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Psychedelic Rock
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Arielle Burgelin
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Arielle Burgelin was born in the early 1960s in the Pyrenees of Ariège.
She tried her hand at modeling for a few years and posed for the greatest photographers, including William Klein and Helmut Newton. Not very passionate about this field, she stopped all activities to devote herself to the studies of psychology, astrology and dramatic art. At the same time, she wrote a few songs and texts. A lyricist, Pierre Grillet, made her record a single in 1989, "Ste Thérèse d'Avila", but without success. It was then that Arielle met the journalist Jean-Michel Gravier with whom a fruitful collaboration was born. A few years later, in 1994, he released a first self-produced album, "Juste pour la force", which sold 500 copies. But Jean-Michel Gravier died of AIDS before he could listen to the final result. A singing tour was organized in the following months. Arielle's personality, her voice, her raw and dreamy lyrics seduced the critics but the public didn't get hooked.
In 1996, the singer released a second album, "Toute une vie à une", still in the same sophisticated vein. With a deep and sensual voice, she tells about herself, about her journeys, inside and far away. Author of all the lyrics, Arielle let many friends put them to music: Philippe Pankione, Olivier Libaux, Jérôme Rousseaux (ex-Objets), Jean-Philippe Nataf (les Innocents), Étienne Charry (ex-Oui Oui), the group l'Attirail, all produced by Matthieu Ballet, also ex-Oui Oui. A few concerts under her belt, but still no great public recognition for this artist who doesn't resemble any of her colleagues.
On her third album, "Mortelle", released in 1999, Arielle poses naked, lying in profile in the snow. Having an ethereal, almost unreal image of a singer, she wanted to show that she was a woman of flesh, like all the others, and not a cold and abstract character. This young mystical woman, who gives a great place to prayer, does not hide her taste for pleasure.
For this new opus, she has hired a team with a great track record: Ian Caple (Bashung, Tindersticks) on mixing, musicians Angelo Bruschini (Massive Attack) and Steve Nieve (Elvis Costello, Alain Chamfort). But we also find the name of Matthieu Ballet, where the album is recorded. To shoot the video clip of the track "Je suis si mince", she called on Gaspar Noé, a singular filmmaker whose films are unlike anything else and do not fail to challenge or even shake the audience. Naturally, the singer finds herself in these unusual paths.
In the spring of 2000, Arielle toured throughout France and stopped for a week at the Déchargeurs in Paris in March. On July 9, she performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland for a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg. Surrounded by many artists, Alain Chamfort, Jane Birkin, Miossec, Ute Lemper, Salif Keita and Jacques Higelin, she chose to sing three songs, "Ces petits rien", "Manon" and "Maxim's" that she says she has been singing since she was a child.
The following year, her fourth album "Imbécile heureuse" was released. The production was entrusted to Ali Staton (Tricky, Deus) and the mixing to David Corcos (Beastie Boys) but her ex-Pygmalion Matthieu Ballet, is no longer part of the cast. Arielle admits that this is one of the reasons why she shows a less dark profile. However, the music of Cape Verde has inspired the singer and she finds in the mornas dear to Cesaria Evora, the melancholy that inhabits her. Three pieces are signed by Teofilo Chantre and one, Manoel de Novas. Arielle also worked with Dominique A to write a song that she says is autobiographical, "l'Idiot du village".
The singer performed at the Européen, a Parisian venue, on November 15, 16 and 17, 2001 and presented her latest album.
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