Jil Caplan

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Jil Caplan
Birth name Jil Valentine
Born (1965-10-20) October 20, 1965
Origin France
Genres Pop music
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Years active 1987–present

Jil Caplan (born Valentine, on October 20, 1965) is a French singer and songwriter.

Biography

She studied modern literature at the Sorbonne and theatre at the Cours Florent, where she met Jay Alanski, producer and composer of the most influential pop songs of the 1980s. In August 1986, she met her friends Les Innocents, then unknown by the general public, in a recording studio, where the group recorded their first single "Jodie", under the leadership of Alanski.

Immediately, Alanski was charmed by the girl and offered her the chance to sing. Caplan accepted, and that was what led to her first album À peine 21.[1] They made three albums together. They directed most of the videoclips, as well as designing the CD covers, creating a style which was very singular and faithful to Caplan. The public was also won over by her androgynous voice, which is heavily influenced by Tracey Thorn.

In 1992, Jil Caplan won a Victoire de la Musique for Female revelation of the year.[1] Then Alanski decided to turn to electronic music. Caplan wrote her own songs then, and chose Jean-Philippe Nataf (ex-member of Les Innocents), one of her friends, to produce her album Toute crue (2001, Warner).[2] Alongside her musical activities, Caplan, always fascinated by the film, produced and directed a 45-minute film for the group Lilicub. She also wrote articles for the independent magazine Brazil.

In 2004, she released Comme elle vient, a single made with another ex-member of Les Innocents, Jean-Christophe Urbain. Together they went on an acoustic tour of Burma.

In 2006, she directed the making-of the recording of the French singer Patxi Garat's debut album (S'embrasser), directed by Jean-Christophe Urbain.

In 2007, after ten years' absence, Jil Caplan joined up with Jay Alanski again. She wrote most of the lyrics, while he composed all the music of her seventh album, entitled Derrière la porte. The first single was "Des toutes petites choses".[2] Jil Caplan has been on tour since October 5, 2007, with two dates in Paris on October 11 & 12 at the Théâtre de l'Europe.

Discography

Singles

  • "Oh! Tous les soirs" (1987) - #36[3]
  • "Comme sur une balançoire" (1987)
  • "Cette Fille n'est pas pour toi" (1988)
  • "Tard dans la nuit" (1989)
  • "Tout c'qui nous sépare" (1991) - #6[3]
  • "Natalie Wood" (1991) - #13[3]
  • "As-tu déjà oublié ?" (1992) - #40[3]
  • "Parle-moi (entre les tombes)" (1992)
  • "La Frontière" (1993)
  • "La Grande Malle" (1994)
  • "Les Deux Bras arrachés" (1994)
  • "L'Âge de raison" (1996)
  • "La Passerelle" (1997)
  • "Tu Verras" (1998)
  • "Le Lac" (2001)
  • "Toute la journée je reste au lit" (2001)
  • "La Maison abandonnée" (2002)
  • "Toi et Moi" (2004)
  • "Assise au-dessus de l'Europe" (2005)
  • "Des toutes petites choses" (2007)

Albums

  • À peine 21 (1987)
  • La Charmeuse de serpents (1990) - #11 in France[4]
  • Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard (1993) - #38 in France[4]
  • Jil Caplan (1996)
  • Jours de fête (compilation, 1998)
  • Toute crue (2001) - #113 in France[4]
  • Comme elle vient (2004) - #90 in France,[4] #68 in Belgium
  • Derrière la porte (2007) - #119 in France[4]

EP

  • Gueule d'amour (Jil Caplan and Doc Pilot, 2002)

Other

  • "Les Mots" on the album Urgence - 27 artistes pour la recherche contre le sida (1992)
  • "Les Eaux de mars" (with Christophe J) on the album A tribute to Carlos Jobim (1997)
  • "Un Autre Monde", theme from the soundtrack of the film La Petite Sirène, by Walt Disney (1998)
  • "Un Train ce soir" (avec Rob) on the album Tribute to Polnareff (1999)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 208-209 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jil Caplan biography MCM.net (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jil Caplan's songs, with peak positions for the singles on French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Albums chart trajectories in France, database" (in French). Infodisc. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
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