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Emilie Simon China Tour in Shanghai and Hong Kong
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Photos by Joe Chou
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Surrounded by music from an early age, Emilie Simon was winning critical plaudits as early as 2003, when she recorded a debut album largely written, composed and produced by herself. The self-titled record, Émilie Simon, won Album of the Year at Victoires de la Musique, a prestigious French music award ceremony.
Born in Montpellier in Southern France, Emilie grew up bathed in the Mediterranean sun and immersed in the sound of clarinets and electronic melodies. Wishing to imbue her second album with a more wintry and polar vibe, she began to record sounds that related to coldness. Coincidentally, in the midst of her search for sounds for the album she was contacted by film producer Luc Jacquet to compose the original soundtrack for his Oscar award winning documentary film La Marche de l’empereur (March of the Penguins), concerning the annual migration of emperor penguins.
In 2006 Emilie went on to triumph at the Victoires de la Musique ceremony once again, winning the award for the Best Original Film Soundtrack of the year.
In 2009, Emilie started writing songs accompanying herself on a piano, rather than a computer. “I even forbade myself to go near a computer for a year and a half,” Emilie said, “I wanted to see what I was capable of without my usual comforts around me.” The result was a collection of sounds reflecting Emilie’s impression of New York City — an urban, black and white musical that became her most recent album, The Big Machine. On this album, Emilie’s experimental inclination involved the clever use of traditional Chinese instruments together with keyboards as a vestige of her long stay in the heart of Chinatown.
How appropriate.
Emilie Simon China Tour Dates:
Shanghai – Friday – September 24
@ Dream Factory
4/F, 66 Yuyao Lu, near Xikang Lu
RMB 80 (presale) / RMB 120 (door)
Hong Kong – Saturday – September 25
Presented by The People’s Party
@ Grappa’s Cellar
Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central
HKD 260[:zh]
Emilie Simon 中国巡演在上海和香港
活动照片（点击后放大）
照片由周梦浩拍摄
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Emilie Simon，一个拥有纯粹声线和精致脸庞的法国歌手，同时也是作曲家兼制作人。听她唱歌仿佛在聆听精灵的窃窃私语，甜美又有些邪恶。Emilie那仿佛稚童那般的漂浮声线，令她一出道便成为法国歌坛另类诡秘的电音精灵。她为著名纪录片《帝企鹅日记》的配乐也令人印象深刻。2010年9月，Split Works将把Emilie带到中国，在三大城市展开巡演。
Emilie的父母一个是音乐疯，一个是录音师，她从小耳濡目染，在家里地下室录音室参与录音，培养出她对音乐的独到品味与热爱。2003年，时年25岁的她录制了首张同名专辑，引起评论家们的强烈反应。该专辑不出意料地在Victoires de la Musique颁奖典礼中夺得“年度最佳电音专辑”一奖。第二年，她应邀与法国导演Luc Jacquet在获奖纪录片《帝企鹅日记》中合作，她一手操刀配乐专辑中十五首极具极地氛围的歌曲，与Jacquet的纪录片配合得天衣无缝。2006年2月，Emilie再次从Victoires de la Musique盛典中凯旋，夺得“年度最佳原创电影/电视配乐奖”。2009年她发行了第五张专辑《The Big Machine》，再次风靡欧美乐坛。
她是一个完美主义者，为自己所有的歌曲作词作曲。不仅如此，包括制作，规划和安排一切唱片业务，她也亲历亲为。在音乐方面的训练，她更是一丝不苟，甚至曾经在IRCM (声乐/音乐研究合作院）里苦心学习当代音乐流派知识。在她的音乐里，不仅熟练地运用英语和法语，并且你能听到完美清晰的发音，使得所有的歌曲都显得流畅逸然。Emilie用她空灵迷人的声线配合北欧式漂浮的电音，将你我带入到甜蜜的梦境之中。
Emilie Simon 中国巡演日期（其他演出日期待定）：
上海 9月24日 星期五
@ 芷江梦工场
地址：静安区余姚路68号4楼 (同乐坊内，近西康路)
票价：120 RMB（现场）/ 80 RMB (预售)
香港 9月25日 星期六
@ Grappa’s Cellar
地址：怡和大廈， 中環，康樂廣場1 号
票价：260 HKD
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