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Sébastien Tellier (; born 22 February 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is currently signed to Record Makers, a French independent record label. He sings in English, French and Italian. ==Biography== Tellier's first album, ''L'incroyable Vérité'' (The Incredible Truth), was released in 2001. Tellier went on tour with Air in support of the album and was joined on stage by theremin player Pamelia Kurstin. ''L'incroyable Vérité'' is a pop album featuring styles from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes. Its sleeve featured Tellier in full evening dress on the front, while the back of jacket had a shot of him cavorting in a playboy's pool. He instructed listeners only to listen to the album by candlelight. Tellier followed ''L'incroyable Vérité'' with his second studio album ''Politics'' (2005). A particularly popular song from ''Politics'' was "La Ritournelle", a string-led tune, which featured Nigerian drummer, Tony Allen who worked with Fela Kuti. "La Ritournelle" was remixed by various artists, notably in Britain by Metronomy. Since the release of ''Politics'', Tellier has also recorded an acoustic album of his more popular songs, ''Sessions'' (2006). The album was repackaged for the British market as ''Universe'' (2006), to include both highlights from the French CD, as well as compositions from Tellier's score for the film ''Narco''. This compilation included a cover of ''La Dolce Vita'', a song originally by French singer Christophe. His third studio album ''Sexuality'' was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk. Like his previous album ''Politics'', Tellier used a single term as title and theme of the album. Tellier's label Record Makers collaborated with retailer American Apparel for an exclusive three month pre-release of the album, whilst American Apparel sold limited edition versions of the ''Sexuality'' CD, LP and "Divine" 7" and 12" single through their North American stores and website. On 7 March 2008, it was announced by Bruno Berberes, head of EBU delegation in France, that Tellier would represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. It was held in Belgrade on 24 May 2008. Tellier sang "Divine". This was the first time in the history of the contest that the nominated French entry was to be performed largely in English, which caused controversy, leading to Tellier pledging to increase the amount of French in the song prior to the competition itself. In total, the entry received 47 points. The album ''Confection'' was released in October 2013. This was partially inspired by the death of Tellier's grandmother. Some of the music on the album was intended to appear on a film soundtrack, but ended up not being used. In an interview with artistxite, Tellier noted: "You can say my grandmother's death as well as this nonexisting soundtrack had an impact on “Confection“. To me this has been a super strange situation. I was full of love for my grandmother and full of dedication to this soundtrack; "Confection" is the result of both of these emotional conditions." In Spring 2014, Tellier performed a medley of tracks from ''Confection'' at the Chanel Haute Couture show at the Grand Palais. Tellier recounts that Karl Lagerfeld invited him to perform, having listened to the album himself. A new album, ''L'Aventura'', is slated for release on . Tellier has said that the album is inspired by Brazil, where the video to its lead single, ''L'Adulte'', is set.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/30/sebastian-tellier-ladulte-new-music )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sébastien Tellier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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