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En 1990, il plaque la Californie pour s'installer
à New York.
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In 1990, he then moved back to New York. |
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"New York permeates every aspect of the media and art, therefore, sooner or later, it's there that you find yourself. When I was still living in California that people that fascinated me were always from New York. I was tired of being on the west coast because I felt I didn't belong; I could never be tired of New York. But here there's also a lot of fear. It's difficult for a woman in this city. Damnably difficult. It makes me angry. If women wear something that's even minutely sexy, they feel such a lot of stares that even a simple walk through the streets becomes difficult. There's a lot of anger and tension between the sexes, out on the streets. But there's also a lot of romanticism in the air. It's the city of hate, but also the city of love." (Rockstar)
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Il forme d'abord un groupe plus rock avec
Gary Lucas, "God and Monsters", où il joue comme guitariste. Puis
il commence sa carrière solo avec une série de mini-concerts
au Sin-é, un café d'East Village.
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He first form a more rock-orientated band with Gary Lucas called "Gods and Monsters" where he play as guitarist. Then he start palying solo in New York's East Village coffee house "Sin-é". |
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C'est là qu'il enregistre son premier
4 titres en 1993 : "Live at Sin-é".
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That's where he record his first 4 titles EP in 1993 : "Live at Sin-é". |
O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L
His first commercial recording, the four-song EP Live At Sin-é,
was released in December 1993 on Columbia Records in the United States
and Big Cat Records in the United Kingdom and Europe. The EP captured Buckley,
accompanying himself on electric guitar, in a tiny club in New York's East
Village, the neighborhood he'd made his home; the record's selections included
two cover tunes laced with soaring vocal improvisation: Edith Piaf's "Je
N'en Connais Pas Le Fin," Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do" and
two original songs showcasing his songwriting abilities: "Mojo Pin" and
"Eternal Life." Buckley began to tour North America, the United Kingdom,
France, and Holland as a solo acoustic/electric artist in support of the
"Live At Sin-é" release.
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En 1994, il enregistre son premier album,
"Grace".
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In 1994, he records his first album, "Grace". |
O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L
During the fall of 1993, prior to the release of Live At Sin-é,
Buckley entered the studio with his band, Mick Grondahl (bass) and Matt
Johnson (guitar), and producer Andy Wallace to begin recording the seven
original songs ("Mojo Pin," "Grace," "Last Goodbye," "So Real," "Lover,
You Should Have Come Over," "Eternal Life," "Dream Brother") and three
covers ("Lilac Wine," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Benjamin Britten's
"Corpus Christi Carol") that comprise his debut album Grace. Guitarist
Michael Tighe, who cowrote and performed on Grace's "So Real," joined Buckley's
ensemble shortly thereafter as a permanent member.
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Cet album sort d'abord en France où
il est unaninement salué par les critiques et bien accueilli par
le public.
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This album is first released in France where it is unanimously greeted by the criticts and well received by the public. |
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En 1994 et 1995 : le World Tour passe par
l'Europe, l'Australie, puis les Etats-Unis.
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In 1994 and 1995 : the world tour comes in Europe, Australia, and then the United States. |
O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L
In 1994, Jeff Buckley toured clubs, lounges, and coffeehouses in
North America as a solo artist from January 15-March 5 as well as Europe
from March 11-22; his "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour" of that year found him
on the road with his band and lasted from June 2-August 16. His full-length
full-band album, Grace was released in the United States on August 23,
1994, the same day Buckley and band kicked off a European tour in Dublin,
Ireland; the 1994 European Tour ran through September 22, with Buckley
and Ensemble performing at the CMJ convention at New York's Supper Club
on September 24. The group headed back into America's clublands for a Fall
Tour lasting from October 19-December 18.
On New Year's Eve 1994-95, Buckley returned to Sin-é to perform
a solo concert; on New Year's Day, he read an original poem at the annual
St. Mark's Church Marathon Poetry Reading. Two weeks later, he and his
band were back in the United Kingdom for gigs in Dublin, Bristol, and London
before launching an extensive tour of Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Holland,
Belgium, and the United Kingdom which lasted from January 29-March 5.
Buckley and band's Spring Tour 1995 found them back in the U.S.A.
with gigs running from April 20-June 2. The band took off for Down Under
to play six Australian shows between August 28-September 6, 1995. In November
1995, Buckley played two unannounced solo shows at Sin-é and celebrated
New Year's Eve 1995-96 with a performance at New York's Mercury Lounge.
Jeff Buckley and his touring ensemble went back to Australia, where
Grace had earned a gold record certification, for the "Hard Luck Tour,"
which ran from February 9-March 1 of 1996. Drummer Matt Johnson left the
group after the final Australian show. In May of '96, Jeff played four
gigs as a bass player with Mind Science of the Mind, a side-project of
Buckley's friend, Nathan Larson of Shudder To Think. In September '96,
Buckley played another unannounced solo gig at his old favorite haunt Sin-é.
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1996 : une série de concerts
secrets aux USA lui permet de tester les chansons qu'il a écrites
pour son nouvel album.
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1996 : a set of secret shows in the US allow him to test the new songs he wrote for his new album. |
O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L
December of 1996 found Jeff Buckley embarking on his "phantom solo
tour," a series of unannounced solo gigs played under a succession of aliases:
the Crackrobats, Possessed By Elves, Father Demo, Smackrobiotic, Crit Club,
Topless America, Martha & the Nicotines, A Puppet Show Named Julio.
On February 9, 1997, Jeff Buckley debuted his new drummer, Parker
Kindred, in a show at Arlene's Grocery on New York's Lower East Side. He
also played a couple of solo gigs in New York during the first months of
1997: a gig at the Daydream Cafe (featuring band members Mick Grondahl
and Michael Tighe as "special guests") and a solo performance February
4 as part of the Knitting Factory's 10-Year Birthday Party.
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Fin 1996, durant une première session
d'enregistrement à New York, il met en boîte 7 chansons avec
Tom Verlaine, le leader de Television.
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At the end of 1996, during a first recording session in New York, he puts 7 new songs in the box with Television leader's Tom Verlaine. |
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