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Yann Pierre Tiersen (* 23. Juni 1970 in Brest) ist ein französischer Komponist und Multiinstrumentalist. Außerhalb Frankreichs wurde Tiersen ab 2001 insbesondere durch seine Filmmusik zu Die fabelhafte Welt der Amélie und Good Bye, Lenin! bekannt. Leben Geboren wurde Yann Tiersen am 23. Juni 1970 in Brest in der Bretagne. Aufgewachsen ist er in Rennes. Nachdem er einige Jahre in Paris wohnte, lebt er heute in Ouessant. Seit seinem 6. Lebensjahr spielt er Geige und Klavier. Als Jugendlicher spielte er in einigen lokalen Post-Punk-Bands Gitarre, nach eigenen Angaben wesentlich beeinflusst von Joy Division und The Stooges. Er studierte an den...

source: http://www.myspace.com/frontiersofficial Formed in 2008, Frontiers are one of Nottingham's most promising up-and-coming bands. Produced by Alan Smyth (Pulp, Arctic Monkeys), October 2008's 'In Pursuit EP' has achieved regular regional and national radio play (including BBC Radio 1 and 6Music) and support slots with Official Secrets Act and Fight Like Apes have established them as one of the area’s most thrilling live acts. With appearances at Summer Sundae Weekender and Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2009, and a sound reminiscent of Joy Division and The Cure, Frontiers hark back to the era of golden indie, and at the tender...

Started as Stellamaris. Changed their name to The New Frontiers. Toured a lot, recorded one full-length record, and then quit. "In a time where big beats and big hooks equal big sales, and transience runs rampant throughout the medium, it is becoming ever so difficult to find records that still matter. You know, the ones that affect you. That stick with you. That serve as an underscore to the essential times in your life. While those types of records are certainly becoming an endangered species, there are thankfully those that defy this trend, and work to supply us with the...

TIERS came about rather nebulously in the hazy hours when late becomes early and when consciousness yields to instinct. It is in these bleak hours that Jennifer Mears (vocals, synth, electronics) and Cult of Youth‘s Glenn Maryansky (electronics, synth, bass) write songs that ride the line between sterility and blissful grime, often going from stark airy synthpop to dense, almost industrial fuzz within the same song. It is this dynamic that separates Tiers from the myriad other male/female duos out there and it would be ill-advised to attach any labels to them since they are intent on defying expectation. http://artificialrecords.ca/...