Marianne Dissard

Marianne Dissard
Born (1969-05-20) May 20, 1969
Tarbes, Pyrénées, France
Origin Sud Ouest, Pyrénées, France
Genres Indie rock, Post-rock, Chanson, French pop, Americana
Occupation(s) Musician, lyricist, filmmaker, singer, producer, writer
Instruments Vocals
Years active Singer 2005–present, filmmaker 1989–present, lyricist 1995–present
Labels Le Pop, Vacilando '68, Trop Exprés Music, Tucson Music Factory
Associated acts Amor Belhom Duo, ABBC
Website mariannedissard.com

Marianne Dissard (born May 20, 1969, Tarbes, France) is a singer, lyricist and filmmaker who lived in Tucson, Arizona, United States from 1994 to 2013. "A central figure in Tucson's desert music community"[1] with her unique hybrid of French Chanson and Americana, she is noted as a "charismatic performer".[2]

Biography

Dissard was born in Tarbes, France and grew up in the countryside near the Southwestern French city of Toulouse before moving to Mesa, Arizona in the United States at the age of 16 with her parents. Dissard relocated to Los Angeles in 1989, briefly roommating to musician Howe Gelb while attending film school at the University of Southern California. Active in Los Angeles' independent film-making scene, she collaborated with directors Clay Walker and Gregg Araki as well as French distribution company Haut Et Court with the selection of the "Inédits d'Amérique" film series by Jon Jost, Allison Anders and Alex Cox. In 1994, Dissard arrived in Tucson, Arizona to direct a documentary on Howe Gelb's alt-Americana band Giant Sand. She remained in Tucson until 2013, taking an increasingly more active part in the city's music scene, from lyricist and muse to full-fledged producer and performer. Her thirteen years relationship with ex-husband and musical partner Naïm Amor ended in 2008.

Creative life

Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Calexico's Joey Burns, who composed her first two albums: lo-fi demo debut 'Dedicated To Your Walls' (2006) and 'L'Entredeux' (2008), which he also produced. An album of bitter love songs, 'L'Entredeux' won a Coup de Coeur prize from France's Académie Charles Cros in 2009 and was released in Europe on German label Pop Musik.[3] Dissard's second album, 'L'Abandon' (2011), also garnered worldwide accolades.[4] It tackled subject matters such as her hometown of Tucson, abortion, Mexican porn comic books and marriage. Third album The Cat. Not Me (2013) was co-written by Dissard and composer Sergio Mendoza of the Tucson mambo ensemble Y La Orkesta. Dealing with emotional and physical exhaustion, nightmares, addiction and botched connections, this nonetheless upbeat album premiered live at SXSW in 2013,[5] with Seattle producer/musician Budo and violinist Andrew Joslyn.

An intermediary album, 2009 Paris One Takes ("a fantastic album")[6] is the first in the Cities Series of albums recorded while on tour. Berlin Two Takes, the series' second album, was released in 2012 and included a duet with Belgian singer Arno. Marianne Dissard has performed from Europe to North America, China as well as Turkey, New Zealand and Australia. Most notable live shows include those at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City in July 2010 and in Europe, at the Dortmund's KonzertHaus in 2010, but also a walking donkey tour of the Pyrénées in 2010. Festival performances include New Zealand's Sounday in 2010, South By Southwest in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, Joshua Tree Roots Festival, USA (2010) and Split Works' Black Rabbit Festival in China (2011).[7]

As a documentary filmmaker, Marianne Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Giant Sand and Howe Gelb on 'Drunken Bees' (1996) and with artists Robbie Conal ('Post No Bills' (1993, co-producing credit), funded by ITVS/PBS), Robert Kramer on camera for French TV-funded film 'Low Y Cool' (2006) and Keja Kramer. Dissard's first fiction film, 'Lonesome Cowgirls', a remake of Andy Warhol's 'Lonesome Cowboys', was conceived as a companion piece to album 'L'Abandon' and shot in Tucson, Arizona in a 24hrs period in June 2010.[8] Several music videos and short video pieces are also credited to Dissard.

Marianne Dissard's collaborations with American-born, Berlin-based choreographer Ami Garmon have been presented at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (exhibit Hiver de l'Amour by Purple Prose 1994), Fondation Cartier (1994), Galleries D'Art Contemporain de Marseille (in residency, 1994) and Videoteca de Lisbon (1994), Arte TV Lounge (2010), Dortmund Konzerthaus (2011), Zurich's Rote Fabrik (2011), Tanz Im August Festival in Berlin (2013).

As a lyricist, Marianne Dissard has written for Naïm Amor, Fredda, Françoiz Breut, Giant Sand's Howe Gelb and herself. She was the main lyricist for French avant-pop duo Amor Belhom Duo. Her bilingual French-English poetry and writings have been published in Spork and other English-language literary magazines.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Compilations and contributions

Collaborations – lyrics

Collaborations – singing

Collaborations – producing

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Zeitgeist – The French Arizona Dream". RFI Musique. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Marianne Dissard Shares Her Desert Heart The Santa Barbara Independent". Independent.com. May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. ↑ "le pop | news". Lepop.de. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110306064733/http://www.mariannedissard.com:80/reviews/. Archived from the original on March 6, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Kasten, Roy (March 14, 2013). "SXSW 2013: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spain, Ivan & Alyosha and More: Review and Photos". Blogs.riverfronttimes.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110813094441/http://www.venuszine.com/articles/music/7147/Marianne_Dissard. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Black Rabbit Music Festival is coming!_Split Works". Spli-t.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  8. ↑ "Cowgirls won't be lonesome at Keeylocko". Azstarnet.com. June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

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