Tag: Pauline Croze

A favorite of Pas de Merde, Pauline Croze is a French pop/folk singer and musician. She was born 4 May 1979 in Noisy-le-Sec.

She started to sing and play the guitar when she was fourteen and six years later she made her first demos with Quito of the group Señor Holmes. At this time she made her very first appearance on stage.

In 2003, she collaborated with Anne Claverie and Édith Fambuena of the Valentins in Transmusicales de Rennes, a work for which she is very well known.

She played as the support of Miossec, -M-, Bernard Lavilliers, Cali, Tryo or Lhasa.

In 2011, she collaborated with fellow French musician, Ben Mazué on his single, C’est léger, from his debut album.

Her first album Pauline Croze was released in February 2005, followed by Un bruit qui court in 2007. Her third album, Le Prix de l’Eden was released on 22 October 2012. She released Bossa Nova in 2016.
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Pauline Croze announces the release of her album and the dates of her tour

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Pauline Croze returns with “After the Gray Hours”, her sixth album which will be released on October 8, 2021 and will run throughout the 21-22 season, with a Parisian date at Les Etoiles on November 17, 2021!

“After the Gray Hours” winds between fashions and sounds like the right balance between the charm of his first steps and period pop, where the song mingles with urban syncopations. An album composed between confinements, between lightness and self-analysis, which plays as much with forms as with double meanings. In a daring, intuitive style, she tackles the tremors of the contemporary world with distance and irony. A tour will follow the release of the album, with a Parisian date already announced at Etoiles on November 17, 2021. First extract, we discover the clip of “Solution”.

Whether she writes alone or not, Pauline Croze is part of each of the texts, her life is there which turns constantly. Surrounded by young, inspired and talented directors: Fils Cara, Nk.F (Damso, Orelsan), Romain Guerret (Aline, Alex Rossi), Charlie Trimbur (Eddy de Pretto) and Pierrick Devin (Phoenix, Lomepal). The only constants are the grace and subtlety that continue to dress her voice.

At the age of 24, she was revealed at the Transmusicales de Rennes, she then won the Sacem prize on the springboard of the Chorus festival and then performed in the first part of Miossec, M, Bernard Lavilliers, Lhasa or Cali. Beautiful people. Her first album released in is gold disc and allows her to be nominated for the Victoires de la Musique. “Do nothing”, her most recent album (2018) sounds like an oxymoron: Pauline Croze gives of her person, with voice and guitar, to tell the pains of the heart, the murmured dramas and the sun, there- low, which still shudders.

Source: Pauline Croze announces the release of her album and the dates of her tour! – Artistikrezo

“After the Gray Hours”, a new album for Pauline Croze

The singer announces a new album with multiple faces, expected on October 8, with a cover illustrated by Joann Sfar.

What a long way since his concert at the Transmusicales de Rennes in 2003 with the songs from his first disc arranged by Edith Fambuena ( from the group Les Valentins ) . The first parts of Miossec, M, Bernard Lavilliers, Lhasa followed . . . Today Pauline Croze announces a sixth album marked by health restrictions, where she takes on several roles . Refined in March 2020 and already unveiled, the title Solution co – written with Anne Claverie, whose voice was recorded in a wooden cabinet, will be there . Directed by Claire Sichez, it exposes the theme of a “fragmented society which stubbornly seeks how to finally achieve happiness “:

What drives her, Pauline, is trying to provoke physical sensations with a feeling of lightness, even if it is to highlight the violence of the world .

I needed the risk, to shake up the substance as much as the form, to be tested ” .

To be free, the author – composer – singer and guitarist founded his own label, which allows it to work on the same disc, with several young directors inspired . We  will find on the latter beautiful collaborations with Nk . F ( Damso, Orelsan ) , Romain Guerret ( Aline, Alex Rossi ) , Charlie Trimbur ( Eddy de Pretto ) and Pierrick Devin ( Phoenix, Lomepal ) . Attraction and repulsion emerge, not without irony, from the title Kim, composed with his accomplice Romain Guerret for the North Korean dictator, on a clip directed by Anne Horel:

Whether she writes alone in pairs, Pauline Croze sings her whole being . She mixes the pop of her beginnings with very current urban sounds and her swaying rhythms carry chiseled lyrics that transcend emotions with fragility and conviction . It is the designer, novelist, director, screenwriter and above all the creator of the Rabbi’s Cat comic who signs the album cover:

Pauline Croze - After the Gray Hours - Cover by Joann Sfar
Pauline Croze – After the Gray Hours – Cover by Joann Sfar

After the Gray Hours is released on October 8 at Argentic / Capitol and Pauline Croze will shoot throughout the season 21 – 22, with a Parisian date at the Stars on November 17, 2021 .

 

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The travel interview with Pauline Croze, singer

She has had the guitar (and voice) that itches for almost 30 years. Since then, she scratches them a little (a lot) to offer us very pretty songs, five albums and tours here and elsewhere. To celebrate the year 2021, Pauline Croze is back with a new single called “Solution”. “Sketched” by designer Joann Sfar, the singer offers songs mixed with syncopations specific to contemporary urban pop. Between two songs , the young woman tells us here about her travels from Belgrade to West Africa, her love for Daft Punk and Mac de Marco and her little travel habits. Selected pieces from a three-part interview. 

Pauline Croze, before departure

You who have to sleep often at the hotel as part of your job, can you describe your home to me?
At home it’s quite stripped down, I like order, clarity…. The walls are light, it’s a very bright house, it’s a place where I must feel good. I also like working there. My room is very uncluttered, there are plants, flowers, a lot of books and comics.

A world tour, does that tempt you or would you have tempted?
Yes that would have tempted me, but I never had the guts to do it. I can panic very quickly when I am lost in a place. Sometimes even when I am in a place and I am lost, I can no longer read the names of the streets… That is to say!

Are you the type to pack your suitcase in advance or hard before departure?
No, suitcase in advance, even when it’s for vacation, you quickly realize that you take a thousand things that are unnecessary … I hate being loaded. I like the bare minimum.

What should you always carry with you in your cabin baggage?
A notebook, pens, an essential oil that soothes me, like bergamot or vetiver, a book of course …

Where are you going to sleep next or should you have slept (due to COVID)?
At the moment I am often at home, so no improvised bed! Continue reading “The travel interview with Pauline Croze, singer” →