Discography :

L'OMBRE MAUVE
Maxi CD (3 songs) - Sept. 2004

BRASILLACH 1945
Maxi CD (4 songs) - Nov. 2004

HALEXANDER SONGS
Album (10 songs) - Apr. 2005

L'AMANT DE MAMAN
Maxi CD (5 songs) - Jan. 2006

Some pics here

To listen :

Brasillach 1945
L'amant de Maman

To buy, click here

French official website :

http://jannhalexander.free.fr

CONCERT JANN HALEXANDER Sentier des Halles 20 Oct. 2006
Reservations in June 2006
14 € per anybody
www.sentierdeshalles.fr

Contact Jann Halexander :

halexander@voila.fr



Pictures by C.Quenum


The french singer Jann Halexander was born in 1982 in Libreville (Gabon). Few things are known about him, except that is a mixed-race man, which is something present in his creations.

In September 2004 the 16th, he brought out a Maxi CD, called L'Ombre Mauve. This cd was made up of three creations with only piano and voice, whose style vary between the blues and the Nouvelle Chanson Française and dealing with pain, death and race (through the theme of race-mixed child/white mother).

No promotion, a small print-run, and sales only on the web or following the customers'demands (Jann Halexander is close to his public thanks to the mails system or webzines for instance). And yet, all the CDs were sold.
   
In November 2004 the 3rd, he brought out a 4-song Maxi Demo called Brasillach 1945, with a print run of...8. Once again, no promotion, and once again, all the CDs were sold (the last one was bought through an auction-website in February 2005). In this CD, the singer goes deeper in the exploration of his privileged themes. He sings about Robert Brasillach's going down into the Underworld. Robert Brasillach was a french writer, gay and anti-semite, who collaborated during the WWII (he was shot just after the end of this war). The theme is intimately connected with the French history; and the song can cause unease, irritation or even fascination. Anyway, the singer goes on, making the most of web technologies and also by word of mouth.

(Photo : the writer Robert Brasillach who inspired the singer Jann Halexander)

In April 2005 the 6th, the singer brought out his first album, Halexander Songs on a free-lance basis (because few distributors are willing to distribute him, as he doesn't go on the stage and also because he's considered as a dropout). Jann Halexander deals with the same themes, exploited on ten songs (with mainly piano and voice). He talks about melting-pot (without promoting it), bisexuality, madness and death (a loyal lover).

At first, he didn't have confidence in this album, but finally, the national daily Ouest France and then, other newspapers and french or belgian websites, were positively interested in the album. Halexander Songs is selling well. It appeals only to a limited public, but for a self-producted as Halexander, the sales are rather considerable. As a matter of fact, although he uses mainly the web to build his career, Jann Halexander isn't a virtual singer : he's a real singer whose style is firmly set, and whose fame is growing day after day…

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