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The musical world of Quentin Piepszownik
L’Atelier des Désaccords Quentin Piepszownik
Words, music & a few contradictions.
Six strings, one of them out of tune. Brush across them.
Manifesto
Some songs begin with a feeling.
Others begin with something we cannot quite put into words.
And sometimes, a song takes us somewhere entirely unexpected.
L’Atelier des Désaccords is the musical world of Quentin Piepszownik. A place for words, melodies, contradictions and the things that do not always find a resolution.
The artist
A guitarist since childhood. A songwriter under his own name.
A guitarist since childhood and a former member of the band SWAN, Quentin Piepszownik now writes under his own name. Moving between French songwriting, melodic pop-rock and atmospheric compositions, he makes music in which words are always looking for their place among the notes.
- Guitar, piano, vocals
- Lead guitarist of SWAN
- Songs in French and English
The record
DESIDERATA
A record about what brings us together, what pulls us apart, and what we keep wanting anyway.
DESIDERATA explores the contradictions of love, the distance between desire and reality, and the compromises people make with themselves and one another. Moving between French songwriting, melodic pop-rock and atmospheric compositions, Quentin Piepszownik creates a personal collection of songs about the beautiful imperfections of being human.
- Track 1 : La Parenthèse
- Track 2 : Si et seulement si
- Track 3 : Arrangements entre ennemis
- Track 4 : Encre de Chine
- Track 5 : Killer for a While
- Track 6 : Illusion on Your Way
Bonus tracks
Being written
Two songs are being written at the Atelier right now.
- Desiderata being written
- Idées fixes being written
The writing room
Writing by ear.
Quentin builds a line as much from its sound as from its meaning. Neighbouring words brush against each other, answer back, contradict one another.
paronomasia — n. A play on words that sound alike but mean different things.
On se rapproche, on s’effiloche Désidérata, désirs et des ratés A life in music
Before DESIDERATA, there was SWAN.
During his school years in Paris, Quentin co-founded the band SWAN with Nicolas Parpex and Lorenzo Benedetti. As lead guitarist and backing vocalist, he helped shape an English-language pop-rock sound steeped in British music, recorded several releases and played venues across Paris.
The full storySWAN — Paris
Venues
- Le Bataclan
- Le Gibus
- Le Divan du Monde
- La Scène Bastille
- Le Sentier des Halles
Milestones
- School years SWAN founded with Nicolas Parpex and Lorenzo Benedetti
- 2003 Swan EP
- 2008 Everything Changes, Nothing Is Lost Album
- 2010 Magical Thinking Album
- 2014 The Dark Dance EP
- 2017 Solo work begins, under the name Klent
- Today DESIDERATA, under his own name
Discography documented by Rock Made in France — Encyclopédie : SWAN (opens in a new tab)
Writing for others
A song can be born in one voice and find its home in another.
I also write and compose for other performers, for film and screen projects, and for artistic encounters.
- Original lyrics
- Songs in French and English
- Co-writing
- Music for picture
Stay in touch
What happens next starts here.
News about DESIDERATA will appear here first, and on Quentin’s social channels. For professional enquiries, write directly.
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