Black Desire

Noir Desire is a group of French Rock resulting from the scene of Bordeaux and formed in the Années 1980. The charismatic singer, Bertrand Cantat, one are impassioned of letters, which is found through its texts. The other members of the group are Serge Teyssot-Gay with the Guitare, Denis Barthe with the battery and Frederic Vidalenc (replaced in 1996 by Jean-Paul Roy) with the low . The career of Black Desire embraced more than 20 years and saw its apogee in the Années 1990. The music and the words of this committed group translate a sharp and impassioned energy.

History of the group

Bertrand Cantat and Serge Teyssot-Gay, both in the same class of second to the Saint-Genoa college with Bordeaux in 1980, decides to play together, Denis Barthe joined them later a few months. The initial training of the group is supplemented by the first bass player, Vincent Leriche.

In 1982, this last as Serge Teyssot-Gay leave the group in order to found the duet B.A.M. , Frederic Vidalenc, member of Dernier Subway , then joined the group as a bass player, Luc Robene fascinating, as for him, the place of guitarist. Bertrand Cantat also leaves the group (which is written Noirs Desires then) in 1983, but returns six months later, after being replaced by Emmanuel Ory-Weil, which will become the official manager of the group. Sergio returns in 1985 and the formation will remain stable during ten years.

At the beginnings of the group, Bertrand Cantat posts clearly her passion for Jim Morrison, singer of the group The Doors while raising pants of leathers and collars Indian. This influence is even more obvious in the scenic services of the singer who will be often inspired by his mentor in his escapades.

The first album of the group appears in 1987, it acts of a mini album produced by Théo Hakola, singer of the group Passion Fodder . The album are entitled Where do you want that I r' guard? . Success comes with the following album, Please return the heart (to which it belongs) , and its tube to the Dark heroes of the land-mark radiophonic real success that the group assumes badly (the title returns even in the Top 50), refusing to be catalogued like groups for “the 50 year old housewife”. Bertrand Cantat, a few years later, will entrust her irritation as for the success of this song, which was not included/understood with its right value, much of people not having included/understood the double direction of the song (“These people had included/understood only the second degree of the text of the Dark heroes of the land-mark, they took that for a sea shanty, a trick with the Pogues, without more… ”). Their two albums according to, Of cement under the plains and Tostaky , cultivate a blackness which rather attaches them to a mobility underground (due to very purified sonorities and deeply rock'n'roll of the album Tostaky ). The group builds the essence of its success on scene, with in particular the round which will be recorded on Dies Irae and after which Bertrand Cantat will have to be made operate first once of the vocal cords following the many howls that it éructe on the major part of the songs. Serious artistic dissensions appear then within the group bringing to the successive departures of Frederic Vidalenc (replaced by Jean Paul Roy) and of the manager Jean-Marc Gouaux (ex to manage Silens Camera groups punk of Bordeaux, places from there since 2002).

In 1997, the group reconsiders the front of the scene with 666.667 Club which, without disavowing its rock'n'roll without concession offers to him a second great media success with in particular the titles One day in France or the Man in a hurry . The group assumes better its fame which enables him to defend at the same time of the associative causes, and does not move away it for all that of their public. The round which follows also concludes for the singer… by a new operation from the vocal cords. However, maturity helping, Noir Desire open at other horizons, by initially publishing an album of remixes, One Trip/One Noise , then its last album studio to date, Of the Faces, Figures . This opus comprises, like its predecessors, of many guests: Nicolas Sansano, Akosh Szelevényi, Manu Chao, Romain Humeau, Bob Coke, and Brigitte Fontaine (and during the following round, the group will be joined full-time by Christophe Perruchi with the keyboards). Forsaking the very electric sound of the two preceding albums for softer and mélodieuses tonalities, work is greeted by the whole of criticism, and the public follows this new orientation massively: individual the the wind will carry us is classified number three in France.

