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Alan A. (born Alan Audrain on 8 January), is a London-based French singer-songwriter. He released in 2009 his first album Ambiguity, followed by an advent calendar album called Advent in 2012. He is currently working on his third album Astray, due end 2014, from which he will be releasing singles beforehand.
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Early life
Alan A. was born in Nantes, France and was raised in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, by his father Christian and mother Marie-Madeleine along with sisters Chrystele and Nathalie. His whole family, apart from his father who died in 2001, still lives there.
He studied in nearby town Blain, Loire-Atlantique and started taking singing lessons when he was 16. After completing his Baccalaureat, he moved to the nearby city of Nantes, where he studied English and American Language and Literature for a year. He then moved first to Paris and then to London, UK in 2004, working in department store Selfridges, and several restaurants and bars.
Music career
After several years taking singing lessons and writing songs, Alan A. met Frank Shooflar, drummer of metal band Blessed by a Broken Heart when spending 6 months in Montreal, Canada. Alan A. and Shooflar came up with ten songs and an album introduction, most of which ended on the album Ambiguity. Alan A. would meet Shooflar, sing a song, hum the music and explain the style and sound he had in mind. From this foundation point, they would devise the music in collaboration. Subsequently, Alan A. would record the vocals, and after the mixing the song would be ready to be mastered; through this systematic way of working, Alan A. and Shooflar produced a new song every time they met. This was followed by a few gigs at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Shadow Lounge when he came back to London In 2012, Alan A. released Pleasure, taken from album Ambiguity, with a music video shot in Vauxhall, London. A few months later, he released second single from Ambiguity, Come Over, with a music video shot in Vancouver, Canada In December 2012, Alan A. leaked a short song a day, based on the letters of the alphabet until Boxing Day, and released the 26 songs as a second album called Advent in early 2013. In April 2014, Alan A. announced he was releasing new music, starting with single Excuse My French, released on 1 May 2014.
Discography
Studio albums: 2008: Ambiguity; 2013: Advent
Singles: 2012: Pleasure; Come Over (from Ambiguity); 2014: Excuse My French