Press Book - Fanny Beriaux

PRESS BOOK / DOSSIER DE PRESSE
NEW ALBUM - BLOW UP MY WORLD
Fanny Bériaux
“As soon as the first notes arise, one is blown away, “Mmmm, doo-i-doo-do-i-a.” The voice, its tone,
its pose, its quality and color, the sound quality, the way the guitar blends in. Here is a vocal jazz
album which is bound to please. One is not disappointed after listening to the 15 pieces. Blow Up
My World is brilliantly put together. And one can't get enough. An unmistakable sign of quality.”
Jean -Claude Vantroyen , Le Soir
“ Fanny Bériaux plays with all the chords of her voice, from the most sensual to the most
delirious. With scattered references on her way, the singer takes on a very personal path.”
(DS) La Libre Belgique
“(…) if you just listen closely, you will discover a true personality (…) who scats pertinently,
whispers softly or rips through the melody. The repertoire - entirely by the guitarist Jarek
Frankowski - seems tailor-made for the singer, from languorous ballads to folk or jazzy moods.
The band of jazzmen surrounding her is not without significance in this album's success”.
(J.P.G) Vers l’Avenir
“(…) very sensual and jazzy, like a real vamp (…) She chose musicians with class
who combine pop and jazz with perfection. Blow Up My World is a jazz record of a
kind you would expect from Dani Klein. Bériaux is at least as successful in the genre”
(GTB) Brussel Deze Week
EN-FR »
FR
Le Soir / Culture
EN
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
Music / A Belgian Discovery Fanny just wants to be able to sing “as much as possible”
Fanny Bériaux, Jazz in the Blood
THE ESSENSIALS:
- Fanny Bériaux is an upcoming jazz singer, Belgian and full of talent
- Her first album “Blow up my World” is a real success
As soon as the first notes arise, one is blown away, “Mmmm, doo-t-doo-do-i-a”. The voice, its tone, its pose,
its quality and color, the sound quality, the way the guitar blends in. Here is a vocal jazz album which is
bound to be loved.
One is not disappointed after listening to the 15 pieces. Blow Up My World is brilliantly put together. And
one can't get enough. An unmistakable sign of quality.
“You came all the way from nowhere“ sings Fanny Bériaux as the first song begins.
Fanny who? She too seems to come out of nowhere with this first album... Twenty-nine years old, charming,
determined, but still unaccustomed to interviews and thus a little vulnerable. All the more because she is
alone at the interview, without her producer, sound engineer, and guitarist Jarek Frankowski, the craftsman
of this album, the one behind its unique sound, shimmering, bewitching, rich in contrasting moods.
“I have discovered jazz quite late”, she confesses.”I've always loved to sing, I wanted to become a music
teacher and sing. But I wasn't too enthusiastic about lyrical singing, so after the Liège conservatory, I took
up jazz at the Brussels conservatory, with Anca Pargel and Martha Mauss. Since then I've been singing
jazz.”
With two other girls in a band called Swallows, in theater plays, and now with Jarek.
“I had auditioned for a musical. He was there too. He loved my voice, he called me and we made a demo.
Then an album, this one, created in a studio, not on stage. It took some time: it had to mature. Our first piece
was “Albinoni's Ghost”, which is also the first song on the album.”
Jazz singing with pop and soul echoes
In his Brussel's studio, Jarek Frankowski has come up with the album's sound, its technical perfection, but
also its mood. Fanny's voice, Jarek's guitar, Sam Gerstmans double-bass, Jerôme Baudart's drums, Mathieu
Van's piano and Jean Paul Estievenart's trumpet sound remarkably good. Jarek has also composed all the
pieces.
The lyrics are shared. Jarek, Fanny, and her brother Simon, each contributed their bit.
