Artist.......: Jean-Louis Aubert
Album........: Roc Eclair Tour (Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-09-03
Str.date.....: 2011-11-28
Quality......: 228kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.jeanlouisaubert.com/
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1. Roc Eclair Tour (Palais Omnisports de Paris 86:22
Bercy)
* Maintenant je reviens
* Demain sera parfait
* C'est con mais bon
* Alter ego
* Argent trop cher
* A ceux qui passent
* Demain lα-bas peut-Ωtre
* Les lΘpidoptΦres
* Loin l'un de l'autre
* On aime (Comme on a ΘtΘ aimΘ)
* Marcelle
* Juste une illusion
* Temps α nouveau
* Puisses-tu
* Voilα c'est fini
* Le jour se lΦve encore
Runtime 86:22
Size 141.21
Release Notes:
Best known for his decade-long tenure fronting the influential French rock band
Telephone, Jean-Louis Aubert subsequently forged a successful solo career that
tackled more personal themes and more complex musical ideas than his previous
efforts foreshadowed. Born April 12, 1955, in Nantua, Aubert was the son of a
sub-prefect, and raised largely by his parents' servants. A difficult and
rebellious teenage period followed, and at 16 he hitchhiked across the U.S.,
busking on city streets and singing Rolling Stones covers to survive. Upon
returning to Paris, Aubert befriended bassist Daniel Roux and drummer Richard
Kolinka, with whom he co-founded the band SΘmolina -- their lone WEA single, "Et
J'y Vais DΘjα," vanished upon release, however, and the trio quickly split.
Aubert next entered the musicology program at Paris University, but remained
dedicated to a performing career, regularly jamming with Kolinka in the cellar
of their home. In late autumn of 1976, Kolinka secured a gig at Paris' American
Centre, but when his steady band was unable to commit to the date, he and Aubert
recruited guitarist Louis Bertignac and bassist Corine Marienneau to assemble a
set list comprised of classic rock hits and Aubert's first original
compositions. On November 12, Telephone made their debut performance, playing a
largely improvised set to a few hundred patrons. Loud, snotty, and defiantly
primitive, the band effectively reinvigorated French rock in one fell swoop.
Though by no means the classic frontman, Aubert nevertheless transcended his
limits as a vocalist and guitarist with sheer aggressive energy, becoming the
poster boy for a new generation of French rock icons.
After a famously raucous March 1977 appearance at the Paris Metro, Telephone
toured in support of British act Eddie & the Hot Rods, followed by a date
opening for the seminal American band Television. A June 8th performance at
Paris' Bus Palladium yielded Telephone's debut single, "Hygiaphone." Six weeks
later, the quartet signed to PathΘ-Marconi, teaming with producer Mike Thorne
for its self-titled debut LP, issued in November. With the 1979 follow-up,
Crache Ton Venin, Telephone rocketed to superstardom -- the single "La Bombe
Humaine" emerged as a generational anthem, and the album sold in excess of
600,000 copies, capped off by a performance at the annual FΩte de l'HumanitΘ in
front of an audience of more than 100,000 people.
Tours of Italy, Spain, and North America followed, and while in New York,
Telephone began work on their third album, 1981's Au Coeur de la Nuit. After
signing to Virgin, the group released Dure Limite in conjunction with their June
14, 1982, Paris concert in support of the Rolling Stones. Another American tour
followed, but creative dissension began to grow, and breakup rumors reached a
fever pitch in the wake of 1984's Un Autre Monde, as all four members of
Telephone began to pursue solo projects; Aubert contributed to an Ethiopian
benefit LP recorded by the all-star Chanteurs sans FrontiΘres. Finally, in April
1986 he announced the band's demise -- a subsequent live LP proved a bestseller
around the same time Aubert and Kolinka reunited with SΘmolina bassist Daniel
Roux under the name Aubert 'n' Ko, releasing the funk-inspired album Platre et
Ciment in 1987.
Aubert launched his solo career in full with 1989's self-produced Bleu Blanc
Vert, an intimate and often pastoral album in sharp contrast with his work in
Telephone. Its 1992 follow-up, H, proved even more idiosyncratic, while a
subsequent tour with Kolinka was documented via the live effort Une Page de
TournΘe. After guesting on a session headlined by chanson legend Barbara, Aubert
returned to work on his next project, 1997's Stockholm, which featured cameos by
artists as far-ranging as Nigerian percussion legend Tony Allen and Swedish pop
producer Gordon Cyrus. While the thematic and stylistic changes of each
successive solo record gradually diminished Aubert's fan base, he nevertheless
continued to experiment with sounds and personnel, and with 2001's Comme un
Accord, he made the first record of his career without contributions from
Richard Kolinka. After a series of self-produced efforts, Aubert handed the
reins to Renaud Letang, previously known for helming sessions by Manu Chao and
Alain Souchon. Upon topping the French charts in 2003 with "Sur la Route," a
duet with singer Raphael, Aubert resumed work on his next solo release, 2005's
Ideal Standard, recorded in part with Canadian electroclash producer Gonzales.