"Du sang de poète dans les veines de SvenSson ? Il est vrai que son nouvel opus Perdition est de ceux qui soulèvent les sens et frappent l'imagination. Tout d'abord la pochette, noire, avec sa gueule pleine poire, et ses yeux fiévreux, comme un revenant, un drogué. Plane l'ombre de Bashung (...) Puis ce titre, "Perdition", planté comme un drapeau pirate, barbarisme pour dire la perte de l'innocence, des illusions, de l'être aimé. Les lieux de perdition où l'on peut s'oublier en glissant vers les bas-fonds. Mais aussi la lutte d'un navire paumé en haute-mer, ballotté par des vagues trop hautes pour lui, mais qui s'énerve et arme ses canons (...) Palpitant d’une superbe matière. Enivrant de chairs. Trépidant de parfums forcenés (…)"
--- by Sylvain Fesson --- ROCK MAG --- France
"SvenSson se démarque par la force de son écriture et de ses textes touffus, par son personnage enfiévré, sa voix habitée, et sa pop sans concession qui récuse toute facilité (...)"
--- by H.M. --- ROCK&FOLK --- France
"La poésie du sombre, voilà ce que SvenSson décompose et recompose, détaille et retaille. Sa syntaxe chirugicale est confondante, quand ses musiques, habillées d'autres champs lexicaux, pourraient être lumineuses. Son rock est anglo-saxon, son verbe profondément français (ce qui n'est pas synonyme de France profonde), et sa Perdition vertigineuse. Ce traitement devrait être administré à tous ceux qui sont malades de Bashung, Experience, et The Cure."
--- by Lara Orsal --- ROCK YOU --- France
"Une pop littéraire et ombrageuse. Un joli petit grain de sable dans les rouages rutilants de la nouvelle chanson française NF"
--- by J.D.Beauvallet --- LES INROCKUPTIBLES --- France
"Avec une élégance sombre, une voix grave et blessée, SvenSson nous rappelle les hivers passés à lutter contre la bourrasque. S'invitent alors, dans nos nuits devenues inquiètes et fragiles, des guitares saisies à pleine paume et des riffs abrasifs où la distorsion tapisse des mélodies en noir et blanc. Sur fond d'anges déçus et de soleils noirs, le toulousain se fait l'entremetteur entre la chanson et la cold-wave avec une plume riche et surréaliste, ose faire fliter la langue française avec un rock brut et glacial(...)"
--- by Arnold Faivre --- FRANCOFANS --- France
"Un soupçon de maniérisme dandy et une sensualité à fleur de peau. Un prince noir du rock français. L’art de faire sonner des textes français sur des mélodies pop et des arrangements entre post-rock et new-wave. Une réussite."
--- by I.D. --- START'UP --- France
"Une rencontre originale entre les chansons litteraires et romantiques de Jean-Louis Murat et le rock melancolique de The Cure"
--- by Stephane Bern --- FRANCE INTER --- France
Influences
SVENSSON LIVE ON STAGE --- "ESCORT BOY"
Recorded live at El Castell Embruixat (St Hippolyte (66), French Catalunya)
SvenSson : voice/guitar /// Emilie C. : violin /// Eugénie U. : cello /// Marc D. : guitar
Sound engineering by Raphaël Tortella
Video by Nathaniel Zoberman, Amcom Studio
Many thanx to Christophe Rouhaut
LIVE IN FRANCE, 2009
TRAILER : "FUCKING SHIT" + "TANZERIN TRINKERIN FICKERIN" + "TOUT L'OR DU MONDE" + "BARELY LEGAL"
LIVE IN AUSTRALIA, 2009
"PERDITION" (Melbourne) & "ETOILE ROUGE" (Adelaide)
DOWNLOAD THE "CYPRINE" ALBUM HERE /// TELECHARGEZ L'ALBUM "CYPRINE" ICI
SVENSSON – FRENCH WAVE AROUND THE WORLD
With the resonant yet fragile voice of a fallen angel, delicate and wild lyrics that flirt with disaster and despair and a Franco-British pop sound that’s working hard to reconcile Serge Gainsbourg, The Cure and Nick Cave, SvenSson has always followed his own unique muse.
