Deleyaman

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Deleyaman is a French-American musical band founded in Normandy, France in 2000 by the American multi-instrumentalist of Greek-Armenian origins Aret Madilian from Los Angeles, along with French singer Beatrice Valantin and French-Armenian duduk player Gerard Madilian.[1] The band is referenced as the first alternative rock band to have included the ancient wind instrument the duduk in their line-up.[2][3] Deleyaman’s musical universe has been described as poetic, melancholic, introspective.[4][5][6][7][8][9] A multi-genre band which assemble art-rock, dark wave, minimalism, post-punk and post-rock. History The band originally consisting of Aret Madilian, Beatrice Valantin and Gerard Madilian released their debut album 00/1, in September 2001 on Editions Nech Records, an independent world music label based in Paris. The album was released in France and in Europe and received reviews and support from the underground musical press such as Elegy, D-Side, Obskure, Uncut. The following albums entitled Second (2003) and 3 (2006) received wider recognition and were also to be released on the French label Editions Nech Records. Two tracks from Second Battlefield and Black Rainbow, were chosen by the French actress and film director Fanny Ardant for the soundtrack of her 2017 film Le Divan de Staline starring Gerard Depardieu and Emmanuelle Seigner. In 2009 Deleyaman released the first of their two part album Fourth, part one. Fourth, part two was released in 2011. The band’s six...