THE SPRING COLLECTION featuring SEBASTIEN TELLIER - HOSTED BY ANDY VOTEL

Event information

The French Disconnection is a new festival of French music in London, aiming to right the wrongs in our perception of French music - ie it's all either
a/ fromage like MC Solaar or
b/ poubelle like Johnny Halliday
and bring us some merde-chaud bands while they're at it.

It is also the first festival delivered in seasonal collections! The opening night, the *Spring Collection* if you will, will take place on Sat May 27th at Luminaire in London, and will be hosted by Andy Votel! It will feature Sebastien Tellier and Jean-Claude Vannier.

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SEBASTIEN TELLIER
You'll already know about, unless you've had your head up your derriere - the multitalented Parisian wunderkind (hang on a minute...) just back from phenomenal performances on tour with Royksopp and currently kicking up a critical storm with his album 'Politics', and second single 'Broadway'.

JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER
"Vannier scored the arrangements to Serge Gainsbourg's 1971 classic 'Histoire de Melody Nelson' before recording this; 'The Child Assassin of the Flies'. Judging by his intense psych-funk-choral vision, he is the 'French David Axelrod', albeit Axelrod in an insane asylum. Bells ring, people mumble and yes, flies buzz, while the music's dizzy extremity recalls such European astro-travellers as Aphrodite's Child. 4/5" Q Magazine (Feb 2005)
"This kind of record could not be made today: who would pay for this brilliant suite of instrumental concrete madness?" Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth)
"This is one of those records that you really can't believe whilst you're listening to it; maybe someone spiked your drink? Or maybe you are actually dreaming, it doesn't really exist? So you put it on again just to check, pinching yourself to make sure. Yep, here it comes again - insane guitar? Check, unhinged orchestra? Check, demented choir? Check. Haunted by the ghost of Gainsbourg this record is real, you really need it in your life." Jarvis Cocker
"J.C.V is a f*****g genius! To have that vision for originality, experimentation & soul at a time when technology was so limited is incredible... Thank f**k for people like FINDERS KEEPERS who have the lust & passion to track these esoteric works down & make them available to the general public... Go seek!!!" David Holmes

More details on www.thefrenchdisconnection.com