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Thierry Deneux

Composer/percussionist/drummer/guitarist/singer

About Me

Originally from the South of France, I have been involved in music since an early age. From the age of 12, I studied drums for 5 years in France and soon started playing percussions, guitar and singing.

For the past 12 years I have been writing different styles of music (with songs both in English and French) and have performed my music at various London venues.

I have written music for short films and documentaries (see my videos). Some of my music has been recorded, including "La Rivière", for which I received the Michael Kamen Award in 2005, at the BAFTA Awards in London. La Rivière features one of my original guitar compositions accompanied by a string quartet for which I also wrote the scores. You can listen to La Rivière on this page.

As well as being involved in my own material, I am a drummer and percussionist in different bands including the Big Buzzard Boogie Band and South African band Simon Chauke & Pamoja .

I play percussions and have done some co-writing with the band SKYYE . Other co-writes include the song "Human Highway" with the Sam Joole Band , available on i-Tunes.

I also currently play and sing French Chansons with the band "L'Accordeon Expire", a title inspired from a Jacques Brel song "Le Port d'Amsterdam".

My latest recording is a Jazz album "Songs Without Words" (2008) with Dan Ecclestone , on Swanky Records
I followed an "ADP Composer" music course at the British Academy of New Music in 2005 and in 2007 have completed a Music Educator course.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/20/2006
Band Website: thierrydeneux.moonfruit.com/
Band Members: Thierry Deneux: guitar, vocal, percussion and drums
Influences: French Chansons (J.Brel, G Brassens, B lavilliers...), Film Music (Vladimir Cosma, Ennio Morricone...) Neil Young, Milton Nascimento, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina, Tom Ze, Ben Harper, Franck Zappa, Traditional Music, Classical Music, Folk, Blues, Rock and Jazz
Sounds Like: A blend of all those influences with my own inspiration...
Type of Label: None