Dantès Dailiang


Dantès, or Dai Liang is a French singer-songwriter. He is also a trilingual host and a writer.
Dantès is an intercultural artist who intertwines Chinese language, the French way of thinking and pop rock.
Dantès' LP, One of a Kind, allowed the French singer and pioneer of the French Mandopop to be invited several times to the most prestigious and popular TV shows in China.

Biography

2005-2011

In 2006 he released a double album entitled Parfums d’extrêmes or Wo jide ni 我记得你 in mandarin Chinese. The same year, the album is distributed in China. In 2007 Dantès is signed and distributed by Jiesheng Record Company.
The Chinese media readily welcomed the sinologist.
Since 2006 several media considers Dantès as the first foreigner who writes and sings his own songs in Chinese.
In April and May 2007, various press conferences were organized for Dantès in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the artist was even mentioned during the television news.
Furthermore, in January 2007 Dantès is interviewed by the famous host Yi Wen during the Zui ai K ge bang 最爱K歌榜 program in Shanghai Love Radio. Suzhou, Hangzhou and the French Radio of Beijing organized long interviews of Dantès.
In the year 2008 Dantès is invited by the French Television France 3 to talk about his experience and cultural matters. French medias start to focus on Dantès work. At the end of the year, Dantès completes his PhD about the Music Industry in China at the Lyon Jean Moulin University. His academic writings are supervised by Gregory B. Lee.
In 2009 Dantès releases Dailiang with the Chinese record company Jiesheng. This is his second Chinese-French album. Dantès includes traditional Chinese music aspects to his pop rock tunes: dizi flute, erhu violin, Beijing Opera. The album is distributed the same year in France with the Mosaic music label. Dantès is often invited to perform at the International Channel of Shanghai ICS. He also becomes a host at the Channel Young, a Chinese TV Channel. The same year Dragon TV broadcasts Xia you Dailiang, a Dantès cover story. At the end of 2009 Dantès also organizes a concert in France and will be interviewed by the French médias.
In 2010 Dantès releases Shanghai and Franc Péret shoots a MTV of it. The single is recorded at Ulys Music Shanghai by the music producer Ulys who worked with the greatest names of the electro music scene.
The same year, Dantès is invited by the French Consulate to perform during the first Shanghai French Music Festival and is promoted as the French man who writes and sings in Chinese. Dantès is interviewed by French journalists who came to cover the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Dantès stands as an ambassador of French culture toward Chinese people along as French politician Jack Lang. Numerous Chinese journalists interview the singer. One of the most complete interview is the one he gave at the Shanghai Expo Site CCTV Studio. Chinese media considers Dantès as a cultural ambassador of the city of Lyon.
In June and July 2010 Dantès performs more than twenty concerts in Shanghai, from the very famous Shanghai Music Hall to the French Week and the Shanghai French Music Festival.
The same year Dantès translates under his real name the French version of the Chinese book « Pass it on 盒子» edited by Shangxia.
In 2011 Dantès is signed by the Plaza Mayor Company for his two albums, Parfums d’extrêmes and Dailiang.
He is invited by the Suzhou Television to perform his hit Liang qian nian wo lai dao Zhongguo.
Dantès comes back another time to the English Channel of Shanghai as a guest of Cultural Matters Show where he talks about Beijing Opera and performs his song La muse aux lèvres rouges. In June, Dantès performs at the Shanghai Music Festival for the second time. Between July and August, he records 3 television shows for the Shanghai Media Group where he sings in Shanghainese dialect and reach more fans.
Dantès performs at the 2011 Shanghai French Week with the guitarist Inophis who is also his friend.
He performs a show in France, at the Kbox of Villeurbanne, near the city of Lyon and he is interviewed by le Progrès newspaper
In October, Dantès works on a song with the composer Peter Kam. The song is recorded for Garou who performs the same month a show in the city of Nanning in China.
In 2011 Dantès gets more and more opportunities to work as a Master of Ceremonies. He co-presents with the famous host Sujing, the « 2011 Chinese Culture Foreign Talents Show» for the Suzhou Television.
He is selected to host the YesHJ program « Ohlala ».
The same year he hosts two major events for La Montre Hermès. He is also selected for the Esprit 10 years Party and the Suzhou Festival Italiano.

2017

In 2017, Dantès Dailiang launches his project « Bretagne en Chine » with the song Wo Ai Bulietani 我爱布列塔尼 and its music video. The French version is entitled Et si j'oubliais. The track is produced by Inophis, French guitarist and Farida Taiwanese Guitar Brand Ambassador. The music video is directed and edited by Franc Peret.
For the launching of the video, the singer is invited several times on France 3 Bretagne TV and explains, among other topics, what is French Mandopop.
Dantès Dailiang performs in Shenyang during the Fête de la musique. He performs in Beijing during the Alpitec where he stands as an Ambassador of French Mountain. The singer appears in Shanghai Téléthon stage, Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées stage where he hosts the China Embassy Gala and meet Guo Gan, and in the French Alps Valloire Village stages where he performs several shows.
Dantès is invited by Chinese government from the Qiandongnan region to participate in the show « Meili Zhongguocheng ». The program is broadcast on national TV in front of 400 million viewers. The singer collaborates with one of the most famous video clip director: Zhenghao. Dantes appears on the CCTV-F show Parlons-En where he talks about cross-cultural topics.

Discography

Studio albums