Camille

Camille Dalmais born 10 March 1978 better known by her mononym Camille is a French singer and occasional actress Camille was born and raised in Paris Her mother was an Englishlanguage teacher and her father Hervé Dalmais was a musician As a teenager she studied ballet and developed an interest in bossa nova music and American stage musicals She attended the prestigious Lycée International de Saint GermainenLaye where she obtained her baccalaureate in literature Thanks to her mother being an English teacher Camille speaks English fluently as well as her native French She performed her first original song Un Homme Déserté at the age of sixteen while attending a wedding In the early 2000s while performing at jazz clubs in Paris Camille made her acting debut in the film Les Morsures de laube by Antoine de Caunes with Asia Argento and Guillaume Canet She also contributed to the song La Vie la Nuit in its soundtrack She attended Sciences Po Paris just before beginning her music career In early 2002 Camille signed a recording contract with Virgin Records She released her first studio album Le Sac des Filles In 2004 she began working with Marc Collin and his band Nouvelle Vague which incorporates new wave and bossa nova music She contributed vocals to the songs Too Drunk to Fuck In a Manner of Speaking The Guns of Brixton and Making Plans for Nigel on their first album In 2005 she released the album Le Fil which was produced in collaboration with English producer MaJiKer This album incorporated an avantgarde concept a string or thread le fil which was a drone that persisted throughout the entire course of the album All of the songs on this album are based on the exploration of the voice with only a double bass bass guitar guitar trombone percussion or keyboard as accompanying instruments Le Fil quickly became certified gold The song Ta Douleur was voted 26th in Australias Triple J Hottest 100 2006 In June 2007 Camille performed Benjamin Brittens A Ceremony of Carols and a new a cappella work God is sound The 12 World Prayers at Léglise SaintEustache Paris Camilles song 1 2 3 from Le Sac des Filles was used in the television ad for Cacharels Promesse perfume starring Laetitia Casta and Matthew Avedon Her song Waves was used in Perriers Melting television ad Also in 2007 she contributed to the soundtrack of Pixars Ratatouille with the song entitled Le Festin Additionally she provides the European French dub voice of Colette in Ratatouille Camilles album Music Hole was released on 7 April 2008 again produced in collaboration with MaJiKer Music Hole was recorded and mixed by Valgeir Sigurdsson The first single from the album Gospel with No Lord was released for online download on 11 February 2008 along with another new song from the album entitled Money Note Her song Ta douleur was featured on the American television program Saturday Night Live The original sketch aired in October 2010 titled Les jeunes de Paris hosted by actress Emma Stone Source Article Camille French singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30