Biography
Five years ago, three musician friends living in Nijmegen decided it was time for a change. They said farewell to the rock music they had been making for years, and threw themselves into the world of French chansons.
Featuring accordion, double bass, piano and acoustic guitar, the ten-piece orchestra of La Très Illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir fits this tradition well. Supplemented with clarinet, trumpet, cello and saxophone, they are able to whisper like Leonard Cohen and rock like Tom Waits. But above all lie the passionately sung tales of good and evil, of corruption and love, in the spirit of one of the great inspirers: Jacques Brel.
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In 2013 they started working on their debut album La Vendange, which was released in January 2014. More info, (translated) lyrics and tour data can be found on their website: http://www.chat-noir.nl/.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.