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Daran - Le Petit Peuple du bitume
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Daran is a French singer and composer, born on April 4, 1959 in Turin, Italy.
Jean-Jacques Daran is the author of the “Dormir Dehors” hit released in 1995. Daran is the author of eight albums in 22 years (1992 to 2014). A first opus, “J’évite le soleil” appeared in 1992. It is marked by rock / blues influences. His second album, “Huit Barré”, propelled him to the front of the stage in 1995, thanks to the “Dormir Dehors” hit. In 1997 released “Déménagé”, co-directed by Yarol Poupaud (ex-FFF), and the album is a success, the group having a growing crowd of fans. In 2000 an acoustic album, “Augustin & Anita”, recorded in an old cinema, was released in the conditions of live. In 2003, “Pêcheur de pierres”, an album written mainly by Pierre-Yves Lebert, a longtime friend. Until then, Daran had composed only texts by Alana Filippi.
On stage, the group has evolved over the years to find, from 2004 to 2010, a formation composed of Jean Daniel Glorioso on drums, Erik Fostinelli on bass, which Daran knows well since it participates in his albums since Moved , Franck Terranova on keyboards and guitar, and Stéphane Terranova on guitar.
2006, marks the year of contributions. He is a composer and director on numerous projects: Johnny Hallyday, Florent Pagny, Maurane, Sylvie Vartan and Michel Sardou.
The next album, “Le petit peuple du bitume”, released in 2007, is once more against the current. A concept close to those of the 1970s, album composed as a single title of 55 minutes. Majestic atmospheres and endless solos. Sure, Daran was raised to the Pink Floyd and other groups of that period when nothing was pre-formatted. The texts include Pierre-Yves Lebert, Christophe Miossec and Didier Balducci. A year after the release of the album, new "Daran Awards" are organized.
In the summer of 2008, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Francofolies de Spa, a white card is proposed to Daran. On stage Pierre Rapsat, in front of 10,000 people, he invited among others MC Solaar, Stanislas, Maurane, Steeve Estatof, comedian Kad Merad, and Calogero.
On June 1st 2011, Kad Merad's first film, “Monsieur Papa”, was released in France, whose original soundtrack was composed by Daran. For the first time, it is the occasion to sing texts in English, written by his old traveling companion Pierre-Yves Lebert.
At the beginning of 2012, finally released, 5 years after “Le petit peuple du bitume”, “l’homme dont les bras sont des branches”, after a tour of several months throughout Quebec, album nicknamed HDBB, undoubtedly in reference to his previous album, Known as PPDB. The album is recorded, along with Augustin & Anita, under the conditions of live, with the musicians who accompanied him throughout the tour, namely, André Papanicolaou on guitar, Guillaume Chartrain on bass and Marc Chartrain on drums.
Daran unveils on June 4 2014, on its Facebook page, the name of the next album, whose release is scheduled for October 14, 2014 in Quebec and early November in Europe: “Le monde perdu”.
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