Noir Désir
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Noir Désir was a French
rock
band from Bordeaux
. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali
, Louise Attaque
and Miossec
. While active, the band consisted of Bertrand Cantat
(vocals, guitar
), Serge Teyssot-Gay
(guitar
), Jean-Paul Roy
(bass guitar
) and Denis Barthe (drums).
from his hometown in Normandy
; Teyssot-Gay was 17 and Cantat was 16 at the time. The two teenagers shared a love of music, particularly Led Zeppelin
and The Who
so they decided to form a band. Teyssot had a strong musical background and a decade's worth of training in classical guitar, however Cantat could not play any instrument at the time, and so became the singer for their band. They met Denis Barthe, during the summer vacation
who shared a similar passion for music and he agreed to play drums for the band, although he had never played them before.
They went through a series of temporary bassists, eventually settling on Vincent Leriche. The band originally called themselves "Psychoz", then "6.35", "Station Désir" and finally "Noir Désir". In 1982 Teyssot-Gay and Leriche left the group to form BAM (Boîte A Musique). The remaining band members, Barthe and Cantat, went in search for a replacement guitarist and bassist. For the bass they found Frédéric Vidalenc, who had played in the well reputed local group Dernier Métro, and eventually they settled on Luc Robène for guitar. However the next year Cantat would also leave the band temporarily, being replaced by Emmanuel Ory-Weil, who would later become the band's manager. When Robène quit in 1985 Cantat was eager to get their original guitarist, Teyssot-Gay, back into the band and succeeded. The new lineup of Cantat on vocals, Teyssot-Gay on guitar, Vidalenc on bass and Barthe on drums continued for 11 more years.
to sign the band up, and the artistic director agreed to see the band in concert first. At first the label wished the band to produce a single, however after two months of negotiations it was agreed that a mini-album would be made instead. The label did not expect much success from the group though, with the director of the label commenting "If we sell 1,500 copies of your disk, that will already be a success" (Si on vend 1 500 exemplaires de votre disque, ce sera déjà très bien). The label disliked the name Noirs Désirs, feeling it to be old fashioned, so the band agreed to alter two letters, unpluralising the name to Noir Désir. In 1987 they released the mini-album, Où veux tu qu'je r'garde?
. After two months it had sold 5,000 copies, exceeding the expectations of Barclay, who signed the band for another three albums.
Their first critical and popular success came two years later, in 1989, with their next album, Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)
. The album won Noir Désir the Bus d'Acier for 1989, an award given by the press to the best French rock group of the year. It was certified gold, selling over 150,000 copies, and became recognised as one of the best French rock albums ever made. It also produced the hit single: "Aux sombres héros de l'amer", a sea-shanty
-like harmonica-driven ballad that uses the concept of sailors lost at sea as a metaphor for life. However the group were dismayed that many people had missed this double meaning of the song, interpreting it as a meaningless sea shanty. They were also disappointed that many people judged them based on the one song, without listening to the rest of the album. In their next two albums the band would return to the harder sound of Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde ? and develop it even further. This development was largely a reaction to their worries about the success of the single Aux sombres héros de l'amer.
With its harder and more aggressive sound and an almost complete lack of promotion, the third album Du ciment sous les plaines
(1991) received lacklustre reviews compared to Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient) and no singles were released from it. In May 1991 a concert in Besançon
was cut short after four songs when Bertrand Cantat collapsed on stage. As a result the band took a break from touring until the release of their next album, Tostaky
.
Tostaky was produced in London, a city the group admired for its musical output. Unlike Du ciment sous les plaines, Tostaky was released to much acclaim and popular success and was certified gold few days after its release. In January 1994 the live album Dies Irae
was released, showcasing the frenzy of the band's performances. However the touring took its toll on Cantat, who eventually ended up in hospital for an operation on his vocal cords. After this gruelling tour the band decided to take a year's break, both from playing and from each other. During their break Bertrand Cantat received professional singing training and bass-player Frédéric Vidalenc quit the group to pursue his own projects; he was replaced by longtime friend of the band, Jean-Paul Roy. Serge Teyssot-Gay used his spare time during the break to record a solo album, Silence Radio, which would be finished and released in 1996.
