“Tiersen’s songcraft, particularly on ∞, is an invitation into both the beautiful and the cerebral qualities of music” - PopMatters
“dreamy and atmospheric” – Washington Post
“a stone-cold masterpiece” - Uncut
“an impressionistic canvas topped with moments both dissonant and beautiful” – Paste Magazine
Yann Tiersen’s new album ∞ (Infinity), is out now. You can watch a never-before heard insight into his songwriting from Yann himself with a Track by Track explanation of the album in addition to exclusive footage of Yann listening to ∞ on vinyl at the Ushant Island Lighthouse Museum. Watch here.
Yann Tiersen will wrap up his critically acclaimed US tour on the West Coast (full details below). For a sneak peak at Yann’s live performance, watch a concert filmed in the Ushant Islands here.
∞ (Infinity) was conceived in Iceland, where work began on the album, and in Ushant Island, Brittany (France). The album was produced by Yann Tiersen and mixed by Gareth Jones with Yann Tiersen and Daniel Miller.
Layering of textures formed thematic threads that bind the album: the stones, the minerals, their infinite nature. Language too is integral to this album. ‘Ar Maen Bihan’, a story written by Emilie Quinquis in the Breton language, was translated by amiina to Icelandic (‘Steinn’). Elsewhere on the album Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap) and Ólavur Jákupsson (a member of Tiersen’s live band) both contributed tracks on the same theme – stones – Moffat’s in English and Jákupsson’s in Faroese.
Hailing from Brittany, Yann Tiersen is one of the most revered artists of his generation with a reputation first established by his studio albums (which included 1997 Cascade Street 1998’s The Lighthouse andto 2005’s Les Retrouvailles). The early albums were combined and used for theAmelie soundtrack (2001), earning him global recognition. Recent albums on Mute, Dust Lane(2010) and Skyline (2011) have seen his prominence build, along with projects such as the recent live score to the Fantômasseries which he curated at the Théâtre de Châtelet with guests Tim Hecker, James Blackshaw, Loney Dear and Amiina.
Yann Tiersen is touring throughout 2014 with US dates wrapping up this week:
17 June - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA
18 June - Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
20 June - The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
26 Sept - Royal Festival Hall, London, England
28 Sept - Vega (Musikkens Hus), Copenhagen, Denmark
29 Sept - Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden
1 Oct - Pustervik, Gothenburg, Sweden
2 Oct - Mejeriet ,Lund, Sweden
4 Oct - Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
5 Oct - Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
6 Oct - Gloria, Cologne, Germany
7 Oct - Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland
8 Oct - Splendid, Lille, France
12 Oct - Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
14 Oct - Kaufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland
15 Oct - Kaserne / Reithalle, Basel, Switzerland
16 Oct - Epicerie Moderne, Lyon, France
17 Oct - Auditorium, Girona, Spain
18 Oct - La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
21 Oct – Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain
22 Oct - Astrolab, Orleans, France
24 Oct - La Carène, Brest, France
25 Oct - Antipode, Rennes, France
26 Oct - Ancienne Belgique , Brussels, Belgium
27 Oct - L’Olympia, Paris, France
7-9 Nov – Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, TX, USA
Tickets available from http://yanntiersen.com/