Dominique A: Toute latitude

A new song with a striking video by Dominique A. Toute latitude is the title track of his forthcoming album, due to be released in March.

The video by Sébastien Laudenbach is one of four that will accompany the album, the other three being released in the run-up to the album's release. The four videos for Toute latitude will fit together to a larger complete video.

Laudenbach previously created the award winning animated film La jeune fille sans mains and also created the sleeve for the new album.


Toute latitude is Dominique A's 11th studio album, and it follows Éléor, released in 2015. That album featured the song Au revoir mon amour, a favourite of this blog. Éléor built on the critical and commercial success of 2012's  Vers Les Lueurs, which saw him picking up the best male artist award at the following year's Victoire de la musique award ceremony.

Despite his long and successful career, Dominique A is not taking it easy by any means. He said recently that following his tour for Éléor he found himself inspired by contradictory ideas for new sounds and writing. He was drawn towards rhythmic and repetitive versions of older texts, while the electric atmosphere of live performance giving him the opposing desire for melody and acoustic songs.

The consequence of this is that he's now got two albums set to come out in 2018, the first - Toute latitude - a rock album in the spring, the second - La fragilité - a more acoustic set scheduled for the autumn. There will also be two tours corresponding to the different collections.

Dominique A announced the first of these tour dates last month, and has lined up a series of shows around France in March, April and May.

He has two special shows in Paris on April 14 and 15, when he plays a la Philharmonie de Paris

Dominique A: Au Revior Mon Amour - Live on Le Grand Journal

An appearance by Dominique A on Le Grand Journal last night, with two tracks from his forthcoming new album.

Eléor is to be released on Monday, and the tracks Au Revoir Mon Amour, which was released as a single, was one of the two titles played.

Nouvelle Vague, another title form the forthcoming collection was the other title to be aired.

Eléor is his first collection since 2012's Vers les lueurs and it will be his 11th studio album.

Dominique A is an artist very much at the forefront of 21st century chanson, taking French language song into new areas. The release of his new album is a much anticipated event.

He's got an extensive series of live dates scheduled for April, May and June across France and plays the Grand Rex in Paris on May 26.

Dominique A. - Au revoir mon Amour - Le live du 12/03

Dominique A: Au revoir mon Amour

A new track by Dominique A ahead of the release of his new album.

It's got a supremely tasteful and somewhat vertiginous clip to accompany it.

Dominique A is quite simply one of France's best contemporary singer songwriters, his work both modern yet retaining a timeless quality.

This song, like the best of his work, is instantly memorable.

The singer's last album was the 2012 Vers Les Lueurs collection which saw him win a Victoire de la musique award the following year for best male artist of the year.

His new album, his tenth, to be entitled Éléor, is scheduled to be released in March. It will certainly be one of 2015's key releases.

Dominique A has got a series of live dates in France from April, and he plays in Paris at the Grand Rex on May 26.