In December, 1996 the success of Tostaky was continued with the release of 666.667 Club, which would be certified double platinum a year after its release. In 1998, after receiving a remix of their song "Septembre, en attendant" in the mail, they decided to produce the album One Trip, One Noise which comprised a collection of their songs remixed by young musicians.
was much quieter than any of their previous albums, but was very well received, selling over 1 million copies. The group received five Victoires de la Musique
award nominations for 2001, winning both Best Rock Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Le vent nous portera
" in collaboration with the French/Spanish artist Manu Chao
. During the awards ceremony Cantat read out a speech on behalf of the band, addressed to Jean-Marie Messier
, the CEO of Vivendi
, the group which owns Noir Désir's record company, Universal
. Messier was a controversial figure in France at the time, due to the perception that he was abandoning his French roots in favour of Americanization. In their speech, Noir Désir accused Vivendi of exploiting their band’s name in order to rebut criticism of Messier's treatment of French culture. The band played few concerts for their Des visages des figures tour, however all were held in large stadium like venues, except those of the Middle East
tour, which allowed the band to go back to their roots playing in small clubs. They were invited to perform a one off concert at the “Montpellier Radio-France” festival in 2002. For the 55 minute performance, titled "Nous n'avons fait que fuir", Cantat recited a long-form poem he'd written over musical improvisations played by the rest of the band. The text of the poem along with a recording of the performance on CD was released by French book publisher Éditions Verticales.
, drunk at the time, beat his girlfriend Marie Trintignant
, also drunk, multiple times in a hotel room in Vilnius
, Lithuania
. The following morning Marie Trintignant was found in a coma in her bed and died a few days later. A post mortem examination showed that she had suffered multiple head injuries. Cantat admitted to hitting her 4 times, however prosecutors argued that it was in fact 19 times in all. He later alleged she had fallen and hit her head on a radiator, becoming unconscious from this impact, not his blows directly. On 29 March 2004, a Lithuanian court sentenced Cantat to eight years in prison after he was found guilty of manslaughter. After a year spent in Lukiškės prison
of Vilnius, he was moved to a prison near Toulouse
, France.
September 2005 brought two new releases of Noir Désir's work. The album, Noir Désir en public, which had been started before the incident in Vilnius, contained highlights of their last tour, during which every concert had been recorded. The DVD set, Noir Désir en images, contained various live performances footage and videos. Special permission was obtained for the imprisoned Cantat to participate in the development of both the CD and the DVD.
In November 2008 the band released two free tracks on their website, performed by the whole band. The songs are "Gagnants/Perdants" and a cover of "Le temps des cerises
".
The group is in the process of composing and recording a new album, which Teyssot-Gey had predicted would be completed in 2009. However according to a May 14, 2009 article in Le Parisien
the album will not be ready until January 2010.
On November 29, 2010 it was announced that guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay
was leaving the band citing "emotional, human and musical differences" with lead singer Cantat.
On November 30, 2010 band's drummer Denis Barthe announced that Noir Désir is disbanded for good and that is useless to let the band live with "artificial respiration
".
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band from Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali
Cali (singer)
Cali is a French singer-songwriter.- Biography :Cali was born 28 June 1968 in Vernet-les-Bains near Perpignan, to an Italian father and Catalan mother. A fan of English rock and French chanson during his youth, Cali was also a keen rugby player. He played for his region and Perpignan...
, Louise Attaque
Louise Attaque
Louise Attaque is a French chanson/folk rock group founded in 1994. Several of the group's albums were produced by Gordon Gano, lead singer of The Violent Femmes, a band whom Louise Attaque often cites as an influence and for whom their own band is named....
and Miossec
Miossec
Christophe Miossec is a Breton singer and songwriter born in Brest, Brittany, France on December 24, 1964.-Beginnings:Christophe Miossec was not new to the world of music when he met his first great success. Between 14 and 17, he was in a teenage band, Printemps Noir , touring around Brest...
. While active, the band consisted of Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...
(vocals, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Serge Teyssot-Gay
Serge Teyssot-Gay
Serge Teyssot-Gay has been the guitarist of French rock group Noir Désir until November 29th 2010. He met the frontman of the band, Bertrand Cantat, at their school in Bordeaux during the 1980s...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Jean-Paul Roy
Jean-Paul Roy
Jean-Paul Roy has been the bassist of French rock group Noir Désir since 1996.Before joining the band, he accompanied Noir Désir on tour as a guitar technician...
(bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Denis Barthe (drums).
Formation: 1980–1985
Bertrand Cantat and Serge Teyssot-Gay met in 1980 at secondary school after Cantat moved to BordeauxBordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
from his hometown in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
; Teyssot-Gay was 17 and Cantat was 16 at the time. The two teenagers shared a love of music, particularly Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
so they decided to form a band. Teyssot had a strong musical background and a decade's worth of training in classical guitar, however Cantat could not play any instrument at the time, and so became the singer for their band. They met Denis Barthe, during the summer vacation
Summer vacation
Summer vacation is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students and instructors are off school typically between 6 and 12 weeks, depending on the country and district.-Students:In some countries, students participate in programs such as organized sports, summer camps, and...
who shared a similar passion for music and he agreed to play drums for the band, although he had never played them before.
They went through a series of temporary bassists, eventually settling on Vincent Leriche. The band originally called themselves "Psychoz", then "6.35", "Station Désir" and finally "Noir Désir". In 1982 Teyssot-Gay and Leriche left the group to form BAM (Boîte A Musique). The remaining band members, Barthe and Cantat, went in search for a replacement guitarist and bassist. For the bass they found Frédéric Vidalenc, who had played in the well reputed local group Dernier Métro, and eventually they settled on Luc Robène for guitar. However the next year Cantat would also leave the band temporarily, being replaced by Emmanuel Ory-Weil, who would later become the band's manager. When Robène quit in 1985 Cantat was eager to get their original guitarist, Teyssot-Gay, back into the band and succeeded. The new lineup of Cantat on vocals, Teyssot-Gay on guitar, Vidalenc on bass and Barthe on drums continued for 11 more years.
Early albums: 1985–1991
Now with a new and finally steady lineup the band decided to make an attempt at getting a recording contract. They created a demo which was heard by Théo Hakola of the American band Passion Fodder. Hakola urged the French label Barclay RecordsBarclay Records
Barclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
to sign the band up, and the artistic director agreed to see the band in concert first. At first the label wished the band to produce a single, however after two months of negotiations it was agreed that a mini-album would be made instead. The label did not expect much success from the group though, with the director of the label commenting "If we sell 1,500 copies of your disk, that will already be a success" (Si on vend 1 500 exemplaires de votre disque, ce sera déjà très bien). The label disliked the name Noirs Désirs, feeling it to be old fashioned, so the band agreed to alter two letters, unpluralising the name to Noir Désir. In 1987 they released the mini-album, Où veux tu qu'je r'garde?
Où veux tu qu'je r'garde?
Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde ? is the first album of the French rock group Noir Désir. Released in 1987, it was produced by Théo Hakola, singer for the group Passion Fodder.-Track listing:# "Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde" - 4:43# "Toujours être ailleurs" - 4:32...
. After two months it had sold 5,000 copies, exceeding the expectations of Barclay, who signed the band for another three albums.
Their first critical and popular success came two years later, in 1989, with their next album, Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)
Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)
Veuillez rendre l'âme is the second album of the French rock band Noir Désir, released in 1989. This album realized by Ian Broudie, producer known for its very fastidious work, reveals the group in the general public thanks to the title Aux sombres héros de l'amer. Indeed, the rock criticism and...
. The album won Noir Désir the Bus d'Acier for 1989, an award given by the press to the best French rock group of the year. It was certified gold, selling over 150,000 copies, and became recognised as one of the best French rock albums ever made. It also produced the hit single: "Aux sombres héros de l'amer", a sea-shanty
Sea shanty
A shanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. Shanties became ubiquitous in the 19th century era of the wind-driven packet and clipper ships...
-like harmonica-driven ballad that uses the concept of sailors lost at sea as a metaphor for life. However the group were dismayed that many people had missed this double meaning of the song, interpreting it as a meaningless sea shanty. They were also disappointed that many people judged them based on the one song, without listening to the rest of the album. In their next two albums the band would return to the harder sound of Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde ? and develop it even further. This development was largely a reaction to their worries about the success of the single Aux sombres héros de l'amer.