“The songs speak of offbeat worlds,” Fanny Bériaux explains. “The stories are about a crazy cat, an
aboriginal shaman, about what if I had been there 60 years ago, about the worlds of the street, hold-ups,
bars... The lyrics are important because in this case it's not pure jazz: its jazz singing with pop and soul
roots. We don't play long solos on stage. I want it to be accessible to all. We even tend to come close to a live
performance act, it's a bit theatrical.”
Fanny sings soul with a deep voice that is a bit reminiscent of Peggy Lee, the singer from “Fever”. She can
be sensual or ironic. “Before, I had references,” she says. “Now it seems immodest, I strive to go back into
myself. In order to give to the public one has to first let oneself be filled with vital strength. Of course that
deeper being that I go in search of is inspired by all that I have listened to. Jacques Brel, Matt Elliot,
Roberto da Fonseca, Phillipe Léotard, people who exude that magical special thing.”
That's what she wants, to go and find deep within herself that something which transcends her own truth. “It's
very physical, the deeper you go into yourself, the more you get in touch with other people's roots.” Is it
likeYoga, Transcendental meditation? “It may be similar but it's very physical. Before going on stage, I look
for the “chi”, the universal energy, down here at the center of the body, with the voice of course.”
Here's the album, here's the tour, and what about tomorrow? “A second album, yes, a bit more gutsy, more
spontaneous, less polished. Otherwise my ambitions are simple. I don't dream about becoming a huge star. I
would just like to be surrounded by a good team who can take on a series of tasks so that I'm free to give
myself entirely to my work. If I am allowed to sing and live from it in a decent and comfortable manner, I'm
fine with it. My sole ambition is to sing as much as possible.”
Jean-Claude Vantroyen, Le Soir
La Libre Belgique
FR-EN
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
Jazz, etc...
Blow up My World
Fanny Bériaux
***
Fanny, what a lovely name, slightly out
of fashion for such a modern young artist.
Fanny Bériaux releases a thoroughly
original first album, written by the
guitarist Jarek Jankowski, the journalist
Simon Bériaux, and herself.
In this open minded jazz, we rediscover
the influence of David Lynx who treats
the voice as an instrument, and that of
Marc Moulin with Bert Joris, for the
coupling of a Fender Rhodes Piano and a
muted trumpet with a very brassy sound.
Supported still by a very solid bass, Fanny
Bériaux plays with all the chords of her
voice, from the most sensual to the most
delirious.
With scattered references on her way, the
singer takes on a very personal path. (DS)
CD CHAMBER 318, AMG
Vers l’Avenir
Pop Jazz ***
FR
EN
Fanny Bériaux
“Blow Up My World”
Yet another singer, one might sigh while staring at the album cover...
In fact, if you just listen closely, you will discover a true personality - with some
inflexions reminiscent of Madeleine Peyroux – who scats pertinently, whispers softly
or rips through the melody. The repertoire – entirely by the guitarist Jarek Frankowski
- seems to be tailor-made for the singer, from languorous ballads to folk or jazzy
moods. The band of jazzmen surrounding her is not without significance in this
album's success. J.P.G
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
FR
Télémoustique
Fanny Bériaux
Concert
EN
A new rising star of belgian jazz, the young woman
finally releases her first album, “Blow Up my
World”.We find in it her heartwarming world, a tad
wild… and just right !
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
CINE TELE REVUE
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Translation: Alexandra Barreiros
Blow Up my World **
It took three years of work for the Belgian
artist Fanny Bériaux to release her first
album. “Blow Up My World” is a softsounding jazz album sung in English. The
young woman's mellow voice gives it this
enveloping warmth, whether she pays
tribute to Cézanne, accompanies the piano
(“Behind Your Smile”) or the bass (“I'll
Rob a Bank”). Though it remains rather
languorous throughout, a track like
“Chaotic” grants itself more upbeat popstyle rhythms. Fifteen fine and original
precious pieces. Fanny Bériaux has
concerts scheduled until March 2010. See
information at: www.fannyberiaux.com.
