Fakear is Théo Le Vigoureux - an uncannily suitable name for a young produc… Read Full Bio ↴Fakear is Théo Le Vigoureux - an uncannily suitable name for a young producer whose energy is seemingly limitless. At 24 years old, Fakear has already taken his globally-tuned dance music across the world, playing shows from London to Tokyo, supporting Bonobo and selling out Paris’ prestigious Olympia in 2015.
The journey that’s led to 2016 and his debut album, Animal, has been three years and 4 EPs long. One of them reached the top 10 in France, and his music has drawn the attention of M.I.A., AlunaGeorge, DJ Snake, Annie Mac, The FADER and ODESZA - one of many peers who’ve asked Fakear for remixes.
But the real journey, of course, goes further back. Le Vigoreux was born in Caen, Calvados, Normandy - an ancient part of France, and the same place William the Conqueror came from. His parents were musicians too, and they raised him on a steady diet of of Maurice Ravel symphonies, and songs by Ismael Lo and Cheb Mami. By the time he got to high school, he was listening avidly to Daft Punk, and had obtained an electric guitar. Before long he’d joined a ska-punk band with Gabriel Legeleux, who’d go on to become fellow rising star in French electronic music, Superpoze.
By 2013, he’d kindled a buzz in Cargo de Caen, creating a reputation under the name of Fakear ("Fake Ears” in English.) His electronic collages were inspired by influences as divergent but inspiring as the post-dubstep scene in London, and the films of Miyazaki. He found his way to Paris, where he signed with the independent French music label Nowadays Records, and released the EP Sauvage in June 2014.
Subsequent single “La Lune Rousse” gained millions of listeners across Spotify, Soundcloud and French radio, and this helped him to debut on the international level. A few months later, his musical voyage led to Japan, and rumination on his childhood’s ghosts changed his art's inception deeply. “This Country gave me a finer desire for music, and a greater attention to detail,” he told Canal + around the launch of his EP Asakusa. “It has been a personal and musical stage that I exceeded. All my pieces are like that: the pictures of my sensations and of my imagination in a precise moment. I am not the same as yesterday, and not the same as tomorrow”.
In 2015 he decided to take a break from the Parisian metropolis, and moved to the mountains. “I needed it, to seize a new primary “something”, something wild and authentic”. It was in this new setting that Fakear crafted his debut album Animal. The album title recalls the wolf silhouette that he has tattooed on his forearm. Chez Fakear, the machines never filter the instincts. Instead, they are amplified.
Animal ranges from the flamenco refrain of “Sheer-Khan”, through the original composition with Andreya Triana (Bonobo) on “Light Bullet”, to a stunning collaboration with Rae Morris, a new pop star in-the-making with whom Fakear maintains an elegant complicity.
Throughout the album, Fakear ensured that his electronic methodology enhanced, rather than limited his raw instinct. He built sounds from memories and from talismanic items; The result is an album as suited to the dance floor as it to listening under the stars, or in the moonlight of the “Lune Rousse”. In the studio as on the boards, Fakear’s music is lively, incarnated and instinctive. Definitively Animal.
The journey that’s led to 2016 and his debut album, Animal, has been three years and 4 EPs long. One of them reached the top 10 in France, and his music has drawn the attention of M.I.A., AlunaGeorge, DJ Snake, Annie Mac, The FADER and ODESZA - one of many peers who’ve asked Fakear for remixes.
But the real journey, of course, goes further back. Le Vigoreux was born in Caen, Calvados, Normandy - an ancient part of France, and the same place William the Conqueror came from. His parents were musicians too, and they raised him on a steady diet of of Maurice Ravel symphonies, and songs by Ismael Lo and Cheb Mami. By the time he got to high school, he was listening avidly to Daft Punk, and had obtained an electric guitar. Before long he’d joined a ska-punk band with Gabriel Legeleux, who’d go on to become fellow rising star in French electronic music, Superpoze.
