LESLIE FEIST solo singer / songwriter Leslie Feist
(
Amherst, Nova Scotia
, Canada
) Managed to be nominated for Grammy awards
, and also belonged to the prominent indie band Broken Social Scene
.
Feist's parents were artists . His father, Harold Feist
was abstract expressionist painter and professor at the
Alberta College of Art and Design and
Mount Allison University, and his mother, Lyn
, studied ceramics in Saskatchewan
. His older brother Ben
is now a software engineer in Toronto
. The family moved to the maritime provinces of Canada
, where he was born later
Leslie . His parents divorced soon after, and Leslie
,
Ben and his mother moved to
Regina, Saskatchewan
, where they lived with their grandparents, and later to
Calgary, Alberta
. Because of the U.S. origin of his father,
Feist has dual Canadian and U.S., although on one occasion he joked in a television interview on The Colbert Report
who had obtained the U.S. due to a contract clause Apple
.
She aspired to write, but spent most of her childhood singing in choirs. At age 12, Feist
starred with a thousand dancers in the opening ceremony of the Olympics
winter
Calgary. It also has two siblings, Emily
and Jackson, the result of his father's second marriage.
In 1991, when he was 15 years
Feist began his musical career when he created a punk band called Placebo
(not to be confused with the British band Placebo
), which was the lead singer. She and the members of the band won the local contest, Battle of the Bands
where they were awarded the opening slot of
Infest Festival in 1993, and the acting along with the Ramones
. In this concert she met Brendan Canning
and Kevin Drew (her partner), with whom he formed
Broken Social Scene ten years later.
In 1995,
Feist was forced to take time off to recover from a problem in his vocal cords.
moved to Calgary Toronto in 1996 and began guitar lessons. That same year Noah Mintz
group Noah's Arkweld the lllamó to play bass in his band, even though she had never touched that instrument. In 1998, he was the rhythm guitarist for the band By Divine Right
, with whom he toured until 2000.
1999 also released her debut solo album,
Monarch (Lay down your jeweled head) , which was produced by Dan Kurtz
, who later formed
Dragonette. It consists of 10 songs, including Monarch
and That's What I Say, It's Not What I mean . At this time playing a guitar
JK Ledo beige 70, which gave him the name "
Smoker's tooth" (Tooth smoking) because of its tone faded, and it was stolen at a concert in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
in 2000.
In 1999, Feist
went home from a friend, Merrill Nisker
, and began collaborating with him, acting as
Peaches, by electro-punk music. Feist
worked between racks in concert
Peaches, in which he used a puppet to what
called Bitch Lap Lap . The two went on tour
United Kingdom between 2000 and 2001
of
Justine Frischmann Elastica and MIA
also
Feist appeared as guest vocalist on The Teaches of Peaches
. Feist
appears in the video of Peaches
,
Lovertits , rubbing and suggestively licking a motorcycle. Later
Feist would make a version of this song
Gonzales (whom he met while on tour with Peaches
, since become a regular contributor) on his album
Open season (2006). In 2006, Feist
contributed backing vocals on the song
Give 'er appeared on the album
Peaches, Impeach My Bush
.
In the summer of 2001, Feist
autoprodujo seven songs in his home demos titled The red
and have never been marketed. He spent more than two years touring Europe by
with Gonzales
and in that same year, she along with a group of old friends formed the popular indie-rock group from Toronto
, Broken Social Scene
giving voice to some songs, being banned for the guitar by his leader Kevin Drew
, and subsequently recorded
You forgot it in people . While touring with Gonzales
began recording new versions of her home demos
Red, who later became the first major label album, Let it die
, where it became known for his skill as a songwriter and innovation to the interpretation of songs by other artists. The album is a mix of jazz, bossa nova, folk-rock and sometimes with forays into disco and ballads, led by his beautiful voice, which combines original compositions with covers of other artists. After recording
Let it die,
Feist moved to Paris
.
In Europe, she collaborated with Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience
as co-author and guest vocalist on their album Riot on an empty
street, in addition to writing and singing
The simple story with Jane Birkin on her album Rendezvous
. Your Canadian friend
Buck 65 in the video, directed by the very
Feist,
One evening, which was nominated for Video of the Year Juno Awards
2004.
Feist toured
between 2004 and 2006
America, Europe
,
Asia and Australia
. In Canada
won two Juno awards for "Best New Artist 'and' Best Alternative Rock Album" in 2004. Sales of Let it die
reached half a million copies worldwide, so it awarded him a platinum album in Canada
and a gold in France
.
In 2005, Feist
participated in the charity song for UNICEF
,
Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? The song Mushaboom was used in the masculine cologne ad
Lacoste, as well as in the movie
500 days of summer.
In early 2006,
Feist returned to Europe to record
studies LaFrette a second part of
Let it die with Gonzalez,
Mocky, Jamie Lidell
and Renaud Letang
addition to the components of their group,
Bryden Baird, Jesse Baird
,
Julian Brown of Apostle of Hustle and
AFIE Jurvanen of Paso Mino. In April 2006, he released an album of remixes and collaborations with the title
Open season. Feist
also contributed to the vocals on two songs,
La même histoire and We're all in the dance for the soundtrack of the 2006 film
Paris, je t'aime .
