Marianne Dissard
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Marianne Dissard is a singer, lyricist and filmmaker living in Tucson, Arizona
, USA. "A central figure in Tucson's desert music community" with her unique hybrid of French Chanson
and Americana
, she is noted as a "charismatic performer".
and Clay Walker
. She also selected for French distribution company Haut Et Court films by Jon Jost
, Allison Anders
and Alex Cox
comprising the successful "Inédits d'Amérique" series. In 1994, Dissard went to Tucson, Arizona to direct a documentary on band Giant Sand
. She has remained in Tucson since when not touring the world.
An intermediary album, 2009 'Paris One Takes' ("A fantastic album" was recorded in one day while on tour in Europe. Marianne Dissard has performed from Europe to North America as well as New Zealand and Australia. Most notable live shows include those at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC in July 2010 and in Europe, at the Dortmund's KonzertHaus in 2010. Festival performances include New Zealand's Sounday in 2010, South By Southwest
in 2010 and 2011, Joshua Tree Roots Festival, USA (2010) and Black Rabbit Festival in China (2011).
As a documentary filmmaker, Marianne Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Giant Sand and Howe Gelb on 'Drunken Bees' (1996) and with artists Robbie Conal
('Post No Bills' (1993, co-producing credit), funded by ITVS/PBS), Robert Kramer
on camera for French TV-funded film 'Low Y Cool' (2006) and Keja Kramer. Dissard's first fiction film, 'Lonesome Cowgirls', a remake of Andy Warhol
's 'Lonesome Cowboys', was conceived as a companion piece to album 'L'Abandon' and shot in Tucson, Arizona in 24hrs in June 2010.
Marianne Dissard's performance pieces in collaboration with American-born, Berlin-based choreographer Ami Garmon have been presented at Musée D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
(exhibit Hiver de l'Amour by Purple Prose
1994), Fondation Cartier (1994), Galleries D'Art Contemporain de Marseille (in residency, 1994) and Videoteca de Lisbon (1994), Arte TV Lounge (2010), Dortmund Konzerthaus (2011) and Berlin's Rote Fabrik (2011).
As a lyricist, Marianne Dissard has written for Naïm Amor, Amor Belhom Duo, Fredda, Françoiz Breut
, Giant Sand's Howe Gelb and herself.
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, USA. "A central figure in Tucson's desert music community" with her unique hybrid of French Chanson
Chanson
A chanson is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specialising in chansons is known as a "chanteur" or "chanteuse" ; a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier.-Chanson de geste:The...
and Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
, she is noted as a "charismatic performer".
Biography
Dissard grew up in France and moved to the United States with her family at the age of 16, first relocating to Mesa, Arizona before attending film school in Los Angeles. There, she was active in the independent film-making scene, including collaborations with directors Gregg ArakiGregg Araki
Gregg Araki is an American independent filmmaker. He is involved in New Queer Cinema.-Early life:Araki was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Santa Barbara, California...
and Clay Walker
Clay Walker
Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on...
. She also selected for French distribution company Haut Et Court films by Jon Jost
Jon Jost
Jon Jost is an American independent filmmaker.Born in Chicago to a military family, he grew up in Georgia, Kansas, Japan, Italy, Germany and Virginia. He began making films in January 1963 after being expelled from college. In 1965 he was imprisoned by US authorities for 2 years 3 months for...
, Allison Anders
Allison Anders
Allison Anders is an American film and television director. Anders has directed many independent films, on which she frequently collaborates with fellow UCLA film school graduate Kurt Voss.-Biography:...
and Alex Cox
Alex Cox
Alexander Cox is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts...
comprising the successful "Inédits d'Amérique" series. In 1994, Dissard went to Tucson, Arizona to direct a documentary on band Giant Sand
Giant Sand
Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...
. She has remained in Tucson since when not touring the world.
