Empyr

Empyr

Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Rock
Years active	2007-present
Labels	Jive Records France Sony BMG

Members	Benoît Poher Florian Dubos Frédéric Duquesne Benoît Julliard Jocelyn Moze

Empyr is a French English language rock band estalished in 2007 and made up of 5 members from four different French bands, Kyo, Pleymo, Watcha and Vegastar.

In 2008, the band released its debut album The Peaceful Riot that was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Ken Andrews. The album was relatively successful reaching number 17 in France and number 20 in Belgian French charts. It also charted in Switzerland. The single "New Day" also got radio time. The band has also released a follow-up EP Your Skin, My Skin in 2009 and the album Unicorn in 2011.

Members

Benoît Poher of French band Kyo - Lead singer
Florian Dubos of French band Kyo - guitar - backing vocals
Frédéric Duquesne of French band Watcha - guitar
Benoît Julliard of French band Pleymo - bass, backing vocals
Jocelyn Moze of French band Vegastar - drums

In popular culture

In 2010, the track "It's Gonna Be" from the album Unicorn was used for the railer of the an episode in season 7 of the French reality television show Les Experts: Manhattan.
In 2011, the same track "It's Gonna Be" was used for international launching of iPhone 4S on Apple website alongside Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
In 2011, the track "Give Me More" again from Unicorn was used in the soundtrack of the film Destination Finale 5.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Notes
Year	Album	FR ^[1]	BEL (Wa) ^[2]	SWI ^[3]	Notes
2008	The Peaceful Riot	17	20	79	Tracklist "God Is My Lover" (4:25) "New Day" (2:55) "Birth" (4:39) "Tonight" (3:50) "Water Lily" (5:23) "The Voice of the Lost Souls" (3:26) "Forbidden Song" (5:03) "The One" (3:04) "The Fever" (4:41) "My Empress" (2:25) "March On" (4:27) "Join Us" (6:04)
2011	Unicorn	118	–	–	Tracklist "It's Gonna Be" (2:35) "Give Me More" (3:18) "Do It" (3:23) "Goodbye" (3:22) "Helena" (2:44) "Happy and Lost" (3:10) "My Own Short News Item" (4:26) "Souvenir" (3:07) "Under the Fur" (3:24) "Still Here" (4:31) "Quiet" (2:26)

EPs

Year	Album	Peak positions	Notes
Year	Album	FR ^[1]	Notes
2009	Your Skin My Skin EP	–	Tracklist "Your Skin My Skin" (3:19) "Way Out" (2:53) "Say It" (3:04) "To the Blood" (3:43) "Birth" (Acoustic Version) (3:59)

Singles

(Selective)

2008: "New Day"
2009: "Your Skin My Skin"

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kyo discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Kyo discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Kyo discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2014.