(Chamber/AMG)
Brussel Deze Week, December 2009 - CD/ concert at Marni Theatre review
EN
Brussel Deze Week, décembre 2009 - revue CD / concert au Thèâtre Marni
FR
Et soudain, ce mois-ci, voici qu’apparaît Fanny Bériaux, avec son
premier et irrésistible album et son spectacle, tout aussi impressionnant,
livré dans un théâtre Marni complètement sold-out. La piste qui ouvre
l’album est totalement dans le style de Rita Hayworth : très sensuelle et
jazzy, à l’instar d’une vraie vamp. Alors que nous n’étions pas encore
remis de cette introduction, elle avait déjà continué son chemin et
entreprit de nous enseigner quelques pas de danse dans un style funky.
Peu de temps après, il devint clair qu’elle était éprise de musique gitane
et qu’elle avait aussi un faible pour la bossa. Et finalement, en vraie
femme fatale, elle nous entraîna, à tombeau ouvert, dans une véritable
course poursuite. C’est cette image d’elle-même que la jeune chanteuse
distillera au public durant la présentation de son CD ; stylée, la voie
sensuelle, le verbe facile entre deux chansons, posée dans un décor
adéquat et accompagnée de Jérôme Baudart à la batterie, du
contrebassiste Boris Schmidt et du guitariste Manu Bonetti, elle choisit
ses musiciens avec une classe qui permet un mélange parfait de pop et
de jazz. Blow Up My World est un CD du genre de celui qu’on
attendrait d’une Dani Klein. Bériaux réussit au moins aussi bien qu’elle
dans ce genre. (GTB)
Traduction : Vincent Chapaux
FR
Fanny Bériaux, nouvelle venue dans l'Ultratop
Le classe ment des meilleurs ventes de Wallonie et de Belgique Francophone accueille
cette nouvelle venue et son album "Blow Up My World". Faites connaissance avec Fanny
Bériaux...
Fanny Bériaux signe avec « Blow Up my World » un premier album coloré teinté de fraicheur et de notes
résolument pop et jazz. Cette jeune artiste bruxelloise y travaille depuis trois ans. Fanny est issue d’une
formation classique, et après un premier prix en solfège au Conservatoire Royal de Liège, elle obtient un
premier prix en jazz au Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. Mais rassurez-vous, son univers est large: parmi
ses influences, on peut citer Alice Russell, Madeleine Peyroux, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, Rita Hayworth,
Melody Gardot, etc…
C’est une rencontre avec Jarek Frankowski, producteur et ingénieur du son, qui lui ouvre de nouvelles
portes. Lui a déjà collaboré à la production de plusieurs enregistrements studio (Jean-Louis Rassinfosse,
Philip Catherine, Zoé,Stéphanie Blanchoud) ainsi qu’à diverses musiques de film (Jaco Van Dormael,
Arnaud Demunynck, Marian Handwerker) et des projets liés au monde de la danse (Frédéric Flamand,
Michèle Noiret). Ensemble, ils décident de se lancer dans la création de ce premier opus.
Chanté en anglais, « Blow Up my World » révèle 15 titres originaux qui nous emmènent dans un univers
chaleureux, un peu allumé, peuplé de jeunes amoureuses alanguies, de chats fous et de shamans
aborigènes. Une artiste originale et une personnalité attachante à découvrir aussi en concert :
17 décembre 2009 – Cook & Book, Bruxelles
22 décembre 2009 - Music Village, Bruxelles
29 décembre 2009 – Hopper, Anvers
17 mars 2010 - Midis du jazz, Liège
18 mars 2010 - Midis du jazz, Louvain-la-Neuve
27 mars 2010 - Centre Culturel de Theux
Retrouvez Fanny sur ses deux sites :
http://www.fannyberiaux.com - http://www.m yspace.com/fannyberiaux
Musique | 27 Novembre 2009
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
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Fanny Bériaux, a newcomer in Ultrapop
EN
The French-speaking Belgian best sales classification welcomes this newcomer and her album “Blow Up
My World”. Get to know Fanny Bériaux...
