Domenique Dumont

Domenique Dumont began in 2013 with the creation of the album Comme Ça, released by the Parisian label Antinote in the summer of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bi-pole.org/en/artists/domenique-dumont-2/|title=Domenique Dumont|publisher=Bi:Pole|accessdate=24 September 2020}} This was followed by 2018's Miniatures De Auto Rhythm, also on Antinote.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4474010-Domenique-Dumont|title=Domenique Dumont|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=24 September 2020}} Pitchfork described the single 'Le Soleil Dans Le Monde' as "an ultra-low BPM soundscape that reimagines the streets of Paris into a Balearic island".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/domenique-dumont-le-soleil-dans-le-monde/|title="Le Soleil Dans le Monde"|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=24 September 2020}}

In 2019, Dumont was invited to compose a soundtrack to the 1930 German silent film Menschen am Sonntag to be performed at the Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps that December. This soundtrack, composed of "13 new pieces Dumont’s shimmering synth-pop" was released by The Leaf Label in November 2020 under the title People On Sunday.{{cite web|url=http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/releases/view/261/Domenique%20Dumont/People%20on%20Sunday/BAY%20127|title=PEOPLE ON SUNDAY |publisher=The Leaf Label|accessdate=24 September 2020}} The album was featured in All Music's Electronic Albums Of The Year and Bleep's Top 50 Albums of 2020.{{cite news| url= https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2020/favorite-electronic?1625929849554| work=All Music | title= Favourite Electronic Albums| date=10 July 2021}}{{cite news| url= https://bleep.com/top-50-albums-of-the-year-2020?vgo_ee=kNzLD43NTma5t4pzplSXUL35hO7C%2FF3J%2FgQB9Uu3XAY%3D| work=Bleep | title= Top 50 Albums of 2020 | date=30 August 2021}}

Domenique Dumont has also performed at festivals including Villette Sonique and Le Point Éphémère in Paris, U.Percut in Marseille, Nuits Sonores in Lyon, Sinsal in Spain and Milhões de Festa in Portugal.

• 2015 - Comme Ça (Antinote)
• 2018 - Miniatures De Auto Rhythm (Antinote)
• 2020 - People On Sunday (The Leaf Label)

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• [http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/artists/view/73/Domenique%20Dumont The Leaf Label Artist Page]
• [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4474010-Domenique-Dumont Discogs]
• [https://antinoterecordings.bandcamp.com/ Antinote Records]

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