Miossec
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Christophe Miossec is a french singer and songwriter born in Brest (France) on december 24, 1964.
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[edit] Biography
Christophe Miossec wasn't new to the world of music when he met his first great success. Between his 14 and 17, he was in a teenage band, Printemps Noir ("Black Spring"), touring around Brest. In spite of the success of their single Les yeux de Laura, Miossec halted his promising music career.
After obtaining his Baccalauréat in litterature, Miossec went to study history at the Brest University, and quickly got bored. He then worked some time for the paper Ouest France. Journalism didn't suit him better than history, so he moved to Paris, and went from one little job to another for some time. He finally joined the French TV Station TF1 and worked there for two and a half years. Eventually, he began to think about turning back to music.
His meeting, in 1993, with guitarist Guillaume Jouan was crucial, as the two started to work on an album. Guitarist Bruno Leroux joined Christophe Miossec and Guillaume Jouan in 1994.
[edit] Boire
In 1995, a first album, Boire ("Drink") is released. Album of the year for the magazine Les Inrockuptibles, it meets a promising success with over 90 000 copies sold.
[edit] Baiser
Drummer Yves-André Lefeuvre and guitarist/violonist Olivier Mellano joined the trio after the success of the first album. In 1997, the second album, Baiser, is released. Miossec was nominated for the 1997 Victoires de la Musique as "Best newcomer", but he stated not to want to take part in the event.
[edit] A prendre
In 1998 comes a new album, A prendre. This is also the year of birth of Miossec's son, Theo. Even if Miossec himself wasn't happy with A prendre, over 120 000 copies of the album were sold. After that, Miossec wrote songs for other artists.
[edit] Brûle
Miossec's fourth album, Brûle ("Burn"), has been considered by some to demonstrate the growing maturity of the artist. The album features a song, Grandir, that hints to his son, revealing a new part of his universe.
[edit] 1964
1964, Miossec's fifth album, sees the apparition of a symphonic orchestra. Entitled as a reference to Miossec's year of birth, this album surprised many fans when it was released in 2004.
[edit] L'étreinte
L'étreinte (the embrace), last album released, once scheduled for March 2006, finally got out on August 21, 2006 : the day of the Saint Christopher. Songs like La facture d'électricité ("the electricity bill") or Trente ans ("thirty years") remind of the first album, Boire.
Miossec now lives and works in Bruxelles (Belgium), next to his label PIAS' studios[1].
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1995 : Boire (PIAS)
- 1997 : Baiser (PIAS)
- 1998 : A Prendre (PIAS)
- 2001 : Brûle (PIAS)
- 2004 : 1964 (PIAS)
- 2006 : L'étreinte (PIAS)
[edit] Other songs recorded
- 1998 : Stade Brestoa, on the compilation Amour Foot.
- 1998 : Quoi, ma gueule avec Pascal Comelade, original from Johnny Hallyday on the compilation Comme un seul homme.
- 2001 : La non-demande en mariage, original from Georges Brassens on the compilation Les Oiseaux de passage.
- 2001 : Ballade de Melody Nelson, original from Serge Gainsbourg on the compilation Pop Sessions.
- 2002 : Extase à St Malo, on the album Le dernier cri from Ali Dragon.
- 2004 : Pour un flirt avec toi with Jane Birkin, original from Michel Delpech on the album Rendez-vous from Jane Birkin.
- 2005 : Le jour de l'ouverture with Yann Tiersen and Dominique A, on the album Les retrouvailles from Yann Tiersen.
[edit] 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, on the album A la légère.
- 2000 : Notre histoire, Remise de peine and Ex, for Johnny Hallyday, on the album Sang pour sang.
- 2000 : Une prière for Axel Bauer, sur l'album Personne n'est parfait.
- 2001 : La vie la mort for Jeff Bodart, on the 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 album Aimez-vous les uns les autres ou bien disparaissez.
- 2003 : L'amour et l'air for Daran, on the album Pêcheur de pierres.
- 2004 : Chanson pour un salaud for Dani, on the album Tout dépend du contexte.
- 2005 : Fausse route, On coule, Un homme à la mer, La permanence and Laisser penser, for Mass Hysteria, on the album Mass Hysteria.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site in french
- A biography on RFImusique.
- Another biography on french-music.org.
- Rencontre au fil de l'eau, a review on the book about Miossec and Cali written by Grégoire Laville and Yves Colin. in french
- An article about Miossec on the newspaper L'Express in french