Beyond the evolution of its musical style, Noir Desire remains characterized by worked texts, written by Bertrand Cantat, where homophonies mix, of very many puns and pastiches to form a poetic prose of a very particular richness and a force, often thanks to the Parlé/sung.

Black Desire, a militant group

Noir Désir is also a militant group against the capitalist Mondialisation ( The Holy Economic War , the Man in a hurry , Europe ) and against the Fascisme ( Here It Comes Slowly , One day in France ).

At the time of the ceremony of the Victories of the music, Bertrand Cantat is illustrated by fustigating Jean-Marie Messier, then president of Vivendi Universal, distributer and producer of Black Desire. “We live on same planet, but we are definitely not same world” it declared, at the sides of Jean-Luc Delarue, suddenly disorientated presenter. The group also took part in several caritative concerts and the events of April 2002.

A group far from the end

On Monday, March 29 2004, Bertrand Cantat is condemned by the firm court of Vilnius to eight years of prison for the manslaughter on Marie Trintignant to Vilnius the night from July 26th to 27th 2003. Two years after the drama, the group finalizes nevertheless a project started in 2002 by publishing double CD, Noir Desire in public , and a double DVD, Noir Desire in images , resulting from its last round. The two albums reach the first places of the classifications of sale during several weeks, the DVD carried out by Don Kent gains as for him the musical DVD of the year to the Victoires of the music 2006.

At the end of 2005, the group (without Bertrand Cantat) works on the BO of the film Enfermés outside (left the April 5th 2006), of Albert Dupontel. The titles 7 minutes , Forgotten and On the way for the joy , resulting from the repertory of the group, are also reproduced on theoriginal one of film.

In October 2005, the members of the group entrust in a musical magazine the possibility of bringing out an album in the years to come, at the coming out of prison of Bertrand Cantat. By leaving all the same a flat on the fact of remaking scene. By contract, they must indeed still carry out an album with their recording company Barclay (Universal Music).

On May 25th, 26th and 27th 2006, association “the Wild boars is released” and ND Music, organizes the Appointments of New Grounds, a festival of music and meetings citizens. The beater Denis Barthe and the bass player Frederic Vidalenc rejoué for the first time, together, on scene, and since the separation of Black Desire, at the time of this festival. The 2nd edition of the festival takes place October 10th and 11th 2007.

Discography

Albums

Individual

Various recoveries and collaborations

  • 1987 : resumption of Sick off You of the Stooges in concert.

  • 1988: resumption of Working Class Hero of John Lennon in concert.
  • 1989: resumption of Drunken Sailors (traditional) and Helter Skelter of the Beatles in concert. See compilation On the way for the joy
  • 1991: resumption of The Chameleon of the Australian group The Saints on the album Of cement under the plains
  • 1991: resumption of Gloria of Them in concert.
  • 1992: resumption of Johnny anger of the group of Rennes Naked the on the album Tostaky
  • 1993: resumption of Born To Be Wild of Steppenwolf in concert.
  • 1994: resumptions of Long Time Man of Nick Undermines and of I Want You (She' S So Heavy) of the Beatles on the album live Dies Irae
  • 1996: creation of Over there for the original soundtrack of the film Bernie of Albert Dupontel
  • 1998: resumption of '' These people-there '' of Jacques Brel on With the following (S) (compilation homage)
  • 1999: resumption of Working Class Hero of John Lennon with Akosh Szelevényi on Freedom of circulation (compilation for the Gisti: Group Information and of Support of the Immigrants)
  • 2000: creation of Iditenté with the Pig-headeds on their album Scrapes hair
  • 2000: voluntary resumption of with Alain Bashung on his best-of Climax
  • 2001: resumption of the King of Georges Brassens on Birds of passage (compilation homage)
  • 2001: resumption of (a) Baby Bang Bang with Brigitte Fontaine on her album Kékéland
  • 2002: begun again My Wild Coils Doors into live.
  • 2003: creation of the music for the text Of the weapons of Léo Shoed on With Léo (compilation homage). This title was already present on their album Of the faces of the figures . In this last, the group collaborated with Manu Chao, in particular for the title " Wind us portera".
  • 2005: resumption of 21st Century Schizoid Man of King Crimson on the album live Black Desire in public .
Bertrand Cantat sang Fire Spirit Gun Club and The Partisan of Leonard Cohen with 16 Horsepower. It also made a duet entitled Twelve dreams ( Daouzek huñvre ) with the Breton singer Denez Prigent on its album Irvi . It took part in the disc of Giorgio Canali 1000 Vietnam like with the recordings of the saxophonist Free jazz Akosh S.

