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SEBASTIEN TELLIER
‘DIVINE’
Released MAY 19th 2008 on Lucky Number

Sebastien Tellier, author of 2005's tear-jerking classic, 'La Ritournelle', returns with ‘Divine’, the second single release from his recent studio album ‘Sexuality’.

‘Divine’ is a supremely uplifting slice of electro funk with beach boy-esque harmonies and the single package comes complete with added doo-wop, and significant re-arrangement, in its new Radio version form and also with killer remixes from Australia’s Midnight Juggernauts and France’s latest exciting electronic producer/artist Danger.

Sebastien says of the song, "This is my tribute to the Beach Boys and the Juicy Fruits (from the 1974 musical Phantom of the Paradise). It’s about a time of innocence – when having fun was more important than picking up girls. I visualize a bunch of kids playing on the beach and I’d really love to play with them."

Sebastien, France’s inspired choice as their 2008 Eurovision representative, will also perform Divine at this year’s Song Contest to be held in Belgrade on 24th May. !!!! This will be the first time in the history of the contest that the French entry will be sung entirely in English.

Now, even more than ever, Sebastien is the one true artist who clearly connects the vanguard of France's modern generations of musical magicians, from Gainsbourg to Air, through Mr.Oizo and the new electronic Ed Banger exporters. The gel which joins are the genial pioneers, Daft Punk, one half of which, Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo, has produced this and the seminal new album.

Sebastien will play a one off show at the Scala in London on 28th April 2008. He will also return to the UK in the Summer for shows at Lovebox and Bestival.

The single will be available as a strictly limited, coloured, seven inch vinyl and a not so lovingly packaged download.

Sexuality
Released 25th February 2008 on Lucky Number
 
Sebastien Tellier, essential music pioneer, and the unique voice of modern French electronic-edged pop, returns with a seminal new studio album ‘Sexuality’. A stunning musical statement, it is easily his most commercial album to date, and combines all the elements of his deeply emotive French individualism with a new melodic pop sensibility that is instantly accessible.
 
Produced by Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo – astonishingly the first full artist project that he has produced outside of Daft Punk – this is a fantastic album that explodes pre-conceptions and heralds a new musical direction for Sebastien.
 
From the stylish electronic groove of opening track ‘Roche’ through the irresistible synth riffs of ‘Kilometer’ and ‘Sexual Sportswear’, the upbeat, almost Phantom Of Paradise-esque harmonies of ‘Divine’, and slow-burning atmospheric keys of ‘Elle’ and ‘Une Heure’ the album fizzes with a creative energy that is hard to resist and even harder to pin down.

‘Sexuality’ is Tellier’s musical statement of intent for lovemaking: emotional, hypnotic and oozing with sensuality. With blissfully understated vocals, conveying a barely suppressed passion, Tellier comes on like a modern day Serge Gainsbourg. Musically, the album touches on everything from synthetic electro and classical, to 80’s inspired pop and disco, and looks set to cross Sebastien over to the mainstream.

'Sexuality’ is his third studio album, following 2005’s ‘Politics’, & 2001’s ‘L’Incroyable Vérité’. It is a clear development for a truly exceptional talent, whose highly personal and intimate style has allowed him to become the very exponent of French cool; he's the one true artist who clearly connects the vanguard of modern French music, from Air through to Mr.Oizo (Sebastien was co-writer and performer on the electro-classical club anthem 'Stunt'), Daft Punk (his No.1 fans) and SebastiAn of Ed Banger.
 
Best known for the massive 2005 tear-jerking classic ‘La Ritournelle’, Sebastien has proved himself to be a truly original cinematic pop poet, and his music has become inextricably linked with film, which stretches back to the 2004 cult classic ‘Narco’, and the superbly produced animation ‘Broadway’. He has become something of a director’s darling, with his music a key feature on the soundtracks from Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost In Translation’, Mr Oizo’s ‘Steak’, and fellow Parisians Daft Punk’s recent opus ‘Electroma’.
 
Sebastien is also at home in front of the camera and has appeared in several films – most recently in Mr Oizo, aka Quentin Dupieux’s future cult classic ‘Steak’. Furthermore Sebastien has also attracted fans from the art and fashion worlds - including Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs and fellow French artist Xavier Veilhan - both through his music and his own unique style.
 
‘Sexuality’ is an album that represents the dizzying landscape of all these elements of his life, and will continue the beautifully fulfilling journey of Sebastien Tellier. Now is the time to get on board.

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