Benoît Dorémus

Benoît Dorémus, born in Besançon on 20 May 1980,Fact|date=November 2007 is a French singer-songwriter. He is the fourth of five children and grew up in France.

Life

Dorémus wrote his first pieces of poetry before the age of ten. He also began to learn to play the guitar.

He spent his first years between Metz and Avignon to finally settle down in Paris at 21, after passing a cinematographic Performing Arts bachelor's degree in 2001, and finishing his first novel [ [http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/artistes_general.aspx?artistId=1352 « A 20 ans je me voyais plutôt écrivain, mais mon premier roman était une catastrophe. Je me suis mis alors plus sérieusement à faire des chansons. J’ai vite pigé que cette discipline était carrément pour moi. Ça m’a cadré, recentré. »] ] .

He had his first concerts in 2003 within the very close Parisian fields. His songs, mostly influenced by Eminem or the famous French singer-songwriter Renaud, very popular since the '70s, often describe his bipolarity between music and literature, Philippe Djian being his favourite author concerning the latest. The texts regularly deal with a recurring character called "Benito" or "Adesias Benito", a hardly hidden allegory for himself.

His first album, "Pas en parler" (french for " [I'd rather] Not talk about it"), came to be known by the professionals [ [http://www.chorus-chanson.fr/HOME2/NUMERO55/portraitDoremus55.htm Article du journal] "Chorus"] , and among them, Renaud in 2005, thanks to the singer Sarclo, who introduced him to him.Fact|date=November 2007 Renaud enjoyed it and decided to produce it (label EMI).Fact|date=November 2007 He also did a personal cover of "Rien à te mettre" (french for "Nothing to wear") in his 2006 album "Rouge sang".

In October 2007, his last album "Jeunesse se passe" (french for "The Youth is passing by", label Ceci-Celà, EMI Group) receives good critics, especially from the daily newspaper "Libération" [ [http://www.liberation.fr/culture/286663.FR.php Article de "Libération"] ] .He also recently appeared on the 15-year-old music TV-Show Taratata [ [http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/artistes_general.aspx?artistId=1352 The Artist's page on the Show's website] ]

Discography

Albums studios

* 2004 : "Pas en Parler"
# "J'apprends le métier"
# "Conditionnel"
# "Rien à te mettre"
# "Ca ne me manquait pas"
# "J'écris faux, je chante de la main gauche"
# "Les bulles"
# "17 ans"
# "Ce que ça fait de la revoir"
# "Retour à l'envoyeur"
# "Beaupadre"
# "Un poison"
# "Pas en parler"
# "Accordéon pour cinq d'entre elles"
# "Je viens du cirque"

* 2007 : "Jeunesse se passe"
# "J'écris faux, je chante de la main gauche"
# "Je m'en rappelle pas"
# "J'apprends le métier(acte 1)"
# "Rien à te mettre"
# "L'enfer (acte 2)"
# "17 ans"
# "Pas à me plaindre"
# "Deux dans mon égotrip(acte 3)"
# "Beaupadre"
# "Un poison"
# "Un arracheur de sacs"
# "Les bulles"
# "Paris"

References

External links

* [http://www.benoitdoremus.com/ benoitdoremus.com] - Official Website
* [http://www.myspace.com/benoitdoremus Benoît Dorémus] on Myspace.com