Fabienne Delsol is a French singer who performs primarily in
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. Influenced by the 1960s, her music is a mix of
garage rock
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,
pop and psychedelic music.
Biography
Delsol was born and grew up in
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
, France. In 1995, she moved to England, attracted by the
London music scene. There she met the producers
Liam Watson and Ed Deegan, and became the lead singer of the Bristols, a group produced by Watson and Deegan.
That same year the group's first single, "Questions I Can't Answer", was released by
Damaged Goods
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. Delsol toured Europe for much of the next five years with other Damaged Goods acts, including
Thee Headcoats
Thee Headcoats was a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989, that was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this style on almost all of their albums. The band's signature sound as well as their prolific writing has ...
, and Cee Bee Beaumont.
After two albums and three singles, Delsol decided to pursue a solo career. In 2004, she and producer Liam Watson released ''No Time for Sorrows''. The thirteen-track album had twelve songs in English and one in French.
''Between You and Me'', Delsol's second solo album, was also produced by Liam Watson. The album includes collaborations with George Miller and Peter Bernhard. Of the fourteen tracks, three are in French.
Delsol's third solo album ''On My Mind'' was released in 2010. Her fourth album, ''Four'' was released in 2019 and was called "possibly her strongest...She commands your attention with affecting melodies..."
In April 2019, her song ''I'm Gonna Haunt You'' was on the
Killing Eve
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soundtrack.
Discography
Albums with the Bristols
* ''Introducing… the Bristols'' (
Damaged Goods
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, 2000)
* ''Tune in With… the Bristols'' (Damaged Goods, 2001)
* ''The Best of Fabienne Delsol & the Bristols'' (Damaged Goods, 2007)
Solo albums
* ''No Time for Sorrows'' (Damaged Goods, 2004)
* ''Between You and Me'' (Damaged Goods, 2007)
* ''On My Mind'' (Damaged Goods, 2010)
* ''Four'' (Damaged Goods, 2019)
References
External links
Fabienne Delsolat
Damaged Goods
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Fabienne Delsolat
Myspace
English-language singers from France
French emigrants to England
French women singers
Living people
People from Limoges
Year of birth missing (living people)
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