Phoenix (Band)
Phoenix is a band from Versailles, which plays danceable indie pop. The band's name is based on a Phoenix logo that has seen during a holiday in Madagascar the band. Since they needed a name to route a single on the band's own record label, Ghetto Blaster can - the band did not want to be tied with a record contract at the major labels - the name was just right.
Band History
The core of the band, the two brothers Christian and Laurent Mazzalai Brancowitz (formerly guitarist in a band with Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Christo of Daft Punk). In 2000, the later influential among musicians United Album was released, followed in 2004 with the album Alphabetical successful pieces Everything Is Everything and Run Run Run. In the same year, the band also played at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. In 2005, she participated in Berlin on the album "It's Never Been Like That ," which was published on 15 May 2006. In May 2009, the date of Philippe Zdar ( Cassius ) produced album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix appeared, for which the band was awarded the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album. Furthermore, the band on October 12 took on an unplugged album at NDR Radio (N- Joy), which is not reached in free trade. It was the February issue of the magazine Music Express at a free CD and contains eight tracks, including the single in 1901, which was popularized by a commercial of the mobile network operator O2.
Others
The title Too Young from the album United was in love in the movie Heavy ( Shallow Hal ) is used and is also included on the soundtrack album to the film.
Celebrity fan of the band is Sofia Coppola, who used the song Too Young from the album United in her film Lost in Translation. In the film, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola from the year 2006, the Group had a brief guest appearance as a court musician. Thomas Mars, the lead singer of the band, has lived since 2005, together with Sofia Coppola. Together they have two daughters ( Romy and Cosima * 2006 * 2010). Sofia Coppola's brother Roman produced a not entirely serious music video for the song Funky Square Dance. The band is also well known with Air for the film The Virgin Suicides, Thomas Mars supported as " Gordon Tracks" produced by the Air film music with his vocals for the song Playground Love.
Became famous especially the Buffalo Bunch remix of If I Ever Feel Better, which now has already become a classic in the club scene. 2011, the title of Julian Perretta was covered.
In 2010, the song Lisztomania the band in the movie Friendship! (2010, with Matthias Schweighofer ) used.
Thomas Mars is the nephew of a German journalist and literary critic Hellmuth Karasek and writer Horst Karasek.
For Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere from the 2010 Phoenix wrote the music. In Coppola's film The Bling Ring the song is Bankrupt! to hear.
Discography
Albums
- United ( 2000)
- Alphabetical (2004)
- Thirtydaysago (Live ) (2004 )
- It's Never Been Like That (2006)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
- Live & Unplugged (2009) - recording the NDR radio broadcasting, included in Issue 02 / 10 of the Music Express.
- Bankrupt (2013 )
Singles
- Party Time (1999 )
- Heat Wave (2001)
- Too Young (2001)
- If I Ever Feel Better (2001)
- Everything Is Everything ( 2004)
- Run Run Run (2004)
- Long Distance Call (2006)
- Consolation Prizes (2006)
- Lisztomania (2009)
- 1901 (2009)
- Lasso (2010)
- Entertainment ( 2013)
- Chloroform (2013 )
- Trying to Be Cool (2013 )