With “Blow Up My World” Fanny Bériaux creates a colorful and refreshing first album with clear pop and jazz
notes. The young artist from Brussels has been working on it for the last three years. Fanny comes from a
classical background, and after winning a first prize in Music Theory at the Liège Royal Conservatory, she
received the first prize in Jazz at the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
But rest assured, her world is rich: among her influences one can quote Alice Russell, Madeleine Peyroux,
Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, Rita Hayworth, Melody Gardot, etc...
Her meeting with Jarek Frankowski, producer and sound engineer, was to open new doors. He had already
participated in the production of several studio recordings (Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Philip Catherine, Zoé,
Stéphanie Blanchoud) and various film music projects (Jaco Van Dormael, Arnaud Demunynck, Marian
Handwerker) as well as in projects connected with the world of dancing (Fréderic Flamand, Michèle Noiret).
Together they decided to venture into the creation of this new opus.
Sung in English, “Blow Up My World” exhibits 15 original tracks which open up a warm and pleasant, slightly
off-beat world, filled with young and languorous lovers, crazy cats and aboriginal shamans. Here is an original
artist and a captivating personality to discover also in concert:
December 17, 2009- Cook & Book, Brussels
December 22, 2009- Music village, Brussels
December 29, 2009- Hopper, Anvers
March, 17, 2010- Midis du Jazz, Liège
March 18, 2010- Midis du jazz, Louvain-la- Neuve
March 27, 2010- Centre Culturel of Theux
Meet Fanny on these two sites:
http://www.fannyberiaux.com - http://www.m yspace.com/fannyberiaux
Music / November 27, 2009
Flair
FR
_______________________________________________translation: Alexandra Barreiros
Fanny, we are fans
EN
Here comes a sensual delight! In the wake of Melody Gardot or Madeleine Peyroux, Fanny
Bériaux, the young artist from Brussels, warms up and touches one’s heart with this first album
filled with tender atmospheres. It has a softness which at times takes on a more challenging and
edgy tone, which is a pleasant addition. And you don’t have to be a purist in order to be moved.
FR
translation: Alexandra Barreiros
Le Soir / La Culture / Thursday December 24, 2009 Music. VANTROYEN, JEAN-CLAUDE
The singer had a concert at the Music Village. Ah! The voice of Fanny Bériaux!
EN
Review
Have female jazz singers ever been more popular than today? Mélody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Diana Krall,
Dee Dee Bridgewater... In Belgium as well, genuine talent is emerging: Mélanie de Biasio, Chrystel Wautier, Barbara
Wiernick, Lena Ayal, Tutu Puoane, Judy Niemack (Indonesian, South-African and American, respectively, but
living in Belgium)... And now, a new singer springs out of this fertile ground: Fanny Bériaux.
We said (Le Soir of November 12) how much we liked her first album, Blow Up My World. Fifteen jazz tracks that
one can listen to over and over again, enraptured by the versatility of the talent and voice of Fanny Bériaux. But
even that pales in comparison to her performance on stage. We had the pleasure of seeing her perform on Tuesday
evening, at the Music Village, in Brussels. The flame in the packed jazz club refused to die out, and at the end of the
show the waves of enthusiastic applause shook the old walls as the endless cheering and repeated demands for “one
more song” went on. When an audience has the chance to participate in such an event, it asks for more. But Fanny
was exhausted. She had clearly given her very best to win us over.
Why was this infatuation so tremendously overwhelming? First of all because Fanny Bériaux has a remarkable
voice, a voice which sinks into the low notes and rides effortlessly over the high notes, while playfully turning
joyful or mysterious, ironic or loving. But mostly, because she utterly surrenders to what she sings. She is wholly in
her songs, versatile, multifaceted, eclectic, committed, tense or zen, groovy or explosive according to the piece.
Equally agile is her band, with Manu Bonetti on the guitar, Martin Mereau on the drums, and Boris Schmidt on the
double-bass, they become tender in the ballads, inventive in the ironic pieces, frantic in the swings, and even
psychedelic in a completely offbeat fusion jazz-rock mode.
