Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains in New Zealand

Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains in New Zealand

Ooooh la la! Last in New Zealand many moons ago as trumpet player for Scottish indie-loves Camera Obscura, Frances favourite son Francois has since been honing his own craft, signing to Domino Records, releasing a handful of utterly delightful of albums, and gadding about with his Atlas Mountains.

Now, finally, New Zealand is getting a little taste of the good stuff! Here for a short visit, you can catch Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains live at last:

Wednesday 7 January, Meow, Wellington
Thursday 8 January, Golden Dawn, Auckland
Friday 7 January, Chronophonium, Coromandel

Combining Indie pop, folk pop and African rythms, the band will take you for a “stampede in a fantasy forest where perfect pop and universal transe meet” (Les Inrockuptibles)

More info here: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/tour/4170/Francois-and-The-Atlas-Mountains.utr

The band
A native of Saintes, France, in 2003 Marry relocated to Bristol, where he began performing as a solo artist and as a touring member of Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura.

After a 2004 solo release titled Les Anciennes Falaises, Marry recorded his second album, The People to Forget, with a group of friends who became known as the Atlas Mountains. The 2006 release came out on local indie Stitch-Stitch Records.

In 2008 he returned to France and became involved in a number of other projects that influenced the worldbeat meets dream pop approach of his 2009 album, Plaine Inondable, released by Bristol-based label/collective Fence Records.

Continuing to employ a variety of different musicians and styles, François & the Atlas Mountains signed to prominent indie Domino Records to release 2012’s E Volo Love.

After splitting his time between the U.K. and France, Marry settled into his native country to record the band’s fourth LP, Piano Ombre, which was released in March 2014.

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