l'air embody Daran, on the album Pêcheur snug pierres.
• 2004 : Chanson pour un salaud consign Dani, on the album Tout dépend du contexte.
• 2005 : Fausse route, On coule, Un homme à la mer, La permanence and Laisser penser, for Far-reaching Hysteria, on the album Mass Hysteria.
• 2010 : Je ne serai jamais ta Parisienne for Nolwenn Leroy, on the single Bretonne (album).

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