Constance Amiot (born 1978) is a French writer-composer-performer of songs in French and English in an acoustic pop-folk style.
Born to French parents in
Abidjan
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in the
Ivory Coast
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, she grew up in
Cameroon
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and the United States, settling in
Paris
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in 2000.
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, '' RFI'', 16 May 2007, Retrieved 2011-05-29 She began her music career as a pianist in a rock group named ''Virus'' that performed cover versions of
Guns N' Roses
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songs, all the while pursuing her studies in law, literature and sound engineering.
She adopted the guitar as her instrument of preference, influenced by artists like
Tracy Chapman
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Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released ...
.
After a first self-produced album ''Whisperwood'' (2003), she next recorded an album in New York called ''Fairytale'', (April 2007 on the
Tôt ou tard
Tôt ou Tard (stylized as tôt Ou tard) is an independent French record label. It was founded in 1996 as a break-off from Warner Music Group, and turned independent in 2002. The name of the label can be translated as "Sooner or later" in Fren ...
label), with the participation of Jeff Pevar, Ben Wisch, Sean Pelton,
François Moutin and the contribution of some lyrics by
Jérôme Attal.
Discography
*''Whisperwood'' (2005)
*''Fairytale'' (2007), Tôt ou tard/Warner
*''Once Twice'' (2011), Tôt Ou Tard / Warner
*''Blue Green Tomorrows'' EP (2012), Believe Digital
*''12ème Parallèle'' (2014), Believe Digital
References
External links
Site personnel
1978 births
Living people
People from Abidjan
Singers from Paris
French women pop singers
French expatriates in Ivory Coast
French expatriates in Cameroon
French expatriates in the United States
21st-century French women singers
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