Piers Faccini

Piers Faccini
Piers Faccini performing in 2006.
Piers Faccini performing in 2006.
Background information
Born28 April 1970 (age 53–54)
OriginLondon, England
GenresWorld music, Folk music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1996–present
LabelsBeating Drum, Bleu Electric, Everloving Records, Tôt ou tard, Six Degrees Records

Piers Damian G. Faccini (born 1970) is an English singer, painter and songwriter.

Biography

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Piers Faccini was born in London, England to an Italian father and an English mother. His family moved to France when he was five years old.[1] His brother is the writer Ben Faccini.

Faccini first appeared on the music scene in London in 1997, co-founding Charley Marlowe with performance poet Francesca Beard, percussionist Frank Byng and guitarist Luc Suarez; the band split in 2001 when Faccini decided to pursue a solo career. His first solo album Leave no Trace was released in 2004 by French Independent label Label Bleu.[2] His second album was released by Los Angeles label Everloving Records in 2006; Tearing Sky was produced by JP Plunier, and featured Ben Harper, who Faccini would tour with between 2006 and 2008.[3] His third album released by the French independent record label Tot ou Tard in 2009 was co-produced by Faccini and Renaud Letang. His fourth album, My Wilderness, was released in late 2011 on Six Degrees Records in USA and Tot ou Tard in Europe. His fifth album, Between Dogs and Wolves (2013) and sixth album, I Dreamed an Island (2016) were released on his own label Beating Drum.[4]

Faccini has collaborated over the years with many musicians and singers including Rokia Traore, Busi Mhlongo, Ben Harper, Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Camille, Francesca Beard, Patrick Watson, Dawn Landes and Ibrahim Maalouf amongst others.[5] In March 2011, Faccini contributed to the Patagonia Music Collective, contributing to the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation.[6]

Faccini has also produced several albums for other artists, most notably Ela by Brazilian cellist and singer Dom La Nena,[7] Northern Folk by Jenny Lysander[8] and Terre de Mon Poeme by Yelli Yelli.[9] Faccini is also a poet and children's author, publishing his first book of poetry No One's Here in 2016 and a children's book/cd La Plus Belle des Berceuses which he also illustrated in 2017, published by the French publisher, Actes Sud.[10]

In 2009, his album, Two Grains Of Sand, was nominated for the French independent music award, Le Prix Constantin[11] and voted album of the year by the listeners of French national radio, France Inter. His album with the cellist Vincent Segal Songs of Time Lost was in NPR's top ten world music albums of 2014[12] and in Songlines top 10 albums of 2014[13] as well as in their Greatest World Music Albums of the last five years.[citation needed]

His seventh studio album Shapes Of The Fall was released 2 April 2021.[14] The 13 tracks were co-produced by Piers Faccini and Fred Soulard.[15]

Discography[16]

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List of studio albums, with year released and chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
BEL
Heat
[17] 		FRA
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This Could Be You (with Charley Marlowe) 2000 — —
Leave No Trace 2004 — —
The Streets of London EP 2005 — —
Tearing Sky 2006 — 86
Two Grains of Sand 2009 — 82
My Wilderness 2011 1 47
Between Dogs and Wolves 2013 — 112
Songs of Time Lost 2014 — 126
Desert Songs EP (with Dawn Landes) 2016 — —
I Dreamed an Island — 129
Shapes Of The Fall 2021 — —

References

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  1. ^ "Piers Faccini | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Biography". Rownload.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ by (6 September 2007). "Piers Faccini Hits The Road with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals". ALARM. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Piers Faccini". Discogs. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Piers Faccini Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Buy a Song, Benefit the Environment: Introducing Patagonia Music and the Patagonia Music Collective - Patagonia". www.patagonia.com. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. ^ "France Rocks | Dom La Nena". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. ^ Drum, Beating. "Beating Drum". Tumblr. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. ^ Jahn, Anne-Sophie (28 March 2016). "Le fantasme kabyle de Yelli Yelli". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Piers Faccini | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. ^ Various - Prix Constantin 2009, retrieved 16 July 2022
  12. ^ Tsioulcas, Anastasia (13 December 2014). "Best Global Music Of 2014". NPR. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Songlines Magazine (Jan/Feb 2015, #105) by Songlines Magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  14. ^ "StackPath". www.folkradio.co.uk. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Shapes Of The Fall by Piers Faccini". Bandcamp. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Piers Faccini". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Piers Faccini – My Wilderness" (in French). Ultratop Wallonia. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Discographie Piers Faccini" (in French). Hung Medien French Charts Portal. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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