Daphné (singer)
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'''Daphné''' is a [[France|French]] [[singer]]. Her first album, called ''L'émeraude'' (''The Emerald''), was released in 2005.
==Biography==
Daphné was born in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]], [[France]] but never actually lived in the prefecture of [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]]. She has stayed in [[Paris]], [[Poitiers]] in the [[Poitou]] region, the [[Alps]] and even abroad.
Daphné has always been a huge fan of [[Henry Purcell]], [[Mozart]] and [[Maurice Ravel]]. Her modern musical tastes include [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] but she says the latter did not influence her own work. Technically speaking, the most important thing for her in writing a song is finding the right tune because "tunes carry emotions". Sometimes referred to as the French [[Björk]], Daphné's entrancing voice often has her compared to a fairy. She confesses that she "would love to touch the hearts of people who stopped believing in their dreams, in their lives, who only think of running away..."
Her first album, which could be defined as [[trip hop]] with a touch of pop and [[chanson]], just illustrates this frame of mind. ''Le réveil'' (''The Awakening'') is about being happy in love and confident in the future. ''Anna'' is about the end of innocence. ''Un homme sous influence'' (''A Man Under Influence'') is about rejection while ''Ton cœur'' (''Your Heart'') is an ode to trust. ''Trafalgar Square'' tells how the sun always shines again after the rain. ''L'insoumise'' (''The Rebel'') and ''Il viaggio'' (''The Journey''), a song in Italian, are both about the essential need to stand for oneself, to resist, to fight against oneself and society to uncover one's true personality and eventually see love as it is: a liberation.
==Discography==
===L'émeraude (2005)===
:# ''Un homme sous influence''
:# ''Ton cœur''
:# ''L'insoumise''
:# ''Théo Soleil''
:# ''L'île voisine''
:# ''Le réveil''
:# ''Anna''
:# ''Il viaggio''
:# ''La danse au loup''
:# ''Trafalgar Square''
:# ''La nuit des fous''
:# ''Sagamore''
===Carmin (2007)===
:# ''Musicamor''
:# ''Big Daddy Boy''
:# ''Abracadabra''
:# ''Déclaration à Celui''
:# ''Mourir D'un Oeil''
:# ''Les Phénix''
:# ''L'Homme Piano''
:# ''Le Petit Navire''
:# ''Penny Peggy''
:# ''Les Yeux Comanches''
:# ''Par La Fenêtre''
:# ''Le Songe De Neptune''
== External links ==
* [http://www.v2.fr/daphne.php Daphné: L'émeraude], official website in French
* [http://fr.v2music.com/site/actbio.asp?ID=193 Biographie: Carmin], informations about the second album in French
[[Category:French female singers|Daphné]]
[[fr:Daphné (chanteuse)]]