Emmaus Mouvement


Emmaüs Mouvement: 1949–1999 Emmaüs a 50 ans is a compilation album for the 50th anniversary of the Emmaüs Mouvement, founded by Abbé Pierre in 1949.

Background and recording

After many encounters with Abbé Pierre, musician and producer Julien Civange proposed to add his contribution to the 50th anniversary of the Emmaüs Mouvement by gathering together on one album a number of different musicians who supported the idea behind the Emmaüs Mouvement — that is to say, the fight against all forms of exclusion. However, there was one condition — that every musician had to create a specific piece of music for the occasion or offer an as yet unpublished/unrecorded work.
Jean-Louis Aubert composed a very beautiful song "Veille sur moi", Stephan Eicher recorded a duet with the group Bratsch, Joe Strummer improvised a folk cover version of "Junco Partner", Linton Kwesi Johnson did a duet with Shurik'n and Imothep of the group IAM, Marianne Faithfull recorded the poems of Shakespeare, the group Les Rita Mitsouko recorded "Le Juste Prix", and Rachid Taha offered "54". Manu Chao, the groups "Air", Cassius, Mars IV, Les Négresses Vertes, and FFF, and Howie B also participated in the album.
The album was released on November 1999 through Virgin Records France.

Reception

To celebrate the event, the French media got involved in the promotion of the album, through speaking about it and offering space and airtime. Also with the participation of FNAC, a launching concert was organised in FNAC Champs-Élysées, collecting together Jean-Louis Aubert, Stephane Eicher, and Linton Kwesi Johnson, who all performed in front of a packed-out audience whilst under the watchful eye of Abbé Pierre.
Raymond Depardon made the promotional film for the album. Thanks to a competition by Steven Rubin, Fuji Laboratories, and the film director David Fincher 450 reels of film were released throughout France and shown just before the movie Fight Club.
The album was well received by both the public and the press, and therefore achieved its goal: for Emmaüs Mouvement to touch a wide public particularly young people whilst celebrating its 50th anniversary through music.

Track listing

Personnel

  1. "Veille sur moi"
  2. * Jean-Louis Aubert – bass, guitar, keyboards, voclas, lyrics and music
  3. * Manu Katché – drums
  4. * Le Baron guitar
  5. * Dominique Blanc-Francard – mixing
  6. * Bénédicte Schmitt – recording
  7. "Tek Chance"
  8. * Lyrics by Geoffroy Mussard, Linton Kwesi Johnson
  9. * Music by Pascal Perez
  10. * Linton Kwesi Johnson, Shurik'n and Imothep – performers
  11. * Philippe Beneytout – recording and mixing
  12. "Tous les jours"
  13. * Manu Chao lyrics, music, performer, recording, and co-production
  14. * Renaud Letang – recording and co-production
  15. "Sonnet 14"
  16. * William Shakespeare – writer
  17. * Marianne Faithfull – performer
  18. "Le Juste Prix"
  19. * Fred Chichin – guitar, music
  20. * Catherine Ringer – keyboards, vocals, lyrics
  21. * Dominique Blanc-Francard – mixing
  22. * Les Rita Mitsouko – performers
  23. * Bénédicte Schmitt – mixing assistant
  24. * Ayodele "Ski" Shekoni – programming and producer
  25. "Ceux à qui ça va bien"
  26. * François Castellio – accordion
  27. * Bratsch – arrangement
  28. * Stephan Eicher – arrangement, vocals
  29. * Ronan Le Bars – arrangement, bagpipes
  30. * Nano Peylet – clarinet
  31. * Pierre Jacquet – double bass
  32. * Dan Gharibian – guitar
  33. * Mani Matter – lyrics and music
  34. * Pierre Geering – lyrics
  35. * Bruno Girard – violin
  36. * Pascal Colomb – recording
  37. * Jeff Ginouves – recording assistant
  38. "Remember "
  39. * Air performers
  40. * David Whitaker – conductor, strings arrangement
  41. * Lyrics by Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Jean-Jacques Perrey, and Nicolas Godin
  42. * Music by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin
  43. * Alex Gopher – mastering
  44. * Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
  45. "Amnésie internationale"
  46. * FFF – performers, music
  47. * Lyrics by Marco Prince and Marta Marugan
  48. * Marta Marugan – vocals
  49. * Yarol Poupaud – recording and mixing
  50. * Freddy Martineau – recording assistant, mixing assistant
  51. "Junco Partner"
  52. * Joe Strummer performer, arrangement
  53. "54"
  54. * Rachid Taha – lyrics, music, and vocals
  55. * Bruno Maman – acoustic guitar, bass, music
  56. * Abdelouab Abrit Goblet – drums
  57. * Hassan Lachal – drum
  58. * Steve Hillage – electric guitar
  59. * Hakim Hamadouche – lute
  60. * Rabah Mezouane – lyrics translation
  61. * Frédéric Blanc-Garin – recording
  62. * Antoine Gaillet – recording assistant
  63. * Pete Hofmann – mixing
  64. * Barny – mixing assistant
  65. "Club 73"
  66. * Cassius – performers
  67. * Written by Boom Bass and Philippe Zdar
  68. "Ne reste pas seul"
  69. * Mars IV writers, performers
  70. * Pete Hofmann – mixing
  71. * Greg Flemming – mixing assistant
  72. * Programmed by James Bambury and Yul
  73. "Leaving Home"
  74. * Howie B – performer and writer
  75. "Bamboo Land"
  76. * Bamboo Man – performer and writer
  77. * Jean-Louis Aubert – featured performer and writer
  78. "Trabendo"
  79. * Les Négresses Vertes – performers
  80. * Written by Howie B, Iza Mellino, Jean-Marie Paulus, Matias Canavese, Michel Estrade, Ochowlack, Stéfane Mellino
  81. * Howie B – producer and mixing
  82. * Co-produceed by Jeremy Shaw and Will O'Donovan