Emmaus Mouvement
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Emmaus Mouvement
Album for the 50th year anniversary of the Emmaus Mouvement founded by Abbé PierreAbbé Pierre
LAbbé Pierre, was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement . He founded in 1949 the Emmaus movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees...
(abott Peter)
After many encounters with Abbé Pierre, musician, producer Julien Civange
Julien Civange
Julien Civange is a musician, composer, Lyricist, Producer, born in Paris, France.DJ at the age of 10 on the French underground radio "Carbone 14", then musical reporter for the major French magazines, radio and TV stations, Julien Civange,leaves the world of media at the age of 17 with a...
proposed to add his contribution to the 50th year anniversary of the Emmaus Mouvement by gathering together on one album a
number of different musicians who supported the idea behind the Emmaus Mouvement - that is to say, the fight against all forms of exclusion. However, there was one condition - that every
musician had to create a specific piece of music for the occasion or offer an as yet unpublished/unrecorded work.
Jean-Louis Aubert composed a very beautiful song "veille sur moi", Stéphane Eicher recorded a duet with the group Bratsch, Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
improvised a folk cover version of « Junco Partner », Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is a UK-based dub poet. He became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Classics series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British...
did a duet with Shurik'n and Imothep of the group IAM, Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....
recorded the poems of Shakespeare, the group Rita Mitsouko recorded "Le Juste Prix", and Rachid Taha offered "54". Manu Chao, the group "Air", Cassius, Mars IV, Les Négresses Vertes, FFF and Howie B also participated in the album.
To celebrate the event, all the French media got involved in the promotion of the album, through speaking about it and offering space and airtime. Also with the participation of FNAC, a
launching concert was organised in FNAC Champs Elysée, collecting together Jean-Louis Aubert, Stephane Eicher and Linton Kwesi Johnson, who all performed in front of a packed-out
audience whilst under the watchful eye of Abbé Pierre.
The album was produced by Virgin Records France.
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker.-Photographer:...
made the promotional film for the album. Thanks to a competition by StevenRubin, Fuji Laboratories and the film
director David Fincher
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
(Seven
Seven (film)
Seven is a 1995 American thriller film, which also contains horror and neo-noir elements, directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was distributed by New Line Cinema and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R...
, The Game
The Game (film)
The Game is a 1997 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Polygram. It tells the story of an investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his life...
) 450 reels of film were released throughout France and shown just before the movie Fight Club
Fight Club (film)
Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job...
.
The album was well received by both the public and the press, and therefore achieved its goal : for Emmaus Mouvement to touch a wide public particularly young people whilst celebrating its 50th anniversary through music.
Track list
1-Veille Sur Moi (Jean-Louis AubertJean-Louis Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert is a French guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has also composed music for the cinema and for television, including the soundtrack for the film I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas .In 1976, he co-founded the rock band Téléphone...
)
2-Tek Chance (Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is a UK-based dub poet. He became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Classics series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British...
feat Shurik'n and Imothep / IAM)
3-Tous Les Jours (Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
)
4-Sonnet 14 (William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
) (Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....
)
5-Le Juste Prix (Les Rita Mitsouko
Les Rita Mitsouko
Les Rita Mitsouko was a French pop rock group formed by guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer. The duo first performed as Rita Mitsouko at Gibus Club, Paris in 1980...
)
6-Ceux à qui ça va bien (Stephan Eicher
Stephan Eicher
Stephan Eicher is a Swiss singer.His songs are sung in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss-German, and Romanche and sometimes he even uses different languages in the same piece.His success started in German-speaking countries in the 1980s when as part of the...
et Bratsch
Bratsch
Bratsch is a village in the municipality of Gampel-Bratsch in the district of Leuk of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.Bratsch was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Gampel to form Gampel-Bratsch.-History:...
)
7-Remember (Version Corde) (Air)
8-Amnesie Internationnale (FFF
FFF
-Fiction:* Fast, Furious and Fun, motto of the Savage Worlds role-playing game rule system* Fight For Five, a Kim Possible movement.* Final Fantasy Five, in the Final Fantasy role-playing video game series* Fine Feathered Friend a Tom and Jerry short.-Football:...
)
9-Junco Partner (Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
)
10-54 (Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha is an Algerian singer and activist based in France who has been described as "sonically adventurous." His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk and raï.-Early life:Taha was born in 1958 in Sig , Algeria, although a second source suggests he was...
)
11-Club 73 (Cassius
Cassius (band)
Cassius is a French house music duo, consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francart, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.-History:...
)
12-Ne Reste Pas Seul (Mars IV)
13-Leaving Home (Howie B)
14-Bamboo Land (Jean-Louis Aubert et Bamboo Man)
15-Trabendo (Les Négresses Vertes
Les Negresses Vertes
Les Négresses Vertes, formed in 1987, is a French music group that is best described as a fusion of world music and some aspects of alternative rock. Their tracks often feature acoustic guitar and accordion, as well as some tracks containing many other 'traditional' instruments such as piano and...
)
Credits
Projet initié et produit par: Julien CivangeJulien Civange
Julien Civange is a musician, composer, Lyricist, Producer, born in Paris, France.DJ at the age of 10 on the French underground radio "Carbone 14", then musical reporter for the major French magazines, radio and TV stations, Julien Civange,leaves the world of media at the age of 17 with a...
Projet financé par: Virgin France
Distribution: Virgin France
Date de sortie: 1999
Film de promotion réalisé par: Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker.-Photographer:...