From this concert we shall not forget the superb Cézanne, the self-destructive Chaotic, nor the electrifying and
moving gospel sung by fanny alone, a cappella, nor, at the end of the concert, the rock adaptation of that old blues
tune by B.B King and Lou Rawls, I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water - an impressive and very exciting finale by an
artist from whom we expect even greater things. With piano and brass perhaps?
www.fannyberiaux.com
The Bulletin
EN-FR
Fanny Bériaux pourrait bien
être le cadeau que la Belgique
fait au jazz cette année. En une
seule phrase, sa voix fine et
légèrement cassée, issue d’une
formation classique, peut conjurer la vulnérabilité enfantine,
se faire sensuelle de désir ou
puissante de rage. Son premier
album « Blow Up My World »
qui vient de sortir sur le label
Chamber est une réussite. 15
titres originaux en anglais - à
l’exception d’un fantastique
morceau scat – accompagnés
par le jeu de Jarek Frankowski
et la palette émotionnelle étendue de Fanny Bériaux, mixent
la pop, le jazz, la soul et la
poésie. Que tous ceux qui hésitent encore à l’ajouter à leur
liste de cadeau aillent l’écouter
en live. Ce que ses amis et ses
admirateurs en disent est vrai :
elle assure !
Jazz News: novembre 2012
Paris Capitale: septembre 2012
Orion 309: octobre 2012
Homme de Luxe: octobre 2012
La Savoie: novembre 2012
On top Audio: juillet 2012
BIO:
EN
The first that strikes you thing about Fanny Bériaux is her voice. Soft and sensual in the low
notes, powerful and precise in the high, but also outstandingly expressive...In a generous
performance, she truly lives every moment of her singing, experiencing emotions deeply, in a
complete wholehearted enjoyment of her own voice from its warmest and roundest to its most
delirious and heart rending expressions, while passing through a hint of nostalgia and a touch
of tenderness.
Born in Brussels in 1980, she comes to feel a strong attraction for singing and experiences it
already in childhood not only as a genuine pleasure, but as a physical need. Music in general
also interests her, and very soon she starts to study classic piano in an academy, while
spontaneously fiddling with the chords of a guitar from time to time. It is, however, very clear
that singing is her natural calling, the thing which makes her tick.
At eighteen a world of possibilities opens up together with the need to choose a clear path.
Fanny Bériaux will chose two: on one side, naturally, music, and on the other, university. She
enters the Liège Music Conservatory where she is awarded a first prize the very first year.
Simultaneously, she studies communication, while never ceasing to feel that singing is her
true calling.
Up until then, she had been following some singing classes, but in styles which fell short of
touching her deeply. It is then that she meets Anca Parghel, a professor of vocal jazz at the
Brussels Conservatory. The singer's vocal mastery fascinates her and she enters the
Conservatory in 2002. There she is given her first award in vocal jazz, at the same time as she
completes her degree at the university.
Two years later, amidst the serendipity of chance auditions, she meets the composer Jarek
Frankowsky, who, spellbound by such a unique artist, decides to help her to release her first
album. Thus « Blow Up My World » becomes available in stores in 2009. In it the singer
reveals a warm and low voice, coloured with a rich palette, in songs both jazzy and of mixed
influence, traveling between jazz, pop and soul. One can find in it, among many others, the
influence of Madeleine Peyroux, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, Melody Gardot, Anita O Day...
The album is warmly received by the press, prompting a series of concerts in Belgium and in
Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Sibiu, Ploiesti, Luxembourg...). The singer also performs in
international festivals (Comblain Festival, Sibiu jazz festival, festival international
Echternach, Gaumes jazz festival...). The public and the press continue to follow her
performances with a marked and growing enthusiasm as they discovered behind the album's
voice a rich and intense stage performance.
