- L'Affaire Louis Trio
L'Affaire Louis Trio (L'ALT for short) were an art pop band from
Lyon ,France . The band formed in1982 , "RFI Music Website http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6198.asp (2001) ] and in1986 were signed toBarclay records,France , who released their first album, 'Chic Planete' [ Sleeve Notes, "L'Affaire Louis Trio, Master Serie" Universal Music (2000)] . The members were: singer / bassist Cleet Boris (aka Hubert Mounier), guitarist Karl Niagara (aka Vincent Mounier, Hubert's younger brother) and keyboardist / drummer Bronco Junior (aka Francois Lebleu). In1987 , L'Affaire Louis Trio were awarded the prize for best newcomers at France's prestigious 'Victoires de la Musique ' ceremony.The trio stayed together until
1997 , when Vincent Mounier left during the recording of their 1997 release, 'Europium' [ "L'Affaire Louis Trio & Hubert Mounier" http://lalt.free.fr (2002)] . Since then, the band was dissolved, but Hubert Mounier has continued to record with drummer Lebleu on his solo releases, 'Le Grand Huit' (2001) and 'Voyager Leger' (2005). He has also worked extensively as a comic book artist under his Cleet Boris pseudonym [ "Cleet Boris et la BD" http://lambiek.net/artists/b/boris_cleet.htm (2007)] .tyle
The band's sound was defined by large scale, jazz-influenced arrangements from the likes of big band veteran Christian Fradin and singer-songwriter
Benjamin Biolay . Their initial recordings relied heavily on contributions from some of France's top jazz musicians, however, the band's sound was continually refined over the years, with Europium (1997), their last album, offering their most stripped down, guitar-centric arrangements.Lyrics
Hubert Mounier's lyrics are often witty, containing a large amount of wordplay and
pun s. His most lyrically ambitious project was L'Affaire Louis Trio's fourth album, "Mobilis in Mobile" (1993) aconcept album based on the character ofCaptain Nemo , fromJules Verne 's "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea "Collaborations
L'ALT worked with notable musicians and filmmakers, including
XTC bassistColin Moulding on 'L'Homme aux Mille Vies' (1995) andMichel Gondry on the video for 'Il y a Ceux' [ "Michel Gondry" Videography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gondry (2007) ] (1989)Discography
Full studio albums:
*"Chic Planete " (1987)
*"Le Retour De L’Age D’Or " (1988)
*"Sans Legende " (1990)
*"Mobilis In Mobile " (1993)
*"L’Homme Aux Mille Vies " (1995)
*"L’Affaire Louis’ Trio " (1997)References
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