Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1940 in Morlaix, Finistère, in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she employed numerous unusual musical styles, melting rock and roll, folk, jazz, spoken word poetry and world rhythms. She collaborated with such celebrated musicians as Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Archie Shepp and The Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Albums
- 12 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques Higelin and Jimmy Walter), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1965
- 15 chansons d'avant le déluge (with Jacques Higelin and Michel Colombier), Productions Jacques Canetti, 1966
- Brigitte Fontaine est folle (with Jean-Claude Vannier), Saravah, 1968
- Comme à la radio (with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Areski Belkacem), Saravah, 1969
- Brigitte Fontaine (with Areski Belkacem, Julie Dassin and Jacques Higelin), Saravah, 1972
- Je ne connais pas cet homme (with Areski Belkacem and Antoine Duhamel), Saravah, 1973
- L'Incendie (with Areski Belkacem), Byg Records, 1974
- Le Bonheur (with Areski Belkacem), Saravah, 1975
- Vous et Nous (with Areski Belkacem, Jean-Philippe Rykiel and Antoine Duhamel), Saravah, 1977
- Les églantines sont peut-être formidables (with Areski Belkacem), , RCA-Saravah, 1979
- French corazon (with Areski Belkacem and Jean-Philippe Rykiel), Midi/EMI, 1990
- Genre humain (with Areski Belkacem, Étienne Daho and Les Valentins), Virgin, 1995
- Les palaces (with Areski Belkacem and Alain Bashung), Virgin, 1997
- Morceaux de choix, compilation, Virgin, 1999
- Kékéland (with Areski Belkacem, Jean-Claude Vannier, Sonic Youth, -M-, Noir Désir, Ginger Ale, Lou and Placido, Jean Efflam Bavouzet, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Georges Moustaki, Les Valentins and Archie Shepp), Virgin, 2001
- Rue Saint Louis en l'île (with Areski Belkacem, -M-, Didier Malherbe, Jean Efflam Bavouzet, Zebda, Daniel Mille and Gotan Project), Virgin, 2004
- Libido (with Jean-Claude Vannier, -M-, Jean Efflam Bavouzet and Areski Belkacem), Polydor, 2006
External links
French *Audio book (mp3): incipit of Paso doble, written by Brigitte Fontaine in 1985 French
