Talisco I Mika

Six cordes en guise de gun, cartouches électro, Talisco raconte sa propre conquête de l’Ouest. Allergique aux postures en tout genre, le songwriter écrit un nouveau chapitre du grand songbook américain tout au long d’un captivant roadtrip musical, lorgnant tout autant les plaines poussiéreuses du Midwest que les buildings des cités industrielles. Son premier EP s’intitule My Home. Pas de maison en dur ici, mais une virée dans les mélodies pop-folk et les nappes électro. Loin des formats XXL et des orchestrations clinquantes du Nouveau Continent, mais en frenchy à fleur de peau. Avec lui, tout est question de mesures. Certains évoqueront les rivages californiens du freak folk et les volutes psychédéliques du gourou Devendra Banhart, Talisco s’en cogne comme de sa première chemise à carreaux et répond qu’il n’existe de frontières que celles que l’on s’impose.A l’image de sa musique, l’artiste fuit les parcours fléchés. Bordelais de naissance, parisien d’adoption, toujours en quête de nouvelles escales, "ces beaux matins où tu te lèves et t’aperçois que tu n’es plus à ta place et qu’il est temps d’aller voir d’autres horizons.


MIKA
www.mikasounds.com

Mika opened his pop career in 2007 with the defining single Grace Kelly, which went on to sell over 3 million copies worldwide and was the second British single ever to top the chart on downloads alone. It was #1 in the UK for 5 weeks and topped the charts in 6 other countries also. His total single sales from his debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion, exceed 6 million and the album itself went straight to #1 in the UK and 11 other countries, going on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide. His second album The Boy Who Knew Too Much released in 2009 continued the trend, making it into the top ten in over 10 countries worldwide and containing the hits We Are Golden, Blame It On The Girls and Rain. In 2011 Mika released the French language single Elle Me Dit which topped the French charts for 8 weeks in 2011 clocking up over 300,000 sales and becoming the second best selling single of the year in the process. The video featured legendary French actress Fanny Ardant and has over 31 million plays. His third album The Origin of Love, was released to international acclaim in 2012 and includes the huge single Celebrate, featuring Pharrell Williams, and US smash Popular Song which was later reworked as a duet with American Nikolodeon sensation Ariana Grande. 2013 went on to see Mika become a judge on XFactor Italia (learning Italian in 3 months to be proficient on live TV!) and a season coach on The Voice in France. The episodes of both shows smashed ratings from previous years, proving Mika to be a popular coach and seeing his status in both countries rocket. In 2014 Mika was asked to return for both seasons of the XFactor and The Voice, which he happily accepted, as well as finishing his 4th studio album, due for release in 2015.
Mika has been nominated for and won awards from the Brits, the Grammys, the Ivor Novellos, Capital Radio, Q magazine, The NRJs, The World Music Awards, BT and Vodaphone, Virgin Media and MTV’s Europe, Asia, Australia and Japan, amongst others. He is also the recipient of the prestigious French award "Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres". Mika has now sold over 10 million records and has Gold or Platinum awards in an impressive 32 countries worldwide.

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