Albin de la Simone

Albin de la Simone (born in Amiens, Picardy, France on 14 December 1970) is a French singer-songwriter.

He has been working in music since the mid-1990s as a keyboardist, bassist, arranger, and director for a large number of artists, including Miossec, Vanessa Paradis, Keren Ann, Arthur H, Alain Souchon, Raphaël Haroche, Mathieu Boogaerts, Jean-Louis Aubert, and Salif Keita, among others (complete discography below).

After studying art at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai (Belgium) and arrangement and orchestration at the Centre d'informations musicales [fr] (CIM) in Paris, Albin L'Eleu de la Simone started his career as composer and jazz pianist (his father being a New Orleans Jazz clarinetist) as a member of the band "The Barbecues."

Parallelly, de la Simone met the new singers of his generation (Mathieu Boogaerts, Matthieu Chedid, Arthur H, Nina Morato...) and found his calling.

In September, he released Albin de la Simone, his first album, on the label Virgin Records, co-directed with Renaud Letang.