Yann Tiersen

I don't know how I officially I heard about Yann Tiersen, but I am sure it involves the internet (people talking about him on Facebook, and I'm sure there was something on Pitchfork at some point). He did the soundtrack to every high school indie kid's favorite movie Amelie, which is a lot of piano, and actually if you put on the Yann Tiersen Pandora station you get stuff like Beethoven. So, I wondered, are all these hipsters listening to some serious piano music? No, no they are not. His 2010 album is not just piano, and is a bunch of different instruments. It sounds pretty cool.

Of course, like all good musicians, he did one of those goddamn beautiful takeaway shows that La Blogotheque is responsible for.

Yann Tiersen | A Take Away Show #2 | Palestine | Amy from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.