With compositions for dances by Carolyn Carlson, Pina Bausch and Philippe G… Read Full Bio ↴With compositions for dances by Carolyn Carlson, Pina Bausch and Philippe Genty, film scores and 14 albums to his name, René Aubry is a popular, prolific and discreet composer. This native son of Epinal has forged his own path as a self-taught composer of songs without words.

And yet like other sound artists cast in the same mould (from François de Roubaix to Pascal Comelade or even Ennio Morricone), René Aubry has settled into our musical world.

As a young man, he developed a passion for the guitar but was more attracted to the soft arpeggios of Leonard Cohen than the biting riffs of Led Zeppelin.

Together with his brother, he set out to work “in the footsteps of Catherine Ribeiro and François Béranger”.

However, it was his encounter with Carolyn Carlson that propelled him along a less crowded path. René Aubry became “a composer of ballet music”, while at the same time making it a point of honour to produce albums for the pure pleasure of listening to music.

As a composer, player of numerous instruments, and his own sound engineer, René Aubry works alone on his albums, blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation, samples of voices or violins “taken from Beethoven, Stravinsky or Puccini”. Archivists tear their hair out in despair because his work has a place on all the record shops shelves: classical, ballet, new age, new music, rock, French variety, and world music.

The urge to appear on stage came to him later and despite himself. In the early nineties, when the organisers of the “Festival of Possible Music”, Time Zone, in Bari, Italy, asked him to give a concert, he initially refused. However, after much persuasion, he eventually gave in “after nearly three years of discussions over the telephone!” In 1994, he finally shared the festival’s line-up with Philip Glass, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and David Byrne. Not bad for a baptism of fire!

In 1997, he composed Signes, a ballet by Carolyn Carlson, with the première held at the Opera Bastille, winning an award at the "Victoires de la Musique Classique et du Jazz" in 1998.

His albums Plaisirs d’amour and Invités sur la Terre were the starting point for a return to more acoustic compositions as a result of his determination to continue his stage experience. The timid tinker, who handled his musical craft on his own, learned how to make instrumentalists work on his music and, above all, to appreciate contacts with the public. He performed one concert after another, travelling all over Europe with his septet.

And as soon as he seemed to have settled into this “system”, this unpredictable artist, with his love of freedom, again astonished everybody with Seuls au Monde, a sombre and electric record marked by the 11th of September. In this record, he went back to his programming and tinkering to share with us his alarmist but lucid view of our world.

His Projection Privée, a fantasy centred on San-Antonio, the famous character of Frédéric Dard, was released in 2004 and included the original soundtrack of the film Malabar Princess.

Allow yourself, today, to be tempted by the new Opus of René Aubry, whose liberated career is a reminder that this atypical artist, constantly acclaimed by a local public, deserves more than ever to be celebrated!

In reality, Memoires du futur is an album with ethereal overtones, a timeless work, punctuated by songs, including Viendras-tu avec moi?, a highly influential title that is breathtaking and out-of-the-ordinary, like its performer.

I Saw You
René Aubry Lyrics

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I'm with yo-o-ou
This is all I do know
For the ye-e-ears
This is mine to follow
This is ho-o-ope
That it's all I know that I have seen it thro-o-ough
This is all I can
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Breath is slo-ow
For the undertoners
There is blu-u-ue
Now it's my turn for you
All I kno-o-ow
Is you never leave me so completely mo-o-oved
I can't live without
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Ah, ah, ah, ah (Ah, ah, ah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh)
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Ah, ah, ah, ah (Ah, ah, ah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, oh, oh)
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
And away we'll go
And we'll ride in slow
It's all I see
When I make believe
That I'm falling for yooooooooou
You know it's truuuuuuuue
Yeah, I'm falling foooooooooor
Oh, what else can I doooooo?
I'm with yo-ou
This is all I do know
For the years
This is mine to follow
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm with yo-o-o-ou, yo-o-o-ou

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "I Saw You" by René Aubry are simple yet heartfelt, expressing a deep sense of commitment and devotion. The repetition of the phrase "I'm with you" throughout the song emphasizes the singer's unwavering loyalty to their loved one. The lines "This is all I know" and "This is mine to follow" suggest that the singer has found their purpose in life through this relationship.

The line "Breath is slow for the undertoners" creates a somber tone, as if the singer is acknowledging the inevitable passing of time. However, the following line "All I know is you never leave me so completely moved" suggests that their love is eternal and transcends mortality.

The final section of the song introduces a dream-like quality, with the lines "And away we'll go, and we'll ride in slow, it's all I see when I make believe." The use of repetition and elongation in the word "true" and "for" further emphasizes the magnitude of the singer's emotions.

Overall, "I Saw You" is a beautiful tribute to a deep and enduring love.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm with yo-o-ou
I am together with you

This is all I do know
This is the only thing that I am certain of

For the ye-e-ears
For a long time

This is mine to follow
I need to pursue this

This is ho-o-ope
This is my aspiration

That it's all I know that I have seen it thro-o-ough
I am determined to see it through, as it's the only option I know

This is all I can
I can only do this

Breath is slo-ow
My breathing is slow

For the undertoners
For those with a hidden agenda

There is blu-u-ue
There is sadness