Laetitia Shériff

Laetitia Shériff
Laetitia Shériff at the Partie(s) de Campagne festival (July 2015)
Background information
GenresIndie rock
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, baritone guitar, bass, synthesizers
Labelsles disques wah wah, Fargo Records, Naïve Records, Yotanka, Impersonal Freedom

Laetitia Shériff is a French rock musician who mainly performs in Indie rock genre.

Biography

Raised in Paris and later in Lille, she began performing solo, singing texts by William Butler Yeats, a poet who inspired her to sing,[1] and then started writing her own material. She met guitarist Olivier Mellano (guitarist for Dominique A) before being joined by drummer Gaël Desbois (of the band Mobiil). She moved to Rennes in 2003.[2] The trio recorded Laetitia's first English album, Codification, in 2004.[3][4] The trio later embarked on a tour that included appearances at the Printemps de Bourges and the Vieilles Charrues.

In 2007, Shériff collaborated with the dance company Hervé Koubi. She composed the music for the documentary La communauté 28 by Hélène Desplanques. She also played bass in the band Trunks.

Shériff's released her second album, Games Over, in May 2008 with Olivier Mellano and Gaël Desbois[5] on Fargo Records, which she had signed with her band.[6]

In July 2008, she recorded a solo baritone guitar and vocal LP at Saint-Jacques chapel in Vendôme, which was released in 2010 as a 9-track vinyl LP accompanied by a 13-track CD on Impersonal Freedom, Thomas Poli's label.

In 2009, Shériff toured and played bass for singer and guitarist Piers Faccini.

In 2012, she recorded the EP Where's My I.D.? which was released on vinyl by Impersonal Freedom. She played all the instruments on this record.[7]

In 2014, Shériff released her third album titled Pandemonium, Solace And Stars.[8] The album featured drummer Nicolas Courret (from the band Eiffel), guitarist and keyboardist Thomas Poli, and violinist Carla Pallone (a member of Mansfield.TYA). Pete Simonelli (member of the American band Enablers) also contributed, providing the introduction for the track Urbanism – After Goya. The trio, consisting of Shériff, Poli, and Courret, went on tour, performing across France, including at the Eurockéennes de Belfort and the Vieilles Charrues. They also played in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and Canada.[9]

In August 2015, the trio recorded a 5-track EP The Anticipation at Black Box studio. It was released on 30 October on vinyl by Yotanka and Impersonal Freedom.[9]

Her fourth album Stillness was released in autumn 2020 on Yotanka.

References

  1. ^

    Writing personally scared me. I started singing through his poetry. It freed me from a silence that could have stayed within me.

    Soul of a free rock singer, Victor Hache, L'Humanité, 8 October 2004.
  2. ^ Laetitia Shériff, double game, Philippe Brochen, Libération, 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ Laetitia chérie, Gilles Renault, Libération, 28 April 2004.
  4. ^ Double dose of emotion, Philippe Brochen, Libération, 14 October 2004.
  5. ^ Laetitia Shériff – Games Over, Vincent Arquillière, Les Inrockuptibles, 15 July 2008.
  6. ^ Laetitia Shériff, double game, Philippe Brochen, Libération, 17 June 2008.
  7. ^ Laetitia Shériff – The interview, À découvrir absolument, 22 October 2015.
  8. ^ Laetitia Shériff: Third electric and refined album by the French artist, Jérôme Provençal, Les Inrockuptibles, 5 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b Laetitia Shériff – The interview, À découvrir absolument, 22 October 2015.
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