Creative Life
Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Calexico's Joey Burns, who composed her first two albums: lo-fi demo debut 'Dedicated To Your Walls' (2006) and 'L'Entredeux' (2008), which he also produced. 'L'Entredeux' won a prestigious Coup de Coeur prize from France's Académie Charles Cros in 2009 and was released in Europe on German label Le Pop Musik. Her second album, 'L'Abandon' (2011), won worldwide accolades. It tackles subjet matters such as her hometown of Tucson, abortion, Mexican porn comic books and marriage.An intermediary album, 2009 'Paris One Takes' ("A fantastic album" was recorded in one day while on tour in Europe. Marianne Dissard has performed from Europe to North America as well as New Zealand and Australia. Most notable live shows include those at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC in July 2010 and in Europe, at the Dortmund's KonzertHaus in 2010. Festival performances include New Zealand's Sounday in 2010, South By Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
in 2010 and 2011, Joshua Tree Roots Festival, USA (2010) and Black Rabbit Festival in China (2011).
As a documentary filmmaker, Marianne Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Giant Sand and Howe Gelb on 'Drunken Bees' (1996) and with artists Robbie Conal
Robbie Conal
Robbie Conal is an American guerilla poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A former hippie, he is noted for distributing his poster art throughout a city overnight using his "volunteer guerrilla postering army".Conal's parents were both union...
('Post No Bills' (1993, co-producing credit), funded by ITVS/PBS), Robert Kramer
Robert Kramer
Robert Kramer was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999...
on camera for French TV-funded film 'Low Y Cool' (2006) and Keja Kramer. Dissard's first fiction film, 'Lonesome Cowgirls', a remake of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
's 'Lonesome Cowboys', was conceived as a companion piece to album 'L'Abandon' and shot in Tucson, Arizona in 24hrs in June 2010.
Marianne Dissard's performance pieces in collaboration with American-born, Berlin-based choreographer Ami Garmon have been presented at Musée D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...
(exhibit Hiver de l'Amour by Purple Prose
Purple prose
Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context...
1994), Fondation Cartier (1994), Galleries D'Art Contemporain de Marseille (in residency, 1994) and Videoteca de Lisbon (1994), Arte TV Lounge (2010), Dortmund Konzerthaus (2011) and Berlin's Rote Fabrik (2011).
As a lyricist, Marianne Dissard has written for Naïm Amor, Amor Belhom Duo, Fredda, Françoiz Breut
Françoiz Breut
Françoiz Breut is the stage name of Françoise Breut, a French illustrator and chanteuse of moody and melancholic pop. Breut got involved with music when her then-fiancé, French pop star Dominique A, asked her to contribute vocals on three songs of his 1993 album, Si Je Connais Harry...
, Giant Sand's Howe Gelb and herself.
Albums
- L'Abandon (album) (2011)
- Paris One Takes (2010)
- L'Entredeux (2009)
- Dedicated To Your Walls. May They Keep Blooming (2006)
EPs
- Limited-edition (2009), 7" split single with Desing
- Limited-edition (2008), 7″ split single with Alaska In WinterAlaska in WinterAlaska in Winter is an American electronic band, created by DavMasters, consisting of front man Brandon Bethancourt, who dropped out of art school in Albuquerque, New Mexico and reportedly,...
- Limited-edition (2006), 7″ four songs from "Dedicated To Your Walls"
Compilations & Contributions
- Rough Guide to Paris Lounge - Rough Guides (2011)
- Le Pop 6 - Le Pop Musik (2010)
- Eight for Matisse - Barbes Records / MOMA (2010)
- Le Pop 5 - Le Pop Musik (2009)
- Ballade En France - Universal Australia (2009)
- Le Pop Les Filles - Le Pop Musik (2008)
- Trikont's Christmas compilation (2008)
- Christmas in Tucson - independent (2007)
- Wish You - Trikont Records (2007) with Amparo Sanchez
- Kris Kristofferson tribute - independent (2006)
- Filles Fragiles - Filles Sourires (2006)
- Loving Takes Its Toll, a Tribute to Kath BloomKath BloomKatherine Bloom is an American singer-songwriter based in Litchfield, Connecticut, whose sad voice often accompanies simple folk melodies.The daughter of oboist Robert Bloom, Kath grew up in New Haven, where she studied the cello as a child and started playing the guitar when she was a teenager...
on Chapter Music (2000)
Collaborations - Lyrics
- On Fredda's album (2012)
- On Naïm Amor's EP Introducing... (2008)
- With Amparo Sánchez (2008) on track
- On Giant SandGiant SandGiant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...
