Benoît Dorémus (born 20 May 1980, in Besançon ) is a French singer-songwriter. He is the fourth of five children and grew up in France.

Life

Dorémus wrote his first pieces of poetry before the age of ten. He also began to learn to play the guitar. He spent his first years between

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to finally settle down in Paris at 21, after passing a cinematographic Performing Arts bachelor's degree in 2001, and finishing his first novel. He had his first concerts in 2003 within the very close Parisian fields. His songs, mostly influenced by

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, very popular since the '70s, often describe his bipolarity between music and literature, Philippe Djian being his favourite author concerning the latest. The texts regularly deal with a recurring character called "Benito" or "Adesias Benito", a hardly hidden allegory for himself. His first album, ''Pas en parler'' (French for ''" 'd ratherNot talk about it"''), came to be known by the professionals, and among them,

in 2005, thanks to the singer Sarclo, who introduced him to him. Renaud enjoyed it and decided to produce it (label EMI). He also did a personal cover of ''Rien à te mettre'' (French for ''Nothing to wear'') in his 2006 album ''Rouge sang''. In October 2007, his last album ''Jeunesse se passe'' (French for ''The Youth is passing by'', label Ceci-Celà, EMI Group) received good reviews, especially from the daily newspaper ''Libération''. He also recently appeared on the 15-year-old music TV-Show TaratataThe Artist's page on the Show's website
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Discography

Studio albums

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: '' Pas en Parler'' # ''J'apprends le métier'' # ''Conditionnel'' # ''Rien à te mettre'' # ''Ca ne me manquait pas'' # ''J'écris faux, je chante de la main gauche'' # ''Les bulles'' # ''17 ans'' # ''Ce que ça fait de la revoir'' # ''Retour à l'envoyeur'' # ''Beaupadre'' # ''Un poison'' # ''Pas en parler'' # ''Accordéon pour cinq d'entre elles'' # ''Je viens du cirque'' *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

: '' Jeunesse se passe'' # ''J'écris faux, je chante de la main gauche'' # ''Je m'en rappelle pas'' # ''J'apprends le métier(acte 1)'' # ''Rien à te mettre'' # ''L'enfer (acte 2)'' # ''17 ans'' # ''Pas à me plaindre'' # ''Deux dans mon égotrip(acte 3)'' # ''Beaupadre'' # ''Un poison'' # ''Un arracheur de sacs'' # ''Les bulles'' # ''Paris''

References

External links

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Benoît Dorémus
on Myspace.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Doremus, Benoit 1980 births Living people French male singer-songwriters French singer-songwriters Musicians from Besançon 21st-century French singers