Olivier Rocabois est un poète breton qui décide de poursuivre l'aventure en solo en 2018 après une décennie passée sous la bannière ALL IF, la créature indie pop que le démiurge inventa en 2008 à Paris.
Le groupe se compose de :
- Olivier Rocabois : chant - guitares – claviers
- Jan Stümke : claviers - choeurs
- Rémi Alexandre : basse - synthés
- Guillaume Glain : batterie - choeurs
- François Dorléans : guitares électriques
Nourris au songwriting protéiné d'albums cultes ("Ram" de McCartney, "Giant Steps" des Boo Radleys, "The Soft Bulletin" des Flaming Lips, "The Love Below" d'Outkast, etc...), ces sorciers du puzzle megalo-pop, fans absolus du Bowie transformiste des 70's, délivrent leur set d'un classicisme insolent.
Un orchestre de poche au service de compositions baroques sous influence Beatles/Bowie/Beach Boys. Ou plus récemment Divine Comedy ou Grizzly Bear. Jamais avare de mélodies raffinées et d'arrangements luxuriants, le groupe offre sur scène des prestations assez jouissives, mêlant grand élan populaire (on pense à Dexy's Midnight Runners) et élégance.
Olivier Rocabois is a Breton poet who decided to go solo in 2018 after ten years of ALL IF, the indie pop creature born in Paris in 2008.
The band is formed of
-Olivier Rocabois: lead vocals - guitars - keyboards
-Jan Stümke: keyboards - backing vocals
-Rémi Alexandre: bass - synth
-Guillaume Glain: drums - percussions - backing vocals
-François Dorléans: electric guitars
Raised on good music only, and cult albums high in protein, ALL IF developed an eclectic taste for the refined and the organic ("Ram" by McCartney, "Giant Steps" by the Boo Radleys, "The Soft Bulletin" by Flaming Lips, "The Love Below" by Outkast, etc.)
A pocket orchestra servicing, when the music dictates, baroque compositions inspired by daydreams, monuments, The Beatles, David Bowie and the Beach Boys. Or, more recently, The Divine Comedy, Field Music and Grizzly Bear.You can probably imagine what we are like on stage (think Dexy's Midnight Runners): mixing luxurious arrangements with the all-encompassing desires of a man bursting through our voices and our instruments, quieted down by the ideals and the determinate presence of women, and preferring the artistry of melodies to anything else, always, we touch everybody, we move every soul. Music, when it is elegant, never discriminates.
Olivier Rocabois is a French pop singer-songwriter.
Fronting the indie baroque project ALL IF, he's heavily influenced by the 60's and spreads the gospel of chamber pop by playing churches and gigs. Often to be seen around pubs and clubs sporting shiny cufflinks.
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