Artist.......: Etienne Daho
Album........: Au Koko Theater (London)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2015-11-22
Str.date.....: 2014-10-23
Quality......: 242kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://dahofficial.com
track title time
1. Au Koko Theater (London) 75:06
* Satori theme
* Des attractions desastre
* L'homme qui marche
* Saudade
* En surface
* Le grand sommeil
* Soleil de minuit
* L'invitation
* Comme un boomerang
* Tombe pour la France
* Sortir ce soir
* Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
* Epaule tattoo
* Bleu comme toi
* La peau dure
* Ouverture
* Les chansons de l'innocence
* Il ne dira pas
* Des heures hindoues
* Week-end α Rome
Runtime 75:06
Size 130.06
Release Notes:
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Combining West Coast-style surf pop, Velvet Underground-like urban rock, and the
romanticism of French singer Franτoise Hardy, Algerian-born singer/songwriter
Etienne Daho has taken the European rock scene by storm. His albums have
consistently qualified for gold or platinum status and his songs have been
recorded by such artists as Mercedes Audras and Arnold Turboust. His rΘsumΘ
includes duets with Sarah Cracknell, Elli Medeiros, Lyn Byrd, Astrud Gilberto,
and Chris Isaak. In 1989, he participated in an Arthur Baker-produced recording
with Al Green and Jimmy Somerville.
The son of a French soldier father and a chemist mother, Daho was raised by
grandparents who operated a semi-bar/semi-grocery during the War of Algeria.
Recordings of Sylvie Vartan and Franτoise Hardy, on a jukebox, inspired Daho to
dream of becoming a singer. Settling with his family in Rennes, France, in 1965,
Daho continued to broaden his musical scope to include the British rock of the
Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the art rock of David Bowie, Roxy Music, and
the Velvet Underground. Visiting London for the first time in 1966, he became
enamored of the British city's flourishing music scene.
Returning to Rennes, Daho worked as a dormitory monitor at the city's
university. When he organized a concert at the school, featuring rock bands
Stinky Toys and Marquis de Sade on December 20, 1978, Daho unknowingly took the
first steps leading to his career in music. The Stinky Toys' Elli Medeiros and
Jacno encouraged him to continue writing and singing, while Marquis de Sade lead
guitarist Frank Darcel took him under his wing, helping him to learn the
intricacies of musical professionalism. When Daho made his stage debut at the
rock festival Transmusicales in June 1979, Darcel and other members of Marquis
de Sade accompanied him. After releasing an independent single, "Cowboy," Daho
signed with Virgin France. His 1980 debut album, Mythomane, produced by Jacno
and featuring Marquis de Sade musicians, was certified gold a decade after its
release.
Performing in Rennes clubs with French singer Arnold Turboust, Daho began to
attract attention. Receiving some radio airplay with his singles "The Big Sleep"
and "To Leave This Evening," he released his second album, La Notte la Notte,
featuring the hit single "Weekend in Rome." Although it showed hints of a
promising future, its sales paled next to those of Daho's next release, Pour Nos
Vies Martiennes, which was certified gold (with sales of more than 100,000
copies) on the day it was released in June 1988. The success continued with
1989's Live ED, which sold more than 250,000 copies.
In 1991 he recorded his fifth album, Paris Ailleurs, a tribute to the Motown and
Stax labels. Pre-release orders of the album were so strong that the album was
certified gold before it was released and attained platinum status with sales of
more than 500,000 copies. Four years later he was on the charts with a cover of
Edith Piaf's "Mon ManΦge a Moi," while the U.K. pop group Saint Etienne were
topping the British charts with "He's on the Phone," an English-language cover
of "Weekend in Rome." While his 1994 release, Daholympia, sold half as many
copies as Paris Ailleurs, Daho regained the momentum of his earlier albums with
the release of Eden in 1996. Corps et Armes appeared in 2000 and was followed
three years later by Reevolution.
Daho has always sought new avenues for his creativity. He appeared in Olivier
Assayas' movie Dirorder, and received a European video award for his 1987 video
"Tattoo Shoulder." In addition to writing songs for other artists, Daho has
produced recordings for Les Valentins and Sylvie Vartan. He performed in a stage
production of Jean Genet's Condemned to Death at the Moliere Theater in Paris.
The soundtrack of the production was released in England as The New World.
Franτoise Hardy has remained a major influence on Daho's music. In 1986, Daho
joined with Jerome Soligny to write a biography of the French singer, Superstar
and Hermit.
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