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Émilie Simon
Émilie Simon, Octogone, 2004
Émilie Simon, Octogone, 2004
Background information
Born July 17, 1978
Origin Montpellier, France
Genre(s) Electronic
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, composer
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Universal (2003–present)
Milan (US only)
Website EmilieSimon.com

Émilie Simon, born in Montpellier in 1978, is a French singer and composer of electronic music. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Montpellier ( Occitan Montpelhièr) is a City in the south of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Milan Records is a Record label located in Sherman Oaks California specializing in Film scores and Soundtrack albums Montpellier ( Occitan Montpelhièr) is a City in the south of France. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production

Contents

Biography

Establishment

Émilie Simon, the daughter of a sound engineer, grew up in Montpellier, France. Montpellier ( Occitan Montpelhièr) is a City in the south of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. She studied lyric singing at a Conservatoire for seven years before studying ancient music at the Sorbonne and later electronic music at the IRCAM; she tried her hand at jazz and rock until finally turning herself towards electronic music. A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire ( French, but used in British English) &mdash IRCAM ( Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) is a European institute for Science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. She concluded her advanced studies, obtaining her DEA in contemporary music.

Émilie Simon is a multidisciplinary artist; writing, composing and singing in all of her albums. She is also familiar with recording equipment, often adding her personal touch into arrangements and production. She programs and edits the sound effects in most of her songs. The now soon to be married artist kept her engagement to John Santiago a secret as recently unveiled this August 2007. Emilie Simon continues to expand her fame throughout the nation.

Music

Émilie Simon

In May 2003, she released her debut album Émilie Simon. Émilie Simon is the debut album of Émilie Simon. The album was a financial and critical success winning a Victoire de la musique in 2004 for Best The electronic album was critically acclaimed and went on to become a commercial success. To promote her album, she did numerous live performances and TV appearances all over France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In 2004, she was rewarded with a Victoire de la musique in the 'Electronic Album' category for the album. Victoires de la musique ( Music's Victories) is an annual French award ceremony that recognises the best singers of the year

Two music videos were made to promote Émilie Simon for the songs “Désert” and “Flowers”. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics “ Désert ” is Émilie Simon 's debut single released in October 2002 The English version of “Désert” had an identical music video to the French version. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Émilie Simon was also re-released in certain parts of the world with additional tracks. Despite having been released for over 3 years, the album was still charting in the French mid-price album charts in late January 2007. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

More recently, Émilie Simon has begun performing and releasing CDs in the United States. Her first U. S. release, The Flower Book, came out November 2006. The Flower Book is a Compilation album by the French singer/songwriter Émilie Simon. The release was followed by a brief tour to New York and Los Angeles. In April 2007 Émilie released her second recording in the United States, The March of the Empress.

La Marche de l’empereur

Wishing to orient her second album towards a more wintry or polar setting, she proceeded to record sounds which relate to coldness such as the sounds of smashing ice and footsteps in the snow. Coincidentally, in the midst of her search for sounds for the album, she was contacted by producer Luc Jacquet to compose the original soundtrack for his documentary film La Marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins in English), concerning the migration of emperor penguins during their annual migration. Luc Jacquet (* December 5 1967 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French Film director from Paris. March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful The Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living Penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.

The film came out in France at the beginning of 2005, featuring a soundtrack by Emilie Simon that was also released by Universal Music as her second album. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. In 2006 she won the Victoire de la musique in the “Film Soundtrack” category and was nominated for a César Award for the best film music composition. Victoires de la musique ( Music's Victories) is an annual French award ceremony that recognises the best singers of the year The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. It should be noted however that the version of March of the Penguins that was released in the United States and in English Canada used a more traditional documentary soundtrack scored by Alex Wurman, the local producers fearing that the Émilie Simon soundtrack would be too challenging for North American viewers (the only cinemas in North America to screen the film with the Émilie Simon soundtrack were those of the French circuit in the province of Quebec). March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful English Canada is a term used to describe one of the following English Canadians a term usually meaning English-speaking Canadians as opposed to Alex Wurman, (born October 5[[ 966]] is a Composer hailing from Chicago. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The Canadian DVD version of the film offers both the French version with Émilie Simon's soundtrack and the American version with that of Alex Wurman.

Végétal

In 2006, Émilie Simon released her third album, Végétal, in which she uses the sounds of plants; as hinted by the name. Végétal is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Émilie Simon. The lyrics play with words, always relating to flora. In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all The album also contains more elements of rock music. This comes forward in some of the more lively tracks, such as “Fleur de saison”, where she plays an electric guitar. The sound remains nonetheless that of electronic music while her voice maintains its candor, softness, and beauty. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production

A music video has been aired for the first single “Fleur de saison”, the second one called “Dame de Lotus” has also been already aired. The album utilizes OpenDisc technology which enables access to special content such as songs and music videos on her official website. The OpenDisc project offers a selection of high quality Open source software on a disc for Microsoft Windows users Végétal is her only album to have more than one cover image. Végétal is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Émilie Simon. Currently, three separate covers exist for the album.

The Flower Book

In late 2006, she released The Flower Book in the USA (April 2007 in Canada), a compilation album of her first three records, with some added material from her short international tour which included stops in New York and Los Angeles. The Flower Book is a Compilation album by the French singer/songwriter Émilie Simon. She also used MySpace to convey messages to fans. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Furthermore, “Désert” was released in vinyl in the US. The track “Rose hybride de thé”, originally from Végétal, will officially be the first single release intended for US audiences. Végétal is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Émilie Simon.

À l’Olympia

On March 5, 2007, Émilie Simon released her first live album, titled À l’Olympia. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The set exists as a sole CD or DVD, and contains live footage from a concert recorded on September 19, 2006. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Songs from all of three of her albums are present in the recording.

Live at the Paleo Festival, 23 July 2004.
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The March of the Empress

As a follow-up to Émilie's debut U. S. release, The Flower Book, The March of the Empress (La Marche de l'empereur) was released April 3, 2007. The Flower Book is a Compilation album by the French singer/songwriter Émilie Simon. La Marche de L'Empereur is the original soundtrack to the film March of the Penguins (for the original French version March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Written as the original score to the European version of March of the Penguins, Émilie's full recordings were never released in the United States. March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful

Concerts

During her stage performances, she performs alongside IRCAM’s Cyrille Brissot who directs the program and Medhi Parisot on the guitar. IRCAM ( Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) is a European institute for Science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical

On July 1, 2005, at the Eurockéennes of Belfort, she gave a live concert with the participation of Synfonietta de Belfort and the Lyon percussion group. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Eurockéennes de Belfort is one of France 's largest rock Music festivals The Eurockéennes (a wordplay involving the words rock and She worked with both of these ensembles again in a second concert, January 19, 2006 at Le Grand Rex in Paris. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Le Grand Rex is an old and famous theatre for movies and concerts in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

She then toured with Placebo, doing the first part of their tour from 29 September 2006 until the 4th December 2006. Placebo are an Alternative rock band formed in London in 1994 currently comprising Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. She has also done numerous concerts abroad, in Germany, Australia and the U.S.. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Discography

Albums

Singles

EP

Prizes and Nominations

Victoires de la musique

Nominations

References

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External links

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