Etienne Daho

   
Artist: Etienne Daho

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Reevolution

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


   
 Dans la peau de Daho (cd3)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 19


   
 Corps et Armes

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 11


   
 Singles

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 20


   
 Eden

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 12


   
 Paris Ailleurs

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 11


   
 Pour Nos Vies Martiennes

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 11


   
 Collection

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 11


   
 Pop Satori

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 12


   
 La Notte la Notte

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 10


   
 Mythomane

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 10

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Combining West Coast-style surf pop, Velvet Underground-like urban rock, and the romanticism of French isaac M. Singer Françoise Hardy, Algerian-born singer/songwriter Etienne Daho has taken the European stone scene by storm. His albums have systematically certified for gold or platinum condition and his songs have been recorded by such artists as Mercedes Audras and Arnold Turboust. His résumé 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 logos of a French soldier father and a apothecary mother, Daho was raised by grandparents world Health Organization operated a semi-bar/semi-grocery during the War of Algeria. Recordings of Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy, on a jukebox, divine Daho to dream of becoming a isaac Bashevis 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 artwork rock 'n' roll of David Bowie, Roxy Music, and the Velvet Underground. Visiting London for the first gear clock time in 1966, he became soft on of the British city's flourishing music scene.


Returning to Rennes, Daho worked as a dorm room 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 bucked up him to continue authorship and telling, while Marquis de Sade lead guitarist Frank Darcel took him under his wing, helping him to find out the intricacies of musical professionalism. When Daho made his phase debut at the rock festival Transmusicales in June 1979, Darcel and other members of Marquis de Sade accompanied him. After cathartic an independent single, "Cowboy," Daho gestural with Virgin France. His 1980 debut album, Mythomane, produced by Jacno and featuring Marquis de Sade musicians, was certified amber a tenner after its release.


Playacting in Rennes clubs with French singer Arnold Turboust, Daho began to attract attention. Receiving some radio receiver airplay with his singles "The Big Sleep" and "To Leave This Evening," he released his moment album, La Notte la Notte, featuring the hit single "Weekend in Rome." Although it showed hints of a promising future, its gross sales paled side by side to those of Daho's succeeding sack, Rain cats and dogs Nos Vies Martiennes, which was certified amber (with gross sales of more than century,000 copies) on the day it was released in June 1988. The achiever continued with 1989's Live ED, which sold more than 250,000 copies.


In 1991 he recorded his fifth album, Paris Ailleurs, a protection to the Motown and Stax labels. Pre-release orders of the album were so strong that the album was certifiable gold in front it was released and attained atomic number 78 status with sales of more than D,000 copies. Four days by and by he was on the charts with a cover of Edith Piaf's "Mon Manège 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 sooner albums with the going of Eden in 1996. Corps et Armes appeared in 2000 and was followed trey long time later by Reevolution.


Daho has always sought new avenues for his creativity. He appeared in Olivier Assayas' movie Dirorder, and standard a European television laurels for his 1987 video "Tattoo Shoulder." In plus 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. Françoise Hardy has remained a major influence on Daho's music. In 1986, Daho joined with Jerome Soligny to spell a life of the French vocalizer, Superstar and Hermit.