De Mânn

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[edit] De Mânn

[edit] History

De Mânn is a French band formed in Lyon in the middle 90's by anonymous interpreters who claimed to be of Paul Arène (a friend of the writer Alphonse Daudet)descendant. They never gave their real names in their albums, which nowadays are only available online. However, there are a few existing copies in Argentina (where they recorded them). It is known that they are two brothers who were born in Lyon and decided to go to Argentina to study at the National Conservatory. They were interested in popular and avant-garde latinamerican music, specially in Juan Carlos Paz's work.

[edit] Arène's Letters

The members of De Mânn argue that Adolphe Daudet did not write himself the letters in the book Lettres de mon moulin (there is a Wikipedia entry in spanish regarded to this book: Cartas desde mi molino )but Arène did. One of the letters that were not published in the book said that Arène had had a child from an adulterous relationship and De Mânn's members are supposedly gran-grand-children of this child. This might be the reason why De Mânn's first album is based on Daudet's writings both in the musical and the visual aspect.

[edit] Music

De Mânn music could be considered experimental or avant-garde. It has some tropical and electronic influences with distortions and an abusive use of other effects. Their lyrics are in Spanish, French and English.

[edit] Discography

199? - Under Daudet Manifesto


[edit] External Links

Listen to De Mânn's track from the album Under Daudet Manifesto "Nous Sommes à Deux Pas de la Palmier". [1]

Source of De Mânn's information [2]

Daudet's Lettres de mon moulin [3]