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Vampire en pyjama is the eighth studio album by Dionysos, and was released on 29 January 2016,[1] two days after Mathias Malzieu's novel, Journal d'un vampire en pyjama. The album was intended to be more acoustic than those before it and the lyrics are more personal.[2] A mascote accompanies this album : a man with a heart for a head, Heartman, frequently drawn by the band and its fans in the streets of their own towns.[3]
| Vampire en pyjama | ||||
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| Released | 29 January 2016 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Art Rock | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Producer | L'Extraordinarium | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chanson d'été" | 3.22 |
| 2. | "Guerrier de porcelaine" | 2.41 |
| 3. | "Vampire de l'amour" | 2.23 |
| 4. | "Hospital Blues" | 3.50 |
| 5. | "L'Heure des lueurs" | 2.37 |
| 6. | "Skateboarding sous morphine" | 2.51 |
| 7. | "Know Your Anemy" | 2.38 |
| 8. | "I Follow Rivers" | 3.15 |
| 9. | "Dame Ocles" | 3.08 |
| 10. | "Le Petit Lion" | 2.26 |
| 11. | "Déguisé en moi" | 3.14 |
| 12. | "Le Chant du mauvais cygne" | 2.23 |
| 13. | "Vampire en pyjama" | 2.34 |
The tour
editDionysos announced the first date and the start of the band's tour on its Facebook page, planned for 3 May 2016 at the Grand Rex.[4] Following this, the band has announced around forty dates across France.
Musicians and instruments
editBand
edit- Mathias Malzieu: vocals, folk guitar, harmonica
- Michaël Ponton: electric guitar, banjo, xylophone, glockenspiel, programming, dobro guitar, chorus
- Éric Serra-Tosio: drums, whistling, chorus
- Stéphan Bertholio: bass, keyboard, folk guitar, musical saw, chorus
- Élisabet Maistre: vocals, violin, banjo, chorus, programming, keyboards
- Olivier Daviaud: arrangement of horns, chords and chorus, piano, cello, keyboard, chorus, mellotron
Additional Musicians
edit- Le Quatuor Akilone
- Émeline Concé: first violin
- Élise De-Bendelac: second violin
- Louise Desjardin: alto
- Lucie Mercat: cello
- Horns
- Maxime Tomba
- Pierre Badol
Additional programming
edit- Matthieu Jay
- Pierrick Devin
- Clément Leveau
- Guest : Rosemary Texeira in Le petit Lion
Features of the album
edit- La chanson I Follow Rivers is a cover of a song by Lykke Li.
- Chanson d'été follows on from the poem by Paul Verlaine, Chanson d'automne.
- Hospital Blues is sung at the beginning and at the by Mathias Malzieu in head voice.
- The songs are linked to Journal d'un vampire en pyjama by Mathias Malzieu, in a similar way to the links between the band's previous albums and Malzieu's novels.
- Hospital Blues and Chanson d'été were composed at the hospital Mathias Malzieu stayed at.
Charts
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dionysos on Facebook". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 – via Facebook.[user-generated source]
- ^ Mathias Malzieu, la création dans le sang, sur lemonde.fr, consulté le 24 janvier 2016
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.989779184421635.1073741827.251539874912240&type=3 [user-generated source]
- ^ "Dionysos on Facebook". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 – via Facebook.[user-generated source]
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Dionysos – Vampire en pyjama" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Dionysos – Vampire en pyjama". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Dionysos – Vampire en pyjama". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2016" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 19 September 2020.