Two years ago SvenSson’s album ‘Perdition’ was widely acclaimed both in Australia (with enthusiastic reviews in Melbourne-based daily newspaper The Age and weekly music magazine Beat, along with airplay and interviews on 3RRR, PBS, SBS...) and in France (by the renowned Paris-based cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles, major radio station France Inter and dozens of national music mags, local TV stations and radio shows). And now the Frenchman with the Scandinavian name is ready to return in 2009 with a beautifully sensual new album titled ‘Cyprine’.
SvenSson’s music is cultivated from the influences and atmospheres of Joy Division and Lloyd Cole, as well as the literary flavours of modern french songwriters. And his latest release combines an unrestrained mix of electric outpourings with moments of naked grace…
There’s the curious singalong that is the contentiously-title ‘Fucking Shit’, already a hit on Australian airwaves. Or the ‘Initials P.J.’ mash-up – an eclectic mix of Serge Gainsbourg’s ‘Initials B.B.’ tribute to Brigitte Bardot and Nick Cave & PJ Harvey’s ‘Henry Lee’ ballad. Not to mention ‘Gô/Nô-Gô’ a classy pop-rock single that’s already garnering airplay on major French and Swiss radios such including Virgin Radio and Couleur 3. Both songs have also been chosen for the Japanese Ward/iTunes compilation ‘French Pops 50’. In short, Svensson’s new album is a collection of pure ‘so french’ pop jewels.
In concert, either in smoky pub cellars or under the bright lights of big stages, the young alchemist from Toulouse is joined by folk guitars, violin and ‘cellobass’. And he always gives it his all. This baroque folk quartet played over 100 gigs in France, Australia and Denmark on the ‘Better Days’ and ‘Perdition’ tours, sharing unplugged gigs with some of the most illustrious representatives of the French scene, including Miossec, Daniel Darc, Da Silva, Prohom, Nicholson, Verone and Miro. Not to mention renowned American acts such as Andrew Bird, The National and The Posies.
SvenSson and his inspired band members – who now also play piano, stomp box, and guitar effects on stage – are on the road again in 2009 on the ‘Cyprine World Tour’, a much-anticipated event in Australia and France. More gigs are expected early 2010 in Japan, Canada, Portugal, France again, and throughout western and eastern Europe. And who knows how many other countries will fall under the spell of SvenSson’s stylish French wave pop tunes?
And for all non-French people who are wondering exactly what ‘Cyprine’ means? Well all you have to do is ask. You won’t be disappointed…
Francophiles take note. This French fellow with a Scandinavian name leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of lyrical excellence. Why else entitle a song Fucking Shit? In said song, these are the only two English words he sings. It’s a brilliant move, Svensson aims for that elusive place just south of heaven, but just north of the gutter. Somehow he manages to occupy that space and seems content doing so.
It’s hard to beat such a beginning, but what does the loon do? He gets the musical blender and mixes Nick Cave's Henry Lee with Gainsbourg's Initials B. B. And, without a hint of irony, names the song Initials P. J. Such a recipe is so bleeding obvious that you begin to think that he is becoming a little too clever for his own good. But in a completely daft and endearing way.
He rights everything by singing lovely French lyrics; so much so that he comes across all angelic. A good clean fellow with clever punchlines. Then you receive a forearm jolt when you realize the songs are Dick Street and Barely Legal. But the sturdy arrangements and songwriting pull these songs along nicely. Svensson is helped by a strong desire to tell his own stories, his way. It’s like music to listen to after a trauma, but the sense of conviction elevates Svensson from the realms of a pretend tramp.
L'Ardeur floats past in the blink of an eye like some sophisticated disco folly, before he returns with some extra sleazy form on Dalton Ames. "Fucked up" he sighs as the weight bears down on him, saving a potential ragbag by the strength of what is on offer. His warm, dreamy voice delivers some civilised classics. Albeit with a bleak disposition enough to will you recognise that there is a heaven, because the earth is shit. Sung with Gallic indifference it is entrancing, suggesting a little more happiness than the land of loss normally allows.
