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Pascal Humbert
Pascal Humbert is a French bass player who is currently in Lilium and Détroit. He was previously in Tanit (1981–1985), Passion Fodder (1985–1991), 16 Horsepower (1992–1993, 1996–2005) and Wovenhand (2008–2010). Career Tanit Humbert's first artistic involvement was with Tanit, a band he formed in Paris in 1981 with Elsa Drezner and Thierry Bertomeu. The band released two EP records, ''Can an Actor Bleed'' and ''To Alaska'' before splitting up in 1985. Passion Fodder After meeting Theo Hakola, he travelled to the United States and established himself in Los Angeles as part of Hakola's band Passion Fodder from 1985 until 1991, releasing five studio albums. 16 Horsepower After Passion Fodder disbanded, he founded the band Horsepower with David Eugene Edwards and Jean-Yves Tola. Frustrated by misconceptions about the name Horsepower being related to heroin use, and inspired by a traditional American folk song about sixteen horses pulling the coffin of a beloved to the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noir Désir
Noir Désir (, "Black Desire") was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec. While active, the band consisted of Bertrand Cantat (vocals, guitar), Serge Teyssot-Gay (guitar), Jean-Paul Roy (bass guitar) and Denis Barthe (drums). History Formation: 1980–1985 Bertrand Cantat and Serge Teyssot-Gay met in 1980 at secondary school after Cantat moved to Bordeaux from his hometown in Normandy; Teyssot-Gay was 17 years old and Cantat 16. The two teenagers shared a love of music, particularly Led Zeppelin and the Who, so they decided to form a band. Teyssot-Gay had a strong musical background and a decade's worth of training in classical guitar; Cantat, who could not play any instrument at the time, became the singer. While on summer vacation they met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Musicians
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Olden (album)
''Olden'' is a compilation album by 16 Horsepower, released July 8, 2003. It would be the last record released by 16 Horsepower before their break-up. The album is divided into three sections, with each section separated by two short interviews with David Eugene Edwards, the band's vocalist and lead musician. The first seven tracks were recorded at the Night Owl Studio in Denver in 1993, and are referred to as the "Night Owl Studio sessions." The next six songs were recorded at Kerr Macy studio in Denver in 1994. The last six songs are live recordings from their session at the Mercury Cafe in Denver in 1994. Track listing All songs by David Eugene Edwards/16 Horsepower, except track 12 by Keven Soll/16 Horsepower. #"American Wheeze" – 3:55 #"Coal Black Horses" – 3:27 #"Scrawled in Sap" – 2:52 #"Prison Shoe Romp" – 2:51 #"I Seen What I Saw" – 2:59 #"Neck on the New Blade" – 3:08 #"Interview" – 0:20 #"South Pennsylvania Waltz" – 4:56 #"My Narrow Mind" – 4:56 #"Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklore (16 Horsepower Album)
''Folklore'' is the fourth and final studio album by 16 Horsepower 16 Horsepower was an American band based in Denver, Colorado, United States. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditi ..., released in 2002. As indicated by its name, most of the material on the album is drawn from traditional folk music. Only four songs ("Hutterite Mile," "Blessed Persistence," "Beyond the Pale" and "Flutter") are original compositions. Track listing Charts External links * 2002 albums 16 Horsepower albums Jetset Records albums {{2000s-country-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoarse (album)
''Hoarse'' is a live album by the band 16 Horsepower. It was released in Europe in 2000 in digipak with Glitterhouse Records. In March 2001 it was released regularly in jewel case with Glitterhouse. An American version was released in 2001 on Checkered Past records. Another American version was finally re-released on Alternative Tentacles in 2006. The release is a live album with most of the songs featured recorded at their show on May 5, 1998, at the Bluebird Theatre in Denver, except for "Horse Head" (recorded on March 4, 1998 at the Bluebird) and "Fire Spirit" (recorded at Bataclan, Paris, on October 21, 1998) which features Bertrand Cantat. On the first edition of the European release, ''Hoarse'' had an incorrect track listing. Only ten tracks were listed, whereas there had been eleven; the song "Black Lung" wasn't shown. The track order was also erroneous and the cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Risin'" was incorrectly credited to 16 Horsepower. With the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
''Sackcloth 'n' Ashes'' is the debut full-length studio album by American band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996. Track listing # "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24 # "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52 # "Scrawled in Sap" – 2:46 # "Horse Head" – 3:01 # "Ruthie Lingle" – 2:44 # "Harm's Way" – 3:20 # "Black Bush" – 3:16 # "Heel on the Shovel" – 3:11 # "American Wheeze" – 3:33 # "Red Neck Reel" – 2:41 # "Prison Shoe Romp" – 3:11 # "Neck on the New Blade" – 3:15 # "Strong Man" – 4:21 Personnel ;16 Horsepower * David Eugene Edwards – vocals, banjo, guitar, bandoneon, lap steel guitar * Jean-Yves Tola – drums, backing vocals * Keven Soll – upright bass, flattop acoustic bass, cello, backing vocals ;Guest musicians *Gordon Gano – fiddle Trivia * The instrument credited as a bandoneon on this album is actually a similar instrument called a Chemnitzer concertina. * The album title is a reference to the Holy Bible (see Matthew 11:20-21 RSV and Esther 4:1 RSV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chœurs
