Songs in French
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For me, writing songs in French or Polish is an extension of poetic writing. Unlike the poem, which uses words and relies on their interaction (without forgetting the sound), the song relies more on images and is in a way required to tell a story or to present a reflection or an emotion structured in time. Its form calls for a more focused narrative. In a nutshell: the inspiration for a poem is mainly lexical, that for a song mainly visual. And then I write a song as it comes, it’s instinctive and spontaneous at the start, sometimes it goes quickly. The music comes after the text, sometimes while writing.

I invite you to listen to my songs in French and check out the lyrics. A few notes on each song are provided (after the playlist). Aussi, vous pouvez prêter l’oreille à mes chansons en polonais, antérieures aux françaises.You can also listen to my songs in Polish my songs in Polish, which predate the French ones.
All the recordings offered here are demo versions, demos made in home studio conditions (use the best audio equipment, even headphones). The « text » icon to the right of the title opens a window with the song’s lyrics.
All my texts (5 collections of poems and 1 novel co-written with D. Biteau) are available on the Éditions Toute Chose website: https://editionstoutechose.fr/catalogue/

Here is the music. The list is growing all the time, and I’m working on it…
Notes
Passe
[Août 2017] Facing up to the passing world is a losing battle. To oppose the absurd with revolt? Detach yourself and to know? Sur le fond d’un paysage boschien…

Le Premier jour
Written at the end of March 2020, during the lockdown caused by the Covid19 pandemic. It’s an assessment of the end of a world that is escaping its tenants. Enjoy!
Rouge
[Mars 2019] The text written on the day of the visit to the Grand Palais exhibition « Rouge, Art et utopie au pays des Soviets » (Red, Art and Utopia in the Land of the Soviets). Indirectly inspired, « Rouge » is a sentimental rather than militant song, a description of a moment of confused elation in an inevitable historical context. Where revolution means reversal, change, circular and cyclical movement.
It’s about experiencing a moment of pure existence, forgetting the constraints of its materiality, its physicality. Dimanche (Sunday) is a metonym for this state of contemplation.
Angèle
[Mai 2016] A song with great romantic potential! Angèle – the only one to stand up to Chaos – could have been Caspar David Friedrich’s Monk by the Sea or John William Waterhouse’s Miranda (a character from Shakespeare’s The Tempest). This song is part of the « Figures de femmes » series.
(Note: J’ai rendu hommage à C.D. Friedrich à travers la série de photos « Romantiques ». J’en fais une description ici.)













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