A grubby intelligence pervades songs such as Brumes and Traverse Moi, which reward closer listening. Stripped of sonic wizardry, as it is, the languid vocal alone proves hypnotising.
by Bronius Zemeris --- BEAT --- Melbourne/Australia --- April 2009
"How did France's new legion of brooding chansonniers get out of the maison before MySpace? The musicians' end of the online social labyrinth is awash with French troubadours who cite the literate likes of Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Jacques Brel in their "influences" column. Toulouse singer-songwriter SvensSon infiltrated Australia by clicking mice with simpatico locals Jo Meares and Chuck Jenkins, and plays his first handful of gigs in Melbourne next week. While a passing acquaintance with the French language can only aid empathy with his urgent, close-miked murmur, the darkly overcast weather of his second album needs no translation. There are shades of Joy Division's restrained panic in the rhythmic electric rumble of Partout, O and Vienne, and the indie bookshop gloom of the '80s raincoat movement permeates the acoustic tracks like Lloyd Cole's aftershave. The ominous interplay of cello and violin is a recurring delight, especially on the panoramic title track and the mysterious Japanese travelogue, Roppongi. Whatever F--ing Shit is about, it's hard not to join in the chorus."
--- by Michael Dwyer --- THE AGE --- Melbourne / Australia
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Pictures by Pierre Ricci, Jean-Roch Mialet, Olivier Humeau, R-X, Dafiid, Marc Denis, Renaud Marquié, Guillaume Carayol, Benoit Chatelain, Agnes Dautraix, Laurent Hue, and Stefane Henriques --- All rights reserved
Lundi 2 novembre dès 20h30, Grosse Caisse T.V. retransmet en direct sur son site internet - www.grosse-caisse.com - via webcam, le concert & l'interview de WATINE depuis son domicile.
D'autres artistes participeront également à la soirée : + Eleanor L. Vault + L.O.L.I.T.O + Isidore Gyr + Arnaud Delannoy
Vous pourrez vous-même intervenir directement sur le site www.grosse-caisse.com et réagir par l'intermédiaire du Chat !!
Bonjour à tous ! Alice K sort son premier album puzzle ! Venez l’écouter sur fairtrade-music.com et aussi sur mon myspace. Vous pourrez retrouver l’album en vente sur CDmail.
FLIP OUT FESTIVAL & RECORD FAIR 2009 SYD: SATURDAY 29TH AUG AT THE MANNING BAR MELB: SATURDAY 5TH SEPT AT THE CORNER HOTEL
Aarght! Records and Stained Circles are proud to present the Melbourne return and Sydney debut of Flip Out - a HUGE day and night of live entertainment taking over the Manning Bar at Sydney University on Saturday 29th August and Melbourne's Corner Hotel on Saturday 5th September.
With an incredible lineup over two stages, a Record Fair, Mega Merch Market, BBQ and more - this is not to be missed!
Syd 2nd Announcement: Goodnight Loving (USA), Ooga Boogas, Naked on the Vague, The Stabs, Super Wild Horses, Deaf Wish, Zond
Melb 2nd Announcement: Goodnight Loving (USA), Super Wild Horses, The Native Cats, Dick Diver, The Twerps, Teen Archer, The Repairs
FULL SYDNEY LINEUP: EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING PINK REASON (USA) GOODNIGHT LOVING (USA) JAMES ARTHUR'S MANHUNT (USA) OOGA BOOGAS NAKED ON THE VAGUE THE UV RACE THE STABS SUPER WILD HORSES SLUG GUTS DEAF WISH ROYAL HEADACHE ZOND Tickets are $40 plus booking fee available from www.oztix.com.au Ph 1300 762 545, www.manningbar.com Ph 9563 6000 and www.qjump.com.au
FULL MELBOURNE LINEUP: PINK REASON (USA) GOODNIGHT LOVING (USA) JAMES ARTHUR'S MANHUNT (USA) OOGA BOOGAS NAKED ON THE VAGUE SUPER WILD HORSES SLUG GUTS THE DISBELIEVERS THE NATIVE CATS DICK DIVER THE TWERPS TEEN ARCHER REPAIRS Melbourne Tickets are $35 plus booking fee available from Corner Hotel Box Office Ph 9427 9198, Missing Link, Polyester and online at www.cornerhotel.com
More info available at: www.myspace.com/flipoutfestival
Gatsby, l'invité musical de l'émission "Le RenDez-Vous" sur France Culture. Jeudi 2 juillet 2009 /// 19h15-20h En public et en direct du Festival Montpellier Danse.
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