Post success: 1991–2001
Du ciment sous les plaines
Du ciment sous les plaines is the third album of the French rock group Noir Désir.-Album tracks:# "No no no" - 3:27# "En route pour la joie" - 3:05# "Charlie" - 3:57# "Tu m'donnes le mal" - 3:57# "Si rien ne bouge" - 5:15...
(1991) received lacklustre reviews compared to Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient) and no singles were released from it. In May 1991 a concert in Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
was cut short after four songs when Bertrand Cantat collapsed on stage. As a result the band took a break from touring until the release of their next album, Tostaky
Tostaky
Tostaky is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France in 1992 on the Barclay label.The word "tostaky" is a slang contraction of the Spanish expression "todo está aquí" , one of the slogans used by Mexican revolutionaries led by Emiliano Zapata.-Track listing:# "Here It Comes...
.
Tostaky was produced in London, a city the group admired for its musical output. Unlike Du ciment sous les plaines, Tostaky was released to much acclaim and popular success and was certified gold few days after its release. In January 1994 the live album Dies Irae
Dies Irae
Dies Irae is a thirteenth century Latin hymn thought to be written by Thomas of Celano . It is a medieval Latin poem characterized by its accentual stress and its rhymed lines. The metre is trochaic...
was released, showcasing the frenzy of the band's performances. However the touring took its toll on Cantat, who eventually ended up in hospital for an operation on his vocal cords. After this gruelling tour the band decided to take a year's break, both from playing and from each other. During their break Bertrand Cantat received professional singing training and bass-player Frédéric Vidalenc quit the group to pursue his own projects; he was replaced by longtime friend of the band, Jean-Paul Roy. Serge Teyssot-Gay used his spare time during the break to record a solo album, Silence Radio, which would be finished and released in 1996.
In December, 1996 the success of Tostaky was continued with the release of 666.667 Club, which would be certified double platinum a year after its release. In 1998, after receiving a remix of their song "Septembre, en attendant" in the mail, they decided to produce the album One Trip, One Noise which comprised a collection of their songs remixed by young musicians.
Des visages des figures: 2001–2003
Their most recent studio album, 2001's Des visages des figuresDes Visages des Figures
des Visages des Figures is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 11 September 2001. Manu Chao plays the guitar in "Le vent nous portera", among numerous musicians participating in the album. All music was composed by Noir Désir, where not...
was much quieter than any of their previous albums, but was very well received, selling over 1 million copies. The group received five Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la musique , is an annual French award ceremony that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.- Male artist of the year :*1985 : Michel Jonasz*1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman*1987 : Johnny Hallyday...
award nominations for 2001, winning both Best Rock Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Le vent nous portera
Le vent nous portera
"Le vent nous portera" is a song by French band Noir Désir from their 2001 album des Visages des Figures....
" in collaboration with the French/Spanish artist Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
. During the awards ceremony Cantat read out a speech on behalf of the band, addressed to Jean-Marie Messier
Jean-Marie Messier
Jean-Marie Messier is a French businessman who was Chairman and Chief Executive of the multinational media conglomerate Vivendi SA until 2002...
, the CEO of Vivendi
Vivendi
Vivendi SA is a French international media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. It is headquartered in Paris.- History :...
, the group which owns Noir Désir's record company, Universal
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. Messier was a controversial figure in France at the time, due to the perception that he was abandoning his French roots in favour of Americanization. In their speech, Noir Désir accused Vivendi of exploiting their band’s name in order to rebut criticism of Messier's treatment of French culture. The band played few concerts for their Des visages des figures tour, however all were held in large stadium like venues, except those of the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
tour, which allowed the band to go back to their roots playing in small clubs. They were invited to perform a one off concert at the “Montpellier Radio-France” festival in 2002. For the 55 minute performance, titled "Nous n'avons fait que fuir", Cantat recited a long-form poem he'd written over musical improvisations played by the rest of the band. The text of the poem along with a recording of the performance on CD was released by French book publisher Éditions Verticales.
Incarceration of Bertrand Cantat: 2003–2007
In 2003, following an argument about infidelity, Bertrand CantatBertrand Cantat
Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...
