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unusual facts about Yann Tiersen


Ondes Martenot

Also Yann Tiersen, well known for writing the music to the film Amélie, often features the use of the ondes Martenot in his music.


Beirut Rock Festival

The first Beirut Rock Festival took place in Forum de Beirut (Karantina) on the 11,13,14 of November 2009 with international bands such as Anathema, To/Die/For, Peter Murphy, Agua de Annique, Yann Tiersen and local bands such as Eileen Khatchadourian, Tristmoon and Weeping Willow.

Dust Lane

All music composed by Yann Tiersen, all lyrics written by Tiersen except "Chapter Nineteen", which lyrics are an excerpt taken from Sexus, the first part of The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy by American writer and painter Henry Miller.

I Poo Poo on Your JuJu

The album compiles Elliott's remixes of work by other artists, including Blonde Redhead, Tarwater and Yann Tiersen, together with a rare collaboration with English satirist Chris Morris involving Elliott's music underpinning dialogue from the "Bad Sex" series of sketches from Morris' Radio 1 "ambient comedy" show Blue Jam.


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