The third solo album
Feist, The Reminder
, was released in Europe
in April 2007 and May of that year in Canada
,
United States and around the world. Soon after, he undertook a world tour to promote the album, including 1234
, a song composed with Sally Seltmann
of New Buffalo , which became successful world charts after appearing in a ad for the iPod nano
, ranking at No. 8 in U.S.
, a remarkable achievement for indie music and especially after being in the Top Ten list
downloads. The success of Feist
is has been recognized by various media and particularly on the cover art section of the New York Times
in June 2007.
advertisement before the iPod Nano
of Apple ,
The reminder sold about 6 000 copies per week, and
1234 reached 2 thousand downloads per week. After the announcement, the song was downloaded a total of 73 000 times and was ranked number 7 on the Hot Digital Songs list
and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 list
. The reminder jumped from No. 36 to 28 of the Billboard 200 list
With about 20 thousand copies sold.
The videos for several of their singles were directed by Patrick Daughters
, who has worked with Feist
in
Mushaboom video , continuing
1234,
My moon, my man and I feel it all . 1234
and My moon, my man were choreographed by the famous dancer Noemi Lafrance
. In the video
Honey, honey appears puppet company The Old Trout Puppet Workshop .
I feel it all appeared in the British teen comedy The Inbetweeners
and movies
The Accidental Husband and The Women
. Honey honey
appeared in the series The L Word . The popular German DJ Boys Noize
remixed
My moon, my man for his debut album Oi Oi Oi
(2007). In January 2009
Bon Iver did a cover of The
park, and the song
The limit to your love on the British series Skins
and film The Accidental Husband
.
In 2009, Feist
appeared in a short film directed by the member of
Broken Social Scene, Kevin Drew
focused in his song The water
. Feist
also involved
Cillian Murphy and David Fox
in the discrete role of the protagonist's mother. Feist
described the experience in the film as "watch a movie while you were in it."
Feist collaborated with the band
Brooklyn,
Grizzly Bear in the song Service bell for Red Hot Organization, Foundation for AIDS charity, which was included in the album Red Hot
,
Dark Was the night, joining his band in June 2009 in his performance in Toronto
singing this song and accompanying vocals on the song Two weeks
. He also collaborated with Ben Gibbard
a cover song from Vashti Bunyan
,
Train song for the album
Dark Was the night.
In June 2009 he met again with Broken Social Scene
for action to promote the biography of the band,
This book is broken, in which she has a prominent role, contradicting rumors that Feist
never played with the band, and later in a group concert in Toronto
the following month. In June 2009,
Feist joined Beck, Wilco
,
Jamie Lidell and James Gadson
in a study of Los Angeles
to version
Oar of Skip Spence to be part of the series
Record Club of
Beck, beginning to appear on the website of Beck
from November 2009. Feist
also involved in the latest album from Broken Social Scene
, Forgiveness
rock record, released in May 2010.
One of his last collaborations was with
Wilco, the Chicago
group launched in 2009, his last studio album
Wilco (The album) where
Feist sings a duet with vocalist Jeff Tweedy
theme You and I .
Sources: http://www.lastfm.es, http://es.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.stars-celebrites.com, http://www.rincondesconexion.blogspot.com
Canciones recomendadas :
It's cool to love your family ,
The onliest ,
La sirena ,
Monarch ,
That's what I say, it's not what I mean ,
The mast (Monarch)
Gatekeeper ,
Mushaboom ,
Let it die ,
One evening ,
Lonely, lonely ,
When I was a young girl ,
Secret heart ,
Inside and out (Let it die)
Mushaboom (Mocky mix) ,
Gatekeeper (One room One hour mix) ,
Lonely lonely (Frisbee'd mix) ,
The simple story (with Jane Birkin) ,
Mushaboom (Postal Service mix) ,
One evening (VV mix) ,
Mushaboom (VV mix) (Open season)
I feel it all ,
My moon my man ,
The water ,
Sea lion woman ,
Past in present ,
The limit to your love ,
Honey honey ,
1234 (The reminder)
Vídeos :
It's cool to love your family ,
Monarch ,
The onliest ,
The mast y
La sirena , del primer álbum
Monarch :
It's cool to love your family - Leslie Feist Monarch - Leslie Feist The onliest - Leslie Feist The mast - Leslie Feist La sirena - Leslie Feist Mushaboom ,
One evening ,
Let it die ,
Secret heart e
Inside out , del álbum
Let it die :
Mushaboom - Leslie Feist One evening - Leslie Feist Let it die - Leslie Feist Secret heart - Leslie Feist Inside out - Leslie Feist Mushaboom (Postal Service mix) ,
Lonely lonely (Frisbee'd mix) ,
The simple story , acompañada a la voz por
Jane Birkin , y
Gatekeeper (One room One hour mix) , del álbum de remixes
Open season :
Mushaboom (Postal Service mix) - Leslie Feist Lonely lonely (Frisbee'd mix) - Leslie Feist The simple story - Leslie Feist feat. Jane Birkin Gatekeeper (One room One hour mix) - Leslie Feist I feel at all ,
My moon my man ,
The limit to your love ,
1234 ,
The water y
Sea lion woman , del álbum
The reminder :
I feel at all - Leslie Feist My moon my man - Leslie Feist The limit to your love - Leslie Feist 1234 - Leslie Feist The water - Leslie Feist Sea lion woman - Leslie Feist