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Hélène Renaut

circling the stars

About Me

Raised on the green and rocky coast of Brittany (France), Hélène Renaut now claims San Francisco home. As the leader of the group Beam, she recorded a self titled record (released on Antenna Farm Records in 2003), and has also collaborated to quite a few varied projects : violin and string arrangement contribution to folk-pop duo Willow Willow (Mod Lang Records), vocal appearance on soul indie funk act Honeycut’s The day I Turned to Glass (Quannum), original music for theater productions of The False Servant (Marivaux) and The Green Bird (Carlo Gozzi), etc...She is now performing and recording under her own name with rotating guests musicians. Live and on records, the music oscillates between gentle folk, british-influenced pop, and compositions that come closer to a song-poem. Listen and you will be met by a unique harmonic flair, lyrics fished out of the memory of dreams and trees, deer and bees, a captivating French accented voice, and melodies that have been compared to "a paintbrush on figure skates" for their beautiful shapes. Following the self released 2004 Perfection's somewhere near your bones, a new release is planned for 2008 (recorded by Jason Quever of Papercuts, it boasts contributions by Jasmyn Wong and Donovan Quinn of the Skygreen Leopards, long time collaborator Matt Montgomery, and Mr. Quever himself). In the meantime, UK listeners have been made aware by the release of one song as part of the ground breaking compilation, "We Are All Circling the Stars" (Cosmos Recordings, Feb ’08). In the meantime, UK listeners have been made aware by the release of one song as part of the ground breaking compilation, "We Are All Circling the Stars" (Cosmos Recordings, Feb '08). For more press material on beam: http://www.antennafarmrecords.com/press/beam.htmTo buy the 2004 self released PERFECTION'S SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR BONES visit the Antenna Farm Store or click on the cover :

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/8/2006
Band Website: sallycansing.com
Band Members: Hélène Renaut : songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitar, violin & string arrangements...---past and present collaborators include Matt Montgomery (upright bass), Jasmyn Wong (drums and percussion), Arvel Hernandez (guitar), Jessica Vohs and Miranda Zeiger (vocals), Russ Blackmar (drums), Chris Molla (keys), Bennett Grassano (bass), Jordan Dalrymple (drums, keys, vocals), Thom & Greg Moore (vocals)...---
Influences: Donovan, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Sandy Denny, Vashti Bunyan, Jackie DeShannon, Margo Guryan, Neil Young, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nara Leao, Love, Iron & Wine, Cole Porter, Chet Baker, Françoise Hardy, The Kinks, Mozart, Bartok, Marina Tsvetaeva and many more...
Sounds Like: someone once said "...a female Syd Barrett with a french accent"*******here's a video some sweet other someone (thank you whoever you are!) made in Barcelona last summer (dotze de juliol '07 - 07/12/07)- so you can judge for yourself....the song is called "Silly" . Enjoy!
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My Blog

wings

There are a few new songs up. The Wisdom of the Dove got Mumlers wings last week, so I had to share it, and then I decided to change things around a bit...enjoy!+++++and thank you James (French horn &...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:37:00 PST

Buy yourself a little piece of the Cosmos...

...here:http://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Are-All-Circling-Stars/dp /B0017NI6FUenjoy!...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:22:00 PST

reviews of "We Are All Circling The Stars"

here are two nice ones everyone:http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Reviews_Decembe r07.htmhttp://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-21.html'"
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:28:00 PST

lyrics for Bumblebee

bumblebee, why don't you speak to meI waited a long, long, timefor a love like thatto cross my pathso tell me, what do you see? look at me, I'm down here on my kneesI wonder how much more timeI can sp...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:25:00 PST

Europe

New dates are posted now! Barcelona on the 12th of july, and the UK on the 22nd and beyond...come and say hello, tell your relatives. See you somewhere!hélène
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:21:00 PST

new songs for summer and one for the cosmos

I finally put up some new songs on here! four brand new tracks!! I apologize if you miss the old ones...You can still hear The Road Less travelled by going to the video section and watch a little vide...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:29:00 PST

Press material on the Antenna Farm Records website

here is the link:http://www.antennafarmrecords.com/press/beam.htm
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:17:00 PST

some news

hi everyone,while spring is showering us here with blooms and mist, I'm thinking of the months to come, and what's been accomplished in the ones that just passed...In january I finished recording a ne...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:53:00 PST

august

hello everyone, friends and lovers -we've got a few events coming up in august....* august 5th (this saturday) will see the Absinthe Glow Carnival in Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz) - at my friends Bill an...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:10:00 PST

Thanks, and new photos

Thank you to everyone who came out on monday night! I enjoyed one of the quietest and most attentive audiences I've had in a while...See a couple of photos on here, taken by Jessica Vohs who also sang...
Posted by Hélène Renaut on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:48:00 PST