Yann Tiersen

Announces new live dates + a Midsummer Cycling Tour of Brittany (9-12 July)

“stone-cold masterpiece” – Uncut

“sunny, baroque pop” – The Quietus

Yann Tiersen has announced a series of new dates in Europe, part of an extensive tour which has seen him already perform throughout the US, Canada and Mexico as well as at London’s ICA for a very special launch featuring Aidan Moffat. The September dates now include a show at Manchester Cathedral on 24 September, prior to an appearance at Royal Festival Hall, London on 26 September.

In addition, details of A Midsummer Cycling Tour – a unique cycling and signing tour across Brittany – has been announced. Tiersen will be cycling 1000km over six days, and en route will be stopping at Independent Record Stores for record signings with a few surprise musical stops on the day. You’ll be able to join him in person along the route at any of the Record Stores, or follow the whole event at www.yanntiersen.com using the live interactive map, with the daily video updates posted each evening.

∞ (Infinity) was conceived in Iceland, where work began on the album, and in Ushant Island, Brittany. The album was produced by Yann Tiersen and mixed by Gareth Jones with Yann Tiersen and Daniel Miller. Watch a playback of the album with Yann Tiersen in the Ushant Island Lighthouse Museum here:

Layering of textures formed thematic threads that bind the album: the stones, the minerals, their infinite nature… Language too is integral to this album. ‘Ar Maen Bihan’, a story written by Emilie Quinquis in the Breton language, was translated by amiina to Icelandic (‘Steinn’). Elsewhere on the album Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap) and Ólavur Jákupsson (a member of Tiersen’s live band) both contributed tracks on the same theme – stones – Moffat’s in English and Jákupsson’s in Faroese.

Hailing from Brittany, Yann Tiersen is one of the most revered artists of his generation with a reputation first established by his studio albums (which included 1997 Cascade Street 1998’s The Lighthouse and to 2005’s Les Retrouvailles). The early albums were combined and used for the Amelie soundtrack (2001), earning him global recognition. Recent albums on Mute, Dust Lane (2010) and Skyline (2011) have seen his prominence build, along with projects such as the recent live score to the Fantômas series which he curated at the Théâtre de Châtelet with guests Tim Hecker, James Blackshaw, Loney Dear and Amiina.

YANN TIERSEN – A MIDSUMMER CYCLING TOUR

9 July – Blind Spot Record Store, Rennes – 5.30pm

10 July – Bazoom Record Store, Auray – 5.30pm

11 July – Dandy Rock Record Store, St Brieuc – 5.30pm

12 July – Dialogues Musique Record Store, Brest – 6pm

Follow the tour and hear about surprise musical stops along the way here: www.yanntiersen.com

YANN TIERSEN TOUR DATES

23 Sept – Vicar St, Dublin, Ireland

24 Sept – Manchester Cathedral, Manchester UK

26 Sept – Royal Festival Hall, London, England

28 Sept – Vega (Musikkens Hus), Copenhagen, Denmark

29 Sept – Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden

1 Oct – Pustervik, Gothenburg, Sweden

2 Oct – Mejeriet ,Lund, Sweden

4 Oct – Huxleys, Berlin, Germany

5 Oct – Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany

6 Oct – Gloria, Cologne, Germany

7 Oct – Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland

8 Oct – Splendid, Lille, France

12 Oct – Gasometer, Vienna, Austria

14 Oct – Kaufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland

15 Oct – Kaserne / Reithalle, Basel, Switzerland

16 Oct – Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, France

18 Oct – La Riviera, Madrid, Spain

19 Oct – La Riviera, Lisbon, Portugal

22 Oct – La Rocher De Palmer, Bordeaux, France

23 Oct – L’Astrolabe, Orleans, France

24 Oct – La Carène, Brest, France

25 Oct – Antipode, Rennes, France

26 Oct – Ancienne Belgique , Brussels, Belgium

27 Oct – L’Olympia, Paris, France

Tickets available from http://yanntiersen.com/

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