Laurent Voulzy , born Lucien Voulzy the December 18th 1948 with Paris in the 18th, is a French singer and type-setter. " Having been born in Paris, although manufactured in Guadeloupe, I knew this island at the age of thirty-five years. I lived it by procuration by listening to the stories which told me my mother or of the friends guadeloupéens". It grows with Nogent-sur-Marne, close to Paris, where it will make its first " concerts" at the house of young people.

Sometimes one compares it with Paul McCartney, it is an absolute fan of the Beatles although he acknowledges influences which go from Brazil to the techno.

His/her mother was singer and dancer. Musicalement, it makes beginnings stammering in Hellences with the Robson brothers. Then, he becomes the leader of the group the Venus Temple and begins a career solo which has evil to take off. Influenced by pop English of the Beatles, Shadows and Stones, then guitarist and leader of Pascal Danel between 1969 and 1974, he is then noticed for his work of composition with Alain Souchon but it is with " Rockollection ", enormous tube, which it bursts at the great day at the summer 1977.

It then cumulates the careers of type-setter for Souchon, with a number of tubes impressing (" Bidon" , " Hello mom bobo" , " Never content" , " Bagad de Lann-Bihoué" , " Dad mambo" , " Y' has of the rumba in the air" , " The Ballade of Jim" , and of many others still), and singer, in songs with success whose words are signed of Souchon (" Desire désir" (in duet with Veronique Jannot), " The Dream of the pêcheur" , " Nights without Kim Wilde " , " Paradoxical système" , " My Song off You" , " Karin Redinger" , " Capacity of the fleurs" , " Bopper in larmes" , " The sun donne" , etc). Belle-Île-en-Mer one of its great successes was elected better song of the Années 1980.

The recording of " Bopper in larmes" 13 month lasted. Laurent was locked up with his Richard brother in his small Parisian studio of the time. His/her brother played the parts of synthé.

In spite of a rate/rhythm of production slow, it always fidélise many people and it obtained in a a whole score of tubes as a singer, with only 5 albums, and more than one about thirty as type-setter for Alain Souchon, although this one writes from now on more and more its musics itself (" Press sentimentale" for example).

Laurent Voulzy received two Victories of the Music for " Hidden derrière" and " Avril" , double platinum disc.

It engages at the sides of association DTA Fourth World and composed and produces the album of Nolwenn Leroy.

Its last album " Seventh Vague" on June 26th, 2006 left. It is an album of recoveries which gathers a score of 40 last years songs. The idea of Laurent was to make a light album to listen on the road of the holidays or the beach. Covered by a good media promotion, the album entered directly number 1 of the French charts. This album particularly supports its success on a song worship of the Sixties: " The Baisers" last; who was interpreted at the time by Mike Shannon the singer of the " group; the Sauvages" Cat; in 1962.

It also records an instrumental version of " My Song off You" , accompanied by a symphony orchestra, in duet with the guitar with Jean-Pierre Danel, on the album with success of this last, " Guitar Connection 2". He sings in duet with Michel Delpech in 2006 on Wight is Wight (album Michel Delpech &).

Its next album of original songs, " Body céléstes" , Co-writing with Alain Souchon, will leave to RCA Disques before the summer 2008.

Discography

Principal tubes

Participations

  • took part in the development of number of album of Alain Souchon.
  • composed of the songs with Veronique Jannot in the Eighties.
  • recorded in duet with Alan Stivell in 1993 " Sorting Martolod" for the album of this last Again .
  • Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon wrote and composed of the songs for the second album of Nolwenn Leroy (Natural histories) - to note that Laurent Voulzy had also taken part in its first album Nolwenn .
  • Duet with Michel Delpech: Wight is Wight , in the album Michel Delpech &… (2006)
  • Duet with Jean-Pierre Danel: My Song off You , on the album Guitar Connection 2 of Jean-Pierre Danel (2007).
  • Duet with Patrick Bruel: " What remain our amours" , song of Charles Trénet, interpreted in the double album Interval (2002)

Bonds

  • the official site of Laurent Voulzy
  • People of April - the nonofficial site on Laurent Voulzy
  • Blog: Laurent Voulzy on the Net - Bonds Web on Milk Star
  • words of songs of Laurent Voulzy

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