In 1993, it appears, like Serge Teyssot-Gay, on the album Hunger off has Thin Man Theo Hakola. It also took part in 1995, with Frederic Vidalenc, with the album No Taken again of the group California N has Subtle Plague.

In 2006 Denis Barthe and Jean-Paul Roy record with Olivia Ruiz a resumption of Putain of you of Georges Brassens, present on the compilation of the same name.

There homages to Noir Desire of which Lazy by Negative Type O or Where do want you exist some recoveries that I r' guard? by Theo Hakola under the title Where C you want to me to look? . Doc Gynéco left in 2006 a version rap the Man in a hurry , while Métal Urbain proposed a punk version of it (in no-claims bonus on the limited edition of the album I will shit in your vomit ). Eiffel carried out a version of the Sectional views in its album the closed Eyes .

Musical influences

Noir Désir was influenced by The Saints (begun again The Chameleon ), The Beatles (begun again I Want You , Helter Skelter and Working Class Hero ), Strychnine, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, The Velvet Underground (" White Light/White Heat "), The Gun Club, MC5, Mano Negra, The Doors (begun again My Wild Coils ), The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols, The Cure, Joy Division, King Crimson (begun again 21st Century Schizoïd Man ) then Sonic Youth and Fugazi. However one can note more distant influences but very present in the work of the group like Nick Cave (begun again Long Time Man ), John Lennon, Georges Brassens (begun again the King ), Léo Ferré (rerise of the poem Of the weapons ), Serge Gainsbourg (begun again Small Papers ), Naked the (begun again Johny Colère ) or Jacques Brel (begun again These people-there).

Noir Désir influenced groups like Black Maria, Déportivo, Dionysos, Eiffel, Louise Attaque, Luke, Mickey 3D, Saez as well as a large part of the new alternate scene of the French rock'n'roll.

Serge Teyssot-Gay is him very carried on the Noise rock'n'roll, appreciating particularly groups like The Jesus Lizard, Shellac (he played besides with its Free Zone group in first part of the French round of Shellac) or the solo projects of the guitarist of Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo.

Literary influences

In its work the Crucible of naked the , Candice Isolated note various influences literary from Black Desire such as Jacques Prévert ( Where you want that I r' guard and If nothing moves ); Edgar Allan Poe ( the Rage , clip of To the dark heroes of the land-mark ); Gerard de Nerval ( the Rage ) Vladimir Maïakovski ( With the back of the taxis ); Lautréamont ( the Sectional views ); Marquis of Sade ( Bouquet of nerves ), Paul Verlaine ( With the dark heroes of the land-mark ), Lewis Caroll ( Alice ), Aragon ( Where you want that I r' guard ), Mallarmé, Apollinaire, Shakespeare ( Bouquet of nerves ), the Greek Mythologie ( Its style 2 ).

Others notice influences of Charles Baudelaire; the poetry of Jim Morrison ( Lola ); Vladimir Nabokov (" Lolita") ; Paul Éluard ( One day in France ); the poetry of Léo Shoed; Arthur Rimbaud ; Attila József, etc

Cinematographic influences

the blue Angel in the songs Lola and Marlène .

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