{"title":"Jane Birkin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"oh-pardon-tu-dormais-live","title":"Oh! Pardon Tu Dormais - Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelive all the emotion of Jane Birkin's final concert \"Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... Le Live\". Staging a moving performance for a last meeting with her audience. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Wrasse","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50390022390091,"sku":"2165941","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CDx3","offer_id":50390022586699,"sku":"2165942","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Oh__Pardon_tu_dormais_ae7cc0d0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726379919"},{"product_id":"integrale-live","title":"Integrale - Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eRediscover all of the shows by Jane Birkin, icon tender and offbeat with her voice of inimitable charm. Sublime and generous, Jane Birkin gives herself wholeheartedly throughout the concerts at the Bataclan, at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Olympia... In 35 over the years, Jane  become a stage icon. All of Jane’s Live recordings on a special 15 CD Edition.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Wrasse","offers":[{"title":"CDx15.","offer_id":50405653283147,"sku":"2169000","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Unknown_a09bd1c1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726580542"},{"product_id":"enfants-d-hiver","title":"Enfants D'Hiver","description":"\u003cp\u003eJane Birkin is of course best known in the UK for her 1969 duet with Serge Gainsbourg, 'Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus)', where she panted her way to the top of the charts, however she has appeared in over 50 films, including Antonioni's Scandalous film \u003ci\u003eBlow Up\u003c\/i\u003e, been a star of numerous theatre productions and recorded more than a dozen albums. In france she is a cultural icon, a libertarian parisienne, friends of royalty and mother to Katre Barry (with John Barry) Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. In 1992, birkin gave up singing, saying she could not imagine working with anyone other than gainsbourg who had passed away the year before. Instead she focused on her family and her humanitarian work. She returned to music in 1998 and has since recorded a number of albums including \u003ci\u003eArabesque\u003c\/i\u003e (interpretations of Serges' songs), \u003ci\u003eRendez-Vous\u003c\/i\u003e (an album of duets with artist including Feist, Bryan Ferry and Beth Gibbons) and \u003ci\u003eFictions \u003c\/i\u003e(songs written by artists including Magic Numbers, Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright and more). Birkin has regularly toured worldwide since embracing music again but has continued acting in a number of films, still fighting against being 'typecast' for her accent and looks and even returning to the stage at the royal theatre in Northampton, in 2005, playing the role of gertrude in hamlet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirkin returned in November 2008, with a new album, sung in french: Enfants D'Hiver. The album has similar chilled out, ethereal sound to \u003ci\u003eFictions\u003c\/i\u003e although 'Aung San Suu Kyii' gives it a particular edge with Jane singing about the rightful burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been imprisoned or under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years. The singer has been vociferous in her support of Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned for her defiance of the military regime in burma. Jane invites visitors to her website to sign a petition demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and her fellow activists. Jane Birkin has maintained her political commitments throughout her career while her humanitarian interests led her to work with amnesty international, on immigrant welfare and aids issues. birkin has also visited bosnia, rwanda and palestinian territories, often working with children. sShe was awarded an obe, in 2001, and has also been awarded the french ordre national du merite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Wrasse","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50417212358987,"sku":"2013745","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Enfants_dhiver_56f2b40a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726721373"},{"product_id":"arabesque","title":"Arabesque","description":"\u003cp\u003eJane Birkin \u003ci\u003eArabesque\u003c\/i\u003e available for the first time on vinyl.  Released as a special 2 LP Set.  On \u003ci\u003eArabesque\u003c\/i\u003e actress turned singer Jane Birkin reworks another set of songs by her former lover and mentor Serge Gainsbourg. It follows on from 1996's \u003ci\u003eVersions Jane\u003c\/i\u003e. This time she's accompanied, live in Paris, by the Algerian and Romany arrangements of a North African band, and their quavering violin and tinny, clattering percussion form an appropriately exotic backdrop to Gainsbourg's examinations of passionate relationships and the sweet minutiae of love. Birkin, her entrance occasionally heralded by the complex and vibrant chanting of Moumen, is not technically the greatest of singers, but she works hard to extract meaning and emotion from the songs, thus lending depth to Gainsbourg's sometimes overwrought phrasings. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Wrasse","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50984219377995,"sku":"2013746","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Arabesque_Live_5118b461_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734403005"},{"product_id":"di-doo-dah","title":"Di Doo Dah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDi Doo Dah\u003c\/em\u003e is the title of Jane Birkin's debut album, released in 1973. The album is considered a masterpiece of Birkin's career, and the song \"Di Doo Dah\" is one of her most famous successes. The song was composed by the renowned Serge Gainsbourg, who was Birkin's partner and contributed significantly to her music career. In addition to \"Di Doo Dah\", the album contains other songs that reflect Birkin's unique style, which blends elements of pop and rock. The album is considered an important work for its ability to capture the atmosphere of the 70s, and for its influence on French and international music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Endless Happiness","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52114927059275,"sku":"R7227-3189","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5060672889766.jpg?v=1749812290"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/jane-birkin.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}