Around the time of the European release of Keren Ann's third album Not Going Anywhere, EMI released her first two albums, La Biographie de Luka Philipsen and La Disparition, as a single-disc collection. Both albums treat Keren Ann's elegantly whispery voice like a jewel, placing it in subtly lovely settings that mix folk, electronic, Latin and French pop influences. La Biographie de Luka Philipsen features the most emphasis on electronics, particularly on the trip-hoppy "Dans Ma Ville," "Sur Le Fil" and "Aeroplane"; these songs, along with the lush production on "Dimanche en Hiver," are still appealing but sound a little dated and overdone compared to the sparer direction Keren Ann followed on La Disparition and Not Going Anywhere, a direction that was signaled by the more restrained arrangements on Biographie's "On Est Loin" and "Peut-Etre." Keren Ann's duet with collaborator Benjamin Biolay, "Decrocher les Etoiles," updates the tradition of Serge Gainsbourg's duets with chanteuses like Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy, while "Jardin d'Hiver" has an appealing bossa nova feel. La Disparition delves deeper into the folky, organic side of Keren Ann's music, particularly on the title track, "L'Illusioniste" and "La Corde et Les Chaussons," but "Ailleurs" and "Mes Pas Dans la Neige" have rhythms and arrangements that flirt with jazz. "Surannee"'s delicate, harp-tinged reverie and "Le Sable Mouvant"'s darkly sparkling fairy tale melody show that on La Disparition, Keren Ann became a more diverse, and even more distinctive talent. La Disparition & La Biographie de Luka Philipsen is a convenient way for anyone enchanted by Not Going Anywhere to pick up the rest of Keren Ann's charming music. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
La Disparition & La Biographie de Luka
11/25/2003
All Music Guide Review
La Disparition & La Biographie de Luka Track Listing
Credits of La Disparition & La Biographie de Luka
- Isabelle Sajot
- Orchestra
- Lucien Schmit
- Orchestra
- Laurent Vernerey
- Bass, Piano, Contrabass
- Max Waldberg
- Engineer, Mixing
- Tim Young
- Mastering
- Yannick Fonderie
- Programming, Clavier
- Kevin Westenberg
- Photography
- Alex Gopher
- Mastering
- Laurent Manganas
- Piano, Choir, Chorus, Management, Choir Director, Organ (Hammond), Arranger, Conductor
- Denis Benarrosch
- Percussion, Drums
- Lionel Gaillardin
- Guitar, Realization, Engineer, Drum Programming, Mixing
- Beatrice Sciardis
- Engineer
- Cyrille Lacrouts
- Violoncello
- Eric Lacrouts
- Violone
- Djoum
- Mixing
- Benjamin Biolay
- Guitar, Director, Programming, Direcccion de Cuerdas, Realization, Choir Arrangement, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, Brass, Clavier, Orchestra, Organ (Hammond), Composer, Piano, Trombone, Arranger, Trumpet
- Keren Ann
- Clarinet, Guitar, Composer, Main Performer, Realization, Piano
- Floriane Bonani
- Violone
- Nicolas Folmer
- Orchestra
- Guy Arbion
- Orchestra
- Jean Lamoot
- Engineer, Mixing
- David Maurin
- Drums
- Sébastian Surel
- Orchestra
- Florent Bremond
- Alto, Soloist
- Christophe Morin
- Violoncello, Soloist
- Eric Sauviat
- Guitar
- Bernard Viguie
- Ukulele
- Geert Baeckelandt
- Clarinet
- Estelle Villotte
- Alto
- An Vervliet
- Clarinet
- Peter Verhoyen
- Flute
- Johan VanNeste
- Cor
- Majolijn Van Mechelen
- Flute
- Fabien Boudot
- Violone
- J.B. Beauchamps
- Orchestra
- Chorale Wamblientjes
- Choeurs
- Bart Jonkers
- Bassoon
- Erwin Autrique
- Programming, Engineer, Mixing
- Chris Blair
- Mastering
- Christophe Briquet
- Alto, Orchestra
- Karen Brunon
- Violone, Soloist
- Claude Ermelin
- Engineer

















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