''Chœurs'' is a joint musical album by Bertrand Cantat, Pascal Humbert, Bernard Falaise and Alexander MacSween released on Actes Sud label on 16 December 2011, although it was made available for downloads on 21 November 2011. The 17 tracks on the album are based on the text of Sophocles translated by Robert Davreu, being the Greek chorus parts of the theatrical trilogy adaptation ''Le Cycle des Femmes: Trois histoires de Sophocle'' or just ''Des femmes'' (being the Sophocles pieces ''Women of Trachis'', ''Antigone'' and ''Electra'' by the Lebanese-Quebec artist Wajdi Mouawad in June 2011 and presented initially at Festival d'Avignon in 2011. Tracks 1 to 8 are from ''Women of Trachis'', tracks 9 to 13 from ''Antigone'' and 14 to 17 from ''Electra''. The release coincided with the Paris presentation of ''Le Cycle des Femmes: Trois histoires de Sophocle'' on Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers in the Paris region. As Bertrand Cantat could not take part in certain presentations because of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival D'Avignon
The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existent festival in France. Alongside the official festival, the "In" one, a number of shows are presented in Avignon at the same time of the year and are known as the "Off". In 2008, some 950 shows were performed during three weeks. The Birth of a Festival 1947, The Week of Scenic Arts Art critic Christian Zervos and poet René Char organized a modern art exhibition held in the main chapel of the Pope's Palace in Avignon. In that setting, they asked Jean Vilar, actor, director, theater director, and future festival founder, to present ''Meurtre dans la cathédrale'' which he adapted in 1945. After refusing, Vilar proposed three plays: Shakespeare's Richard II, a play almost unknown in France at that time, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wajdi Mouawad
Wajdi Mouawad, OC, (born 1968) is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director. He is known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play ''Incendies'' (2003). His works often revolve around family trauma, war, the betrayal of youth. Since April 2016, Mouawad has been the director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris. Early life and education Born in Lebanon, Mouawad's family left the country when he was eight due to the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. He moved to Montreal in 1983 after living in France for five years. He obtained his diploma in () from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1991. Career In 1998, his creation ''Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes'' (''Willy Protagoras locked up in the toilets'') was voted best Montreal-based production by l'Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre. From 2000 to 2004, he led the Théâtre de Quat'sous in Montreal. In 2004 he directed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat (born 5 March 1964) is a French songwriter, singer, and musician known for being the former frontman of the rock band Noir Désir. In 2003, he was proven guilty without a doubt and convicted of the murder ("murder with indirect intent" ''dolus eventualis'') of French actress Marie Trintignant. Cantat returned to Noir Désir after his release from prison in 2007, playing with the group until it disbanded in 2010. He subsequently formed a musical duo with Pascal Humbert, calling themselves Détroit. Early life Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre. His family moved when he was an adolescent to Bordeaux. At the lycée Saint-Genès, he met Denis Barthe, Serge Teyssot-Gay, and Frédéric Vidalenc, who soon became members of his band. Biography At the height of Noir Désir's success in the 1990s, Cantat was a prominent figure in French music. Noir Désir is regarded "to have made the history of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16 Horsepower
16 Horsepower was an American band based in Denver, Colorado, United States. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditional bluegrass, gospel, and Appalachian instrumentation cross-bred with rock. For the bulk of its career, the band consisted of Edwards, Jean-Yves Tola, and Pascal Humbert, the latter two formerly of the French band Passion Fodder. After releasing four studio albums and touring extensively, the group broke up in 2005, citing "mostly political and spiritual" differences. The members remain active in the groups Wovenhand and Lilium. Band history David Eugene Edwards and Pascal Humbert formed 16 Horsepower in 1992 in Los Angeles, California, where they had met building movie sets for Roger Corman's Hollywood Studios. Friend, co-worker and trained jazz drummer Jean-Yves Tola joined shortly after. The trio performed once as Horsepower befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
