Marianne Dissard
| Marianne Dissard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 20, 1969 Tarbes, Pyrénées, France |
| Origin | Sud Ouest, Pyrénées, France |
| Genres | Indie rock, Post-rock, Chanson, French pop, Americana |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, lyricist, filmmaker, singer, producer, writer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | Singer 2005–present, filmmaker 1989–present, lyricist 1995–present |
| Labels | Le Pop, Vacilando '68, Trop Exprés Music, Tucson Music Factory |
| Associated acts | Amor Belhom Duo, ABBC |
| Website | mariannedissard |
Marianne Dissard (born May 20, 1969, Tarbes, France) is a singer, lyricist and filmmaker who lived in Tucson, Arizona, United States from 1994 to 2013. "A central figure in Tucson's desert music community" with her unique hybrid of French Chanson and Americana, she is noted as a "charismatic performer". and for the quality of her lyrics.
Dissard was born in Tarbes, France and grew up in the countryside near the Southwestern French city of Toulouse before moving to Mesa, Arizona in the United States at the age of 16 with her parents. Dissard relocated to Los Angeles in 1989, briefly roommating to musician Howe Gelb while attending film school at the University of Southern California. Active in Los Angeles' independent film-making scene, she collaborated with directors Clay Walker and Gregg Araki as well as French distribution company Haut Et Court with the selection of the "Inédits d'Amérique" film series by Jon Jost, Allison Anders and Alex Cox.
In 1994, Dissard arrived in Tucson, Arizona to direct a documentary on Howe Gelb's alt-Americana band Giant Sand. She remained in Tucson for nearly two decades, taking an increasingly more active part in the city's music scene, from lyricist and muse to full-fledged producer and performer. Her thirteen years relationship with ex-husband and musical partner Naïm Amor ended in 2008.
In 2013, Dissard moved back to Europe, where she splits her time living in Southern Italy and on her wooden sailboat in Ramsgate, UK. Dissard writes books and songs, sings and dreams, when she’s not touring Europe with Yan Péchin or her Tucson band.
Dissard has collaborated with Tucson band Calexico's Joey Burns, who composed her first two albums: lo-fi demo debut 'Dedicated To Your Walls' (2006) and 'L'Entredeux' (2008), which he also produced. An album of bitter love songs, L'Entredeux won a Coup de Coeur prize from France's Académie Charles Cros in 2009 and was released in Europe by labels Le Pop Musik and Vacilando'68. Dissard's second album, L'Abandon (2011), also garnered worldwide accolades. Co-produced by BK-One, it tackled subject matters such as her hometown of Tucson, abortion, Mexican porn comic books and marriage. Third album The Cat. Not Me (2013) was co-written by Dissard and composer Sergio Mendoza of the Tucson mambo ensemble Orkesta Mendoza. Dealing with emotional and physical exhaustion, nightmares, addiction and botched connections, the nonetheless upbeat album premiered at SXSW in 2013, with Seattle producer/musician Budo and violinist Andrew Joslyn.
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