's album "All Over The Map" - On Naïm Amor's album Mistake Love (2005)
- On Amor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom Duo was a French avant-pop band based in Tucson, Arizona, active from 1997 to 2002. Their music is noted for its offbeat sensibility, with . Members were Naïm Amor on vocals, guitars, violin and samplers, Thomas Belhom on percussion, drums, accordion and vocals, both from Paris, France...
's album "Live In Tucson" (2001) - On Amor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom Duo was a French avant-pop band based in Tucson, Arizona, active from 1997 to 2002. Their music is noted for its offbeat sensibility, with . Members were Naïm Amor on vocals, guitars, violin and samplers, Thomas Belhom on percussion, drums, accordion and vocals, both from Paris, France...
's album "Self-titled" (1999) - On Amor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom Duo was a French avant-pop band based in Tucson, Arizona, active from 1997 to 2002. Their music is noted for its offbeat sensibility, with . Members were Naïm Amor on vocals, guitars, violin and samplers, Thomas Belhom on percussion, drums, accordion and vocals, both from Paris, France...
's album "Wavelab Performance" (1998)
Collaborations - Singing/Duets
- Noah And The Megafaun - (2011)
- Ultra - Brian Lopez (2011)
- ABBC / Tête A Tête CalexicoCalexicoCalexico is a Tucson, Arizona-based Americana / Alternative country band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP In the...
Amor Belhom Duo - Wabana Records (1999) - Ballad of Cable Hogue - Calexico (1999)
Filmography
- Lonesome Cowgirls (2011), 52mn conceptual video based on Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
's "Lonesome Cowboys". Director, producer, actor. - Eté, Hiver (2011), 5mn music video for Dissard album "L'Abandon". Director, producer, editor, actor.
- The One And Only (2011), 5mn music video for Dissard album "L'Abandon". Director, producer, editor, actor.
- Les Draps Sourds (2008), 3mn music video for Dissard album "L'Entredeux". Director, producer, actor.
- Dublin: Celtic Traveler (2001), 52mn documentar for TV Breitzh, France. Director.
- Reminds Me (2011), 4mn music video for Amor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom DuoAmor Belhom Duo was a French avant-pop band based in Tucson, Arizona, active from 1997 to 2002. Their music is noted for its offbeat sensibility, with . Members were Naïm Amor on vocals, guitars, violin and samplers, Thomas Belhom on percussion, drums, accordion and vocals, both from Paris, France...
. Director, producer, editor. - Low Y Cool (1997), 52mn documentary for Planête, France with Robert KramerRobert KramerRobert Kramer was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999...
on camera. Director. - Drunken Bees (1995–2005), 30mn documentary on Giant SandGiant SandGiant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...
. Director, producer, editor. - Post No Bills (1993), 57mn documentary on Robbie ConalRobbie ConalRobbie Conal is an American guerilla poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A former hippie, he is noted for distributing his poster art throughout a city overnight using his "volunteer guerrilla postering army".Conal's parents were both union...
, funded for PBS by ITVSITVSIndependent Television Service is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries and dramas on public television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly series Independent Lens and Global Voices on PBS....
. Co-producer, sound recordist.
External links
- Palmares 2009 Académie Charles Cros
- New Zealand Herald review 'L'Abandon' 2011
- Kultur Magazine review 'L'Abandon' 2011
- MOMA, NYC performance 2010
- Venus Magazine review 'Paris One Takes' 2010
- RFI Radio France International on Tucson
- Arizona Daily Star on 'Lonesome Cowgirls'
- Official Site
- Pitchfork album review 'L'Entredeux' 2009
- Blurt Online review 'Paris One Takes' 2010