Sébastien Tellier (born on February 22, 1975) is a French singer-songwriter and
actor whose kitschy brand of electro-pop gained him cult status in his home
country and throughout Europe. His first album, the intimate L'Incroyable Vérité
(2001), spawned the single “Fantino,” which was featured on the soundtrack for
Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. He followed the tepid success of his studio
debut with Politics (2004), featuring afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen on drums on
several tracks. In 2006, Tellier released a collection of acoustic versions from
his first two albums under the...