Les Discrets

Les Discrets
Fursy Teyssier at a Les Discrets concert in Moscow, 2017.
Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Post-rock, blackgaze, shoegazing, post-metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Prophecy Productions
Associated acts	Alcest Amesoeurs Anorexia Nervosa Arctic Plateau Phest
Website	Les Discrets / Fursy Teyssier official website
Members	Fursy Teyssier Audrey Hadorn
Past members	Winterhalter

Les Discrets is a French shoegaze/post-rock project created and led by Fursy Teyssier as a "platform gathering music and art." Teyssier was the sole member of the band until 2009. Since then they have released two albums, in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

The band considers its name to mean "Those who keep silent", although "The Discreet Ones" would be more a accurate translation.

Les Discrets was formed in 2003 as a musical side-project beside Phest, of which Fursy Teyssier was a member, as a way for Fursy, who is also an illustrator, to express concepts similar to those found within his art. Fellow French musicians, Winterhalter and Audrey Hadorn, soon joined the line-up. Les Discrets signed a five-album contract with German record label Prophecy Productions in April, 2009. The band released a split EP with Alcest in December of the same year, and went on to release their first full-length album, Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées, in March, 2010. According to the German Sonic Seducer magazine, the album features dark, romantic music that cannot be attributed to any single genre. On July 18, 2010, Fursy posted an update on the official site stating that composition for a second album had been completed, and that the studio had already been booked for its recording.

Both Fursy and Winterhalter were members of the now-disbanded Amesoeurs, and Fursy has also been a live member of Alcest until June 2010, for which Winterhalter is a full-time drummer.

In 2013, Teyssier announced that, in a common decision, both Winterhalter and live bassist Neige were leaving the band to focus more on their main band, Alcest.

Teyssier is currently working on the band's third studio album, Prédateurs, scheduled to be released on April 21, 2017.

Current members

Former members

Former live members