Zazie

Zazie ( born April 18, 1964 as Isabelle Marie Anne de Varennes de Truchis in Boulogne- Billancourt ) is a French pop singer.

Zazie released their music under their own name, but usually writes the lyrics of her songs and even collaborating with composers. In addition, she has also worked as a copywriter for other Sangeskünstler. Their music is often enriched with techno elements and electronic vocal distortion, total covers Zazie a spectrum of modern French chanson to rocking numbers that the pieces seen by frequent repetition of the choruses in some passages allusions to minimalist music, acid rock and trance leave. Zazies personal trademark is a large tattoo on his left upper arm.

Life

Childhood

Based on Raymond Queneau's novel Zazie dans le métro figure out it was already mentioned as a small child Zazie. Her father, Baron Hervé de Truchis de Varenne, was an architect and her mother, Jacqueline Caussé, Musician. They were influenced in their childhood musical especially by Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel and Barbara. Zazie learned the violin, piano and guitar.

Career

After high school she began an apprenticeship as a physiotherapist, then studied foreign languages ​​(English, Spanish and Japanese). She worked for many years as a model for large fashion houses, such as Yves Saint Laurent, Lagerfeld and Kenzo Takada. Later Zazie was given the opportunity in the background choir to sing a song for the singer Fabrice Guinar. After that, she appeared as a singer on television. She was engaged for radio advertising as Opel and Martini and television advertising such as L' Oréal Through her distinctive voice.

Musical career

Only in 1990 they made ​​the decision to fully concentrate on a singing career and signed in 1991 a contract with Phonogram. In 1992 their first album Je, tu, il, for which she wrote almost all the lyrics himself and also participated heavily in the compositions. This album is also the title Un, deux, trois, soleil - find - the first collaboration with Pascal Obispo. The first single Sucré salé was very successful and gave Zazie in the following year the award for " Best New Artist " at the " Victoires de la musique ".

Zazies second album Zen was published in 1995 and has more than 400,000 copies. For the music video for the first single from Larsen she received her second award at the " Victoires de la musique ". Her popularity allowed her now, for other French musicians such as Florent Pagny, Johnny Hallyday, Jane Birkin, Pascal Obispo, Patricia Kaas, Isabelle Boulay, David Hallyday and Calogero and Axel Bauer composing and writing lyrics.

Activities

Since 1996, Zazie has regularly participated in the annual benefit gala Les Restos du Cœur Enfoirés favor of, founded by Coluche.

Discography

Work together

• 2001: À Ma Place, Single with Axel Bauer
• 2007: duo with Paolo Nutini, from the album Totem

Others

• 2003: La vie en rose, songs on the soundtrack to Jeux d' enfants

Awards

• Victoires de la musique: Music show, tour or concert of the year (2006)
• Female Group of the Year (2002)
• Female Artist of the Year ( 1998)
• Music Video of the Year: Larsen, directed by Philippe André; (1996)
• Female Discovery of the Year Popular Music ( 1993)

• Best French-language song (2002) with Axel Bauer for À ma place