Yann Tiersen

Releases ‘Live In London’ album recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

YANN TIERSEN has just released a live recording of a special performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The album, recorded at the sold out date on 26 September 2014, is released via Abbey Road and features fan favourites from throughout Tiersen’s career, including tracks from this year’s critically acclaimed album, ∞ (Infinity), out now on Mute.

Tiersen’s already poignant and extraordinary tracks are taken to new heights when experienced live. Listen to “Grønjørð” from ∞ (Infinity) and La Dispute from the Amelie Soundtrack performed live, here: [insert link]

Buy Yann Tiersen Live in London HERE.

Tiersen is in the midst of a tour throughout Europe and North America, full upcoming tour dates below. 2014’s extensive touring has already seen Yann Tiersen perform throughout Europe, the US, Canada and Mexico, in addition to a unique cycling and signing tour across Brittany which saw Tiersen cycle 1000km through glorious Brittany countryside over six days, stopping en route at Independent Record Stores for record signings. Watch the footage from A Midsummer Cycling Tour here: http://cycletour.yanntiersen.com

∞ (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, and 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 TOUR DATES

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

7 Nov – The Studio @ Warehouse Live, Houston TX, USA

8 Nov – Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin TX, USA

9 Nov – Granada Theater, Dallas TX, USA

10 Nov – Hi Tone Café, Memphis TX, USA

12 Nov – Altar Bar, Pittsburgh PA, USA

13 Nov – Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore MD, USA

14 Nov – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC, USA

15 Nov – Terminal West, Atlanta GA, USA

Tickets available from http://yanntiersen.com/

LIVE IN LONDON TRACKLISTING

Meteorites
Slippery Stones
Ar Maen Bihan
A Midsummer Evening
Palestine
Dark Stuff
LA Dispute
LA Crise
Steinn
In Our Minds
Chapter 19
Rue De Cascades
Grønjørð
The Gutter
The Crossing
Vanishing Point
Lights
The Long Road
Sur Le Fil
Till The End

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