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 biography
of Buzy - english version |
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Her
smoky voice is often compared to Marianne
Faithfull's. Which makes her giggle. As a
teenager, Buzy grew up listening to the Velvet
Underground, Lou Reed, Bowie, The Who... That's
where she takes her inspiration from. Rebels.
Glam rockers. Free spirits. That's what she
loves, and that's what she is - as suggested
in the opening track J'adore
et je hais (I Love And I Hate). She's
always been true to that ideal, to that sense
of personal freedom. Whatever the price was. |
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BORDERLOVE
is Buzy's seventh studio album. It's a jet-black
and flashy pink record, probably her best
so far. It oscillates from high-octane choruses
(Stratégie
de la solitude, Décadents)
to deep and troubled soft-rock ballads (Je
suis un arbre, Résonances).
Comme des papillons,
one of those down-tempo tracks is a beautiful
duet with her old pal Daniel Darc (ex - Taxi-Girl
lead singer and lyricist, who recently achieved
a brilliant come-back). Extraterrestre,
another moving ballad, was composed by Jay
Alanski - the man behind the hippest than
hip electro band A Reminiscent Drive. |
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Buzy's
career began in 1981, when her very first
single Dyslexique
sky-rocketed to the top of the charts. With
a tomboy attitude, crazy lyrics and a tapdancer
training, no wonder the young singer-songwriter
was some kind of a maverick on the french
music scene.
In the following decade, Buzy did pretty more
than just surviving her first hit, with a
collection of self-penned singles that all
made their way into the sales or the airplay
charts : Engrenages
(1982), Adrénaline
(1983), Adrian
(1984), I Love
You Lulu (1985), Gainsbarre
(1986), Body
Physical (1987 - also released in Japan
& Germany), "Baby
Boum" (1988), Keep
Cool (1989) and Shepard
(1990).
Amongst those tracks, "Gainsbarre"
was the very first hommage written to Serge
Gainsbourg. When he first listened to that
song, the late pop mogul melt into tears.
Lots of girls sang his songs - but only Buzy
offered him one. Thankful, Gainsbourg took
fascinating pictures of Buzy for the record's
sleeve - now a collector !
During those roaring 80's, Buzy was called
a "local Pat Benatar", a "parisienne
Kim Wilde", or "the french Nena".
But she managed to get public exposure only
for her music, refusing to sell out her presence
on every talk-show. She was never seen at
premieres ot glossy parties, and stayed apart
from the french pop "families". |
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In
the 90's, Buzy felt sick with fame, and decided
to keep a low profile. She released two albums
(Rêve
éveillé, 1993 - Délits
1998), wrote lyrics for other singers, and
did little touring, but she spent most of
her time working as a personal coach and counseler
- astrology being one of her favorite tools
in that matter. She also took time to read
and travel a lot, discovering Viêt-Nam,
Philippines, Thaïland...
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After
she was offered a publishing deal to write
a book about her life (Engrenages,
2004), Buzy felt it was time for her to make
some new music. She called back the french
guitar hero Alice Botté, who already
played with her in the 80's, and together,
they produced BORDERLOVE.
Amongst the other musicians, the world-famous
drummer Manu Katche plays on Contemporaine.
He was already heard on Buzy's hit Adrian,
way back in time. He was just a beginner then,
and Buzy predicted him world-wide fame. Which
happened along the likes of Sting and Peter
Gabriel.
Now, Buzy is tremendously happy with BORDERLOVE's
critical acclaim. The french media gladly
welcome her back, after such a long silence.
The album reached n°15 on the french iTunes
Top, she has the best reviews of her whole
career, performs in classy TV shows and played
a wonderful show in a hip Paris club ("La
Boule Noire"), where french star Bernard
Lavilliers, a big fan of the album, joined
her on stage for a duet. She even had a video
shot by Nicolas Hidiroglou, the super-trendy
Citizen K photographer.
Her only wish, now, is to go on promoting
BORDERLOVE,
and offer her music to fresh ears.
With your help. |
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