Live Au Trianon [Import]

Camille | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin France
• ASIN: B000E1KKLE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,909 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs

2. Assise

3. Janine 1

4. Le Sac Des Filles

5. Baby Carni Bird

6. Pour Que L'amour Me Quitte

7. Janine 2

8. LumiÈRe

9. Au Port

10. Les Ex

11. Janine 3

12. Paris

13. 1,2,3

14. Rue De MÉNimontant

15. PÂLe Septembre

16. Quand Je Marche

17. Mon Petit Vieux

18. Elle S'en Va

19. La Demeure D'un Ciel

20. Ta Douleur

Editorial Reviews

2006 Issue of a Live Concert Recording featuring the Winner of Le Prix Constantin (France's Equivalent of the Mercury Music Prize). She also Appears on the "Nouvelle Vague" Project of French Lounge Interpretations of Punk Songs, Performing Songs from the Clash, XTC and Pil. She is Confimed as One of the Most Talented Singer/Songwriters of her Generation, with her Second Album Having Achieved Gold Selling Status in France Alone (She is also Quite Popular in Japan).

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Parisian Pop Chanteuse Camille Earns Her Stripes as a Live Performer, January 24, 2007

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Gavin B. (St. Louis MO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live Au Trianon (Audio CD)

Camille is a Parisian pop chanteuse has been most noted as the former vocalist for Nouvelle Vague a studio project of French electronica producers Marc Collin and Oliver Libaux. Nouvelle Vague was a French band that did highly stylized bossa nova influenced covers of punk anthems such as Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" & the Clash's "Guns of Brixton." Camille earned a cult following of bohemian fans in the USA as the sometime vocalist for the group.

It would be a simple matter to put Camille in the category as other other Gallic pop muses like Francoise Hardy, Jane Birkin, and currently Fracoiz Breut, who all render their vocals in a purring and breathy in the manner of the Serge Gainsborough school of deliciously frothy French pop. Camille's musical journey extends the French pop confection to the previously uncharted regions that have been declared off limits and designated "experimental" by those boilerplate producers who cater to the commercial tastes of the tone-deaf masses.

Camille's music contains elements of performance art and she has the avant-garde sensibility of say, Laurie Anderson, Bjork, or the mysterious Sabina Sciubba (of the Brazilian Girls). Like Bjork, and Laurie Anderson, Camille is fascinated by the use of the human voice as a percussion instrument to enhance her vocals. She normally overdubs three or four separate, but layered vocal tracks in the studio. In this live performance, however Camille uses 3 other vocalists to fill-out some of her own multi-layered vocal tracks that are a part of her "signature" studio production sound. A few of the songs sounded like prepared tapes were used. The rest up the live set-up is minimalist with a drummer, bass and Camille's own piano and guitar. It amazing how little she needs to replicate the lush and lavish production sound of her studio music before a live audience.

Since her earlier albums and the Nouvelle Vague album were studio recording projects, some skeptics (of which included myself) had wondered how Camille's often meandering musical statement would be greeted by live audiences. I am no longer a doubting Thomas about Camille's ability to command a stage. It's apparent that she holds her audience as willing and adoring captives from the first song until the final coda.

Her music is alluring and haunting even to those who don't understand her native French tongue. The music is intended to have the trance-like spell of ambient music, and comprehension of the lyrics is secondary to the appreciation of the music.

My only complaint about this otherwise magnificent album is there are a just a couple of moments where the enthusiastic audience at the Trianon gets a bit too carried away and does a clap-along that undermines the quality of Camille's musical performance. I'm puzzled by grown adults who feel the impulse to clap-along like preschoolers do for a Raffi rendition of "Baa,Baa Black Sheep."

It's only on a couple of songs in the generous sampling of 20 original songs, which pretty much covers the two dozen songs on her earlier two CDs, including "Le Fil" which won the French equivalent of a Grammy for best album. Most people probably wouldn't even be bothered by the momentary clap alongs. My complaint is that of an obsessive/compulsive person about background noise at a musical performance.

At age 26, Camille is young and is still an unfinished product of an immense and unusual musical talent. She is worshiped in Europe and does have the same sort of quirky crossover appeal of Bjork or Sabina Sciubba for fans of down-tempo indie music and world-beat in the USA. Her future is only limited to what she chooses to do with it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Camille "Live Au Trianon", August 25, 2008

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piano man - See all my reviews

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I don't understand a word of French. But this album is one that you should definitely not pass up! Camille is an excellent performer that engages the listener in a variety of styles including Jazz, Scat,and Pop (just to name a few). If you like to hear music along the lines of Bjork, George Kranz, Laurie Anderson, with a touch of Vanessa Paradis thrown in for good measure, then try this album. Camille uses a variety of tones in her vocals which really enhance her performance. You can hear the audience go wild at times.
Bottom line- if you want to hear something creative and different than the typical "pop music" that is out today, buy it!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Get the studio albums, January 11, 2010

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Mihai (Arcata, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I love Camille's music, but this album is not worth the money. Get her studio albums!