, drunk at the time, beat his girlfriend Marie Trintignant
Marie Trintignant
-Early life:She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife Nadine Marquand. She first appeared on screen aged 4 in her mother's film, My Love, My Love. When Marie's baby sister Pauline died when Marie was 8, she became withdrawn and virtually...
, also drunk, multiple times in a hotel room in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. The following morning Marie Trintignant was found in a coma in her bed and died a few days later. A post mortem examination showed that she had suffered multiple head injuries. Cantat admitted to hitting her 4 times, however prosecutors argued that it was in fact 19 times in all. He later alleged she had fallen and hit her head on a radiator, becoming unconscious from this impact, not his blows directly. On 29 March 2004, a Lithuanian court sentenced Cantat to eight years in prison after he was found guilty of manslaughter. After a year spent in Lukiškės prison
Lukiškes Prison
Lukiškės Prison is a prison in the center of Vilnius, Lithuania, near the Lukiškės Square. As of 2007, it houses approximately 1,000 prisoners and employs around 250 prison guards...
of Vilnius, he was moved to a prison near Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France.
September 2005 brought two new releases of Noir Désir's work. The album, Noir Désir en public, which had been started before the incident in Vilnius, contained highlights of their last tour, during which every concert had been recorded. The DVD set, Noir Désir en images, contained various live performances footage and videos. Special permission was obtained for the imprisoned Cantat to participate in the development of both the CD and the DVD.
A discreet return: 2007–2010
Cantat was freed on parole on October 16, 2007. A condition of his release was that he must receive regular psychological counseling and refrain from public reference to his crime in interviews or in music.In November 2008 the band released two free tracks on their website, performed by the whole band. The songs are "Gagnants/Perdants" and a cover of "Le temps des cerises
Le Temps des cerises
Le Temps des cerises is a song written in France in 1866, with words by Jean-Baptiste Clément and music by Antoine Renard. The song is strongly associated with the Paris Commune...
".
The group is in the process of composing and recording a new album, which Teyssot-Gey had predicted would be completed in 2009. However according to a May 14, 2009 article in Le Parisien
Le Parisien
Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986...
the album will not be ready until January 2010.
On November 29, 2010 it was announced that guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay
Serge Teyssot-Gay
Serge Teyssot-Gay has been the guitarist of French rock group Noir Désir until November 29th 2010. He met the frontman of the band, Bertrand Cantat, at their school in Bordeaux during the 1980s...
was leaving the band citing "emotional, human and musical differences" with lead singer Cantat.
On November 30, 2010 band's drummer Denis Barthe announced that Noir Désir is disbanded for good and that is useless to let the band live with "artificial respiration
Artificial respiration
Artificial respiration is the act of assisting or stimulating respiration, a metabolic process referring to the overall exchange of gases in the body by pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, and internal respiration...
".
Discography
- Où veux tu qu'je r'garde?Où veux tu qu'je r'garde?Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde ? is the first album of the French rock group Noir Désir. Released in 1987, it was produced by Théo Hakola, singer for the group Passion Fodder.-Track listing:# "Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde" - 4:43# "Toujours être ailleurs" - 4:32...
(1987) - Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)Veuillez rendre l'âme is the second album of the French rock band Noir Désir, released in 1989. This album realized by Ian Broudie, producer known for its very fastidious work, reveals the group in the general public thanks to the title Aux sombres héros de l'amer. Indeed, the rock criticism and...
(1989) - Du ciment sous les plainesDu ciment sous les plainesDu ciment sous les plaines is the third album of the French rock group Noir Désir.-Album tracks:# "No no no" - 3:27# "En route pour la joie" - 3:05# "Charlie" - 3:57# "Tu m'donnes le mal" - 3:57# "Si rien ne bouge" - 5:15...
(1991) - TostakyTostakyTostaky is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France in 1992 on the Barclay label.The word "tostaky" is a slang contraction of the Spanish expression "todo está aquí" , one of the slogans used by Mexican revolutionaries led by Emiliano Zapata.-Track listing:# "Here It Comes...
(1992) - 666.667 Club (1996)
- des Visages des FiguresDes Visages des Figuresdes Visages des Figures is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 11 September 2001. Manu Chao plays the guitar in "Le vent nous portera", among numerous musicians participating in the album. All music was composed by Noir Désir, where not...
(2001)