Fanny Bériaux's world is vast and stretches to the horizon. She defines herself primarily as a
singer and is attracted to a variety of music. In the versatile openness which characterizes her,
she takes an active part in a great number of projects and attracts proposals from artists
coming from very different backgrounds. Among other things, she recorded the female voices
for the theater play « La princesse Turandot » directed by Dominique Serron, sang an
evening as an alto solist the Stabat Mater by Pergolèse and performed a duet with David
Bartholomé (singer of Sharko) on his latest album « Cosmic woo Woo » (2001).
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BIO :
FR
Ce qui frappe avant tout chez Fanny Bériaux, c’est sa voix. Une voix suave et sensuelle dans
les graves, précise et puissante dans les aigus, mais aussi terriblement expressive...
Généreuse sur scène, la chanteuse vit véritablement ce qu’elle chante et rentre dans ses
émotions à bras le corps, aimant à passer de sa voix la plus chaude et ronde à sa voix la plus
délirante, déchirante, en passant par un brin de nostalgie et une touche de tendresse, selon les
humeurs...
Née en 1980 à Bruxelles, l’enfant sent très vite son attirance forte pour le chant, qu’elle vit
comme un réel plaisir, voir une nécessité physique. La musique au sens large l’intéresse aussi,
et très tôt, elle étudie le piano classique en Académie, tout en grattant de temps en temps
spontanément une guitare. Mais, comme une évidence, c’est le chant qui la fait vibrer, même
si elle ne l’étudie pas encore...
À 18 ans s’ouvre un monde de possibles et la nécessité d’un choix. Fanny Bériaux en fera
deux : d’un côté, bien sûr, la musique, de l’autre, l’université. Elle entre donc au
Conservatoire de Liège où elle obtient un premier prix dès sa première année d’étude. Et elle
mène en parallèle des études de communication, bien qu’elle sente toujours cet appel du chant
au fond d’elle-même. Jusque-là, elle a certes suivi quelques cours de chant, mais dans des
styles qui ne la touchaient pas vraiment, sans trouver son bonheur. C’est alors qu’elle
rencontre Anca Parghel, professeur de chant-jazz au Conservatoire de Bruxelles. La maîtrise
vocale de la chanteuse la fascine et elle rejoint l’institution en 2002. Elle y obtient son
premier prix de chant-jazz en 2005, juste en même temps que sa licence à l’université.
Deux ans plus tard, dans les méandres des hasards des auditions, elle rencontre le compositeur
Jarek Frankowski qui, séduit par cette artiste hors du commun, décide de l’aider à sortir son
premier album. « Blow Up My World » sera dans les bacs en 2009. La chanteuse y révèle une
voix chaude et grave, teintée de multiples couleurs, dans des chansons jazzy et métissées,
voyageant entre le jazz, la pop et la soul. On y retrouve entre autres les influences de
Madeleine Peyroux, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, Melody Gardot, Anita O Day...
L’album est chaleureusement accueilli par la presse et donne lieu à une série de concerts en
Belgique et en Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Sibiu, Ploiesti, Luxembourg...). La chanteuse se
produit également dans des festivals internationaux (Comblain Festival, Sibiu jazz festival,
festival international Echternach, Gaumes jazz festival,...). Découvrant derrière cette voix
d’album un univers scénique riche et intense, le public et la presse suivent les concerts avec
un enthousiasme grandissant.
L’univers de Fanny Bériaux est large et s’ouvre à l’horizon. L’artiste se définit d’ailleurs
avant tout comme chanteuse et se sent attirée par des musiques multiples. Dans cette
ouverture, elle participe en parallèle à divers projets et se voit sollicitée par des artistes de
milieux très différents. Elle enregistre notamment les voix féminines pour la pièce de théâtre
« La princesse Turandot » mise en scène par Dominique Serron, chante pour un soir le Stabat
Mater de Pergolèse en tant que soliste alto, ou encore interprète un duo avec David
Bartholomé (chanteur de Sharko) sur son dernier album « Cosmic woo Woo » (2011).
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