Concert information

Review

Weathered by life & love, savage, urban, rock & roll, and drugged out experiences. This is the reality of Daniel Darc's past and this is what transpires on stage. He finds delivery in music, and rarely has any of our concerts been so intense & so full of suffering. Powerful.

Artist

Daniel Darc

Daniel Darc (né Daniel Rozoum le 20 mai 1959 à  Paris) est l ancien chanteur du groupe Taxi Girl de 1978 à  1986; il mène depuis une carrière solo.

Biographie
En 1978, alors qu il est élève au Lycée Balzac à  Paris, Daniel Darc rejoint le groupe Taxi Girl, fondé par Mirwais Stass (guitares), Laurent Sinclair (claviers), Stéphane Erard (bassiste) et Pierre Wolfsohn (batteur).

Le chanteur de Taxi Girl a toujours été inclassable dans la scène rock française dont il est l une des figures marquantes. Très marqué par l arrivée des Sex Pistols, l explosion punk et Kraftwerk, c est d abord un faux dandy à  la voix fragile et traînante, inspiré par Berlin et le Japon, qui s habille en rocker et qui pousse l autodestruction jusqu à  se trancher les veines lors d un concert au Palace en première partie de Talking Heads en novembre 1979 pour faire réagir le public parisien.

Après la fin de Taxi Girl en 1986 (marquée par le décès par surdose du batteur, Pierre Wolfsohn, en juillet 1981, et le départ des deux autres membres), il poursuit une carrière solo. Il apparaît dans quelques films dans son propre rà´le : Les Enfants de la Blank ou Le Garçon sauvage de Marc Dufaud.

Sur son premier album solo (Sous influence divine), sorti en 1987, il est épaulé par Jacno (ex-Stinky Toys, ex-Elli et Jacno) qui avait accepté de travailler avec lui sur la base d un single mais réalisera l album entier.

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Label

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, which was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge.

In 1961 the Dutch company Philips Records, having lost its distribution deal with Columbia Records outside North America, signed an exchange agreement with Mercury, and Philips subsequently bought Mercury and its subsidiary labels to expand its US base. In 1962 Philips merged its record operations with Deutsche Grammophon to become PolyGram in 1972.
Under PolyGram, Mercury absorbed Casablanca Records.

In 1999, PolyGram was bought by Seagram, which then absorbed the company into the MCA family of labels, the merger of which created the Universal Music Group. Under the reorganization, Mercury Records was folded into the newly formed Island Def Jam Music Group. Mercury's pop roster was predominantly taken over by Island Records, while its urban found a new home at Def Jam Records. Mercury's former country unit became Mercury Nashville Records and is still active as an imprint of Universal Music Group Nashville. Mercury also continues to operate as a fully functional label in the UK.

In 2008, Mercury Records was relaunched as a division of the Island Def Jam Music Group, which appointed record executive David Massey as the President and CEO of the new venture.

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Venue

Cabaret Sauvage

This venue, located in Northwest Paris, opened its doors in December 1997. Decorated with red velvet and chiseled wood, tables and benches, lights and beveled mirrors, dancefloor... The Cabaret Sauvage welcomes its spectators in its unique universe, where you can eat, talk, walk around, and meet your neighbors. The venue is put to all kinds of uses, nothing is too extravagant or impossible! Amongst the artists who have stopped by: Goran Bregovic et l Orchestre des Mariages et des Enterrements, Keren Ann, M, Bratsch, Les Wampas, Souad Massi, Keziah Jones, Sergent Garcia, PJ Harvey, Pierpoljak, Tryo, The Skatalites, Pete Rock, l Orchestre National de Barbes, Oscar d' Leon, Arno, Louis Bertignac, Magma,Yuri Buenaventura, Los Van Van, Raul Paz, Mobb Deep, Popa Chubby, Cibelle, Orly Chap', Claire Diterzi, Cocorosie, dEUS, Fat Freddy's Drop...

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Promoter

Jazz à la Villette

More than 200 artists, 50 bands, 15 totally exclusive projects and creations... Jazz à  la Villette is not a dusty jazz festival or a sepia picture of the world of black music. It celebrates cross-over and musical diversity.

The 2009 edition of the festival includes a world-class selection of artists:

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 / Amadou & Mariam feat. The Magic Numbers / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou + DJ RKK (Radio Nova) Special Afromix / Ornette Coleman Quartet / Bunky Green / Ron Carter Foursight Quartet/ Mario Canonge & Alain Jean-Marie
/ Josef Nadj / Les Corbeaux / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Stormy Weather / Yael Naim Hommage à  Joni Mitchell / Ornette / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / John Zorn Shir Hashirim feat. Clotilde Hesme & Mathieu Amalric / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Las Ondas Marteles / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Jazz à  la Villette for kids / Peter & Lupus / Marc Ducret Grand Ensemble / Big Four feat. Joey Baron / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Elysian Fields feat. Don Byron / Limousine / Daniel Darc / Jacques Coursil / De La Soul / The Herbaliser / Carl Craig presents Tribe feat. Doug Hammond, Phil Ranelin, Marcus Belgrave, Wendell Harrison / Jean Louis
/ Etienne Jaumet Solo / Hank Jones Solo / Jacky Terrasson solo / Jacques Schwarz-Bart Abyss / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Son of Dave / Adolphus Bell / Hank Jones & Cheick Tidiane Seck / Mahmoud Ahmed /Alemayehu Eshete / Nils Petter Molvaer / Sophie Hunger / Alain Jean-Marie & Daniel Maximin Connivences antillaises / Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef & Archie Shepp / Benjamin Dousteyssier Septet

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Styles

• Rock
• Acoustic
• Dark Ambient

Sounds like

Taxi Girl, Arthur H, Serge Gainsbourg