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LYENN

V2 Munich Records - V2 Munich Records (BE)
www.lyenn.net

biography

last update 22 01 10
Belgian Songsmith Fred Lyenn Jacques - who performs as LYENN - purveys spare refined art pop tunes with a powerful aura of mystery and menace. (Time out New York, sept 2009)

Lyenn's debut album The Jollity of my Boon Companionwas recorded in New York and features some of New York's greatest musicians, such as
Marc Ribot(Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, ...)
Shahzad Ismaily (Bonnie "Prince" Billie, Sean Lennon/Yoko Ono...)
Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs3, Ceramic Dog)
Indigo Street
Sam Amidon (Valgeir Sigurdsson,)
Joel Hamilton
Jolie Holland
Doug Wieselman(Antony and the Johnsons).

The record is mixed by Joel Hamilton(Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Sparklehorse and many others) mastered by Chad Clark is(...) the result of an intense and fruitful collaboration.


Lyenn is a singer-songwriter, contrabassist, and improviser who taught himself a lot of what he knows.
Lyenns music, like his identity, has many different roots: He was born in Belgium to a British mother, and with close relatives around the world, he has been exposed to a rich variety sounds and customs from a young age, these influences are clearly heard in his music. Lyenn pulls the listener into an intimate sphere of tangled emotions and moods where melancholy and desolation delicately shade the subtle traces of bliss within it.
Lyenn plays live in different set-ups: solo, duos (with bassclarinet, drums, guitar, bass, electronics, and more),trios, or larger groups depending on where he is playing and who he is playing with. No two sets are ever the same. They are not calculated, manufactured songs, but convey raw emotion and passion, which is expressed differently in each concert, depending on his mood and surroundings. The music is pure and instinctive.

Lyenn's repertoire of sounds and instruments is also quite extensive: his musical aides include a baritone guitar, Irish bouzouki, double bass, an organ bass pedal, not to mention an impressive vocal range.