Sébastien Tellier in concert in San Francisco

French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sébastien Tellier will be in concert at Mezzanine on December 4

Tellier’s first album, L’incroyable Vérité (The Incredible Truth), was released in 2001. Tellier went on tour with Air in support of the album and was joined on stage by world-renowned theremin player Pamelia Kurstin. L’incroyable Vérité is a pop album featuring styles from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes. The track, "Fantino", was chosen by Sofia Coppola for the soundtrack to her 2003 film Lost in Translation.

Tellier followed L’incroyable Vérité with his second studio album Politics (2005), which, like his third album Sexuality (2008), took a single term as both its title and theme. The album dealt with ways of power and governance. The most prominent song on Politics was "La Ritournelle", a string-led tune, which featured Nigerian drummer, Tony Allen, drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979.

His third studio album Sexuality (an 11-track meditation on love-making) was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk.

In 2008, Tellier’s Label Record Makers collaborated with retailer American Apparel for an exclusive three month pre-release of Tellier’s album Sexuality.

Location: Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street (@ Mint), San Francisco, CA

Link: Mezzanine