Charlotte Gainsbourg – Book launch + BBC Radio 6Music Festival headline show

CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG PRESENTS ‘REST’IN CONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING AT DOVER STREET MARKET, LONDON THURS 28TH MARCH

(IN ASSOCIATION WITH IDEA BOOKS) LIMITED EDITION COMPANION BOOK FOR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM ‘REST’ OUT MARCH 25

BBC RADIO 6MUSIC FESTIVAL HEADLINE SHOW 31ST MARCH

Charlotte Gainsbourg has today announced ‘Rest’, the companion book to her 2017 critically acclaimed album of the same name. Published by Classic and Because Music on 25 March, Charlotte (in association with IDEA) has confirmed an ‘in conversation’ and book signing event at Dover Street Market, London on Thursday 28 March. 

Representing Gainsbourg’s first editorial endeavour, ‘Rest’ features photographs, lyrics, drawings and a collection of Charlotte’s personal notes from when the album was conceived in Paris, New York and London.  The book is a collector’s edition, limited to 1000 copies, drawing its black and silver aesthetic from the album artwork. It alternates contemplative monochrome pictures with intimate sketches and lyric drafts printed on journal paper – offering the reader a unique experience and insight into the making of the album.

Thurs 28th March    –    ‘In Conversation’ & Book Signing          –        Dover Street Market, London         –          RSVP HERE  

Gainsbourg, who played a sold-out show at London’s Koko in December, has also recently been confirmed as a headliner at the forthcoming BBC Radio 6Music Festival.  The festival, including Charlotte’s performance, will be broadcast live on 6 Music and BBC Sounds throughout the weekend, with all the performances from Mountford Hall and Eventim Olympia available to watch live and in full at BBC iPlayer.  Charlotte will close the festival at Mountford Hall in Liverpool on Sunday 31 March before heading to the States in April where she will play at Coachella on 12 and 19 April and then a short US tour including stops in Boston, Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  

 Sun 31 March         Liverpool, BBC 6Music Festival at Mountford Hall*

Sun 7 April             Royale, Boston

Mon 8 April            9:30 Club, Washington

Tues 9 April           Brooklyn Steel, New York

Fri 12 April             Coachella, Indio CA

Mon 15 April           Regency Ballroom, San Francisco

Wed 17 April           El Rey, Los Angeles

Fri 19 April             Coachella, Indio CA* (Gang of Four and Fontaines D.C. also on bill) 

Produced by SebastiAn (Frank Ocean, Kavinsky) and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Lorde, David Bowie), Gainsbourg’s last album ‘Rest’ was her fourth studio album and her first in seven years. The album featured in Pitchfork’s Best New Music poll and was described as “gorgeous and assured” by NPR, while New York Times observed, “Rest is an album that comes directly from her heart.”

The eleven songs on ‘Rest’ are nothing if not sure-footed, proffering a compelling fusion of gleaming, string-emblazoned modern electro-pop and cinematically textured avant-chanson—their magical music box melodies kissed by bruised, introspective, occasionally disquieting lyrics.

 “Hypnotic atmospheres and horror movie synths scintillate like snowfall at dusk” ‘#19Albums of 2017’ Pitchfork“

An undeniably engrossing juxtaposition” ‘Albums of 2017’ The Guardian

“Haunting… heartbreaking… devastating” ‘Albums of 2017’ The Independent

“A chandelier made of strobe lights” Dazed and Confused

“One of the bravest performers of our time” Elle UK

“Sumptuous, melancholy electronica…. an especially exquisite confection” 8/10 Uncut

“Grandly romantic… a laudable addition to the canon” 4/5 Mojo

“The Renaissance Woman finally takes the helm for a glittering reinvention of Ed Banger disco.” The Quietus

“Embracing her past and feeling a new confidence, it’s surely a prelude to an even more glittering career” The Line of Best Fit

“French icon delivers her best yet” 4/5 Q

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