By 2013, he’d kindled a buzz in Cargo de Caen, creating a reputation under the name of Fakear ("Fake Ears” in English.) His electronic collages were inspired by influences as divergent but inspiring as the post-dubstep scene in London, and the films of Miyazaki. He found his way to Paris, where he signed with the independent French music label Nowadays Records, and released the EP Sauvage in June 2014.
Subsequent single “La Lune Rousse” gained millions of listeners across Spotify, Soundcloud and French radio, and this helped him to debut on the international level. A few months later, his musical voyage led to Japan, and rumination on his childhood’s ghosts changed his art's inception deeply. “This Country gave me a finer desire for music, and a greater attention to detail,” he told Canal + around the launch of his EP Asakusa. “It has been a personal and musical stage that I exceeded. All my pieces are like that: the pictures of my sensations and of my imagination in a precise moment. I am not the same as yesterday, and not the same as tomorrow”.
In 2015 he decided to take a break from the Parisian metropolis, and moved to the mountains. “I needed it, to seize a new primary “something”, something wild and authentic”. It was in this new setting that Fakear crafted his debut album Animal. The album title recalls the wolf silhouette that he has tattooed on his forearm. Chez Fakear, the machines never filter the instincts. Instead, they are amplified.
Animal ranges from the flamenco refrain of “Sheer-Khan”, through the original composition with Andreya Triana (Bonobo) on “Light Bullet”, to a stunning collaboration with Rae Morris, a new pop star in-the-making with whom Fakear maintains an elegant complicity.
Throughout the album, Fakear ensured that his electronic methodology enhanced, rather than limited his raw instinct. He built sounds from memories and from talismanic items; The result is an album as suited to the dance floor as it to listening under the stars, or in the moonlight of the “Lune Rousse”. In the studio as on the boards, Fakear’s music is lively, incarnated and instinctive. Definitively Animal.
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Fakear Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Fakear:
Give Me A Sign Remember the night you picked me up? We drove till…
Give You I'm torn, you left me in the pieces of my…
Lost In Time We deserve much better The city leaves me dry I feel under…
Morning in Japan Monoteïsme Chocolat Monoteïsme Chocolat Monoteïsme Chocolat …
Something Wonderful Wait and see what is on the other side Trust in…
Two Arms Around You Out of the water, feeling down, feeling cold Into the fire,…
When the Night Comes Ting tong ting ting tinbg dringgg ting ta ding ting…
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CAPSL
Any requests for our next video??! Leave us a comment with ideas.
Justin Hernandez
I think a video with a homeless individual who's staying positive and tries making the best out of his situation is a good idea too,... Maybe?
Aurore Goux
You could may be do a video of a world tour
CAPSL
Thanks for commenting and Excellent idea, Lisa! We will for sure explore some more scenic landscape footage for our next videos! In the mean time, check out some of our other videos that adventure into some pretty cool places:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddzu9wmsZ7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW2hFNN69Es&t=15s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foFlgkr6sLk
Lisa Amrad
How about filming different landscapes in different places, like forests, the beach at sunrise and sunset?
CAPSL
Excellent! Thats a great idea 🤙🏼 Check out our Sleepless in New York City video for some footage of a few different artists compiled into one video! In the mean time, we will work on some more artist based content! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdVnmfz9Is
Brigitta Balazs
This song always makes me want to be free and just travel around the world🥰🌍 Fakear is such a wonderful artist! Big up bro!
Selena B
The visuals of this video are amazing. This song has such a calming effect and the video really encapsulated that feeling.
Lisa B
I found Fakear about 5 months ago whilst looking for unusual music. His music is fabulous and gives goosebumps. He has a mix video which is brilliant. This guy has amazing talent. Listen with quality headphones and you'll be blown away. Lisa x 🎧🎹
Guillaume Jacobsky
Je l’ai connu en travaillant chez carrefour ^^ dans ma tête j’étais là « putain j’espère qu’elle va passer » j’ai galerer à mettre Shazam j’avais la chef tout le temps à côté 😂