Biography Philippe Poirier

Been born in 1951, Philippe Poirier is a complete artist: musician,author-compositor-interpreter,illustrator and experimental film-maker..

Kat Onoma : From 1980s, in Strasbourg, he participates in the creation of the group Kat Onoma..Until 2004, year which sees the dissolution of this orchestra rock, he is one of the driving forces since he plays the saxophone and the guitar, while participating actively in the process of composition and in the realization of the videos of the group..

Solo Career:

As his partner Rodolphe Burger, he leads a solo career at the same time as Kat Onoma, releasing regularly innovative discs, in sound and in world,very personal, directly inspired by painting and visual arts, and he sometimes,by collaborating with musicians as Stefan Schneider, Dominique A or the Tarwater group. He also participates in albums of Zend Avesta, Françoiz Breut or Dani. He also collaborated with 48 Cameras, as well as with David Coulter, Jean Marie Mathoul and Charlemagne Palestine.

Other artistic activities:

However music represents only a part of his artistic activity. Since 1996 (realization of the pop video of Radioactivity, piece of Kraftwerk taken back by the group of Strasbourg, as well as of the documentary Kat Onoma(as his name points it out), Philippe Poirier works out numerous short-films, principally in Great 8. He also accomplishes some documentaries and original soundtracks of films, while occurring on the occasion of multimedia performances or on movies-concert. His last documentary is Animal Museum (2005), produces Productions by the society of Strasbourg Dora and what it co-accomplished with Marie Frering. Having formed in Arts - Decorative of Strasbourg, he also illustrated several books for children, among which "Loin des yeux,près du cœur de Thierry Lenain (Nathan, 1997).

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