Chloé Mons, born in Lille in on December 1st, 1972, is a French actress and singer.
Biography
Sister of Barnabé Mons and leader of Lille psychedelic rock band Sheetah & Les Weissmullers, Chloé Mons became the muse of the American photographer Tom Sewell before marrying the singer Alain Bashungin 2001. She met Bashung while shooting the music video La nuit je mens, and for their marriage they recorded Song of Songs, set to Rodolphe Burger's music. They have a daughter named Poppée. In 2006, inspired by Calamity Jane's Letters to my daughter, she wrote and composed La Ballade de Calamity Jane. Her husband Alain Bashung, and the guitarist and leader of the group Kat OnomaRodolphe Burger helped bring the projectto life. In the same year, she published her debut solo albumChienne d'un seul, which she performed on stage during the first part of her husband's tour, La Tournée des grands espaces. In 2009, she wrote, composed and self-produced her second solo album, Par la rivière, an opus she defines as "punk/country" and that she played alone or with a small band in France and the United States. Her third solo album, Walking, was recorded at the end of 2010 in Kingston, New York, and produced by Malcolm Burn, who has worked with Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, and Emmylou Harris among others. She brought Walking on tour, accompanied by guitarist Yan Péchin. After her husband Alain Bashung's death in 2009, Mons published a diary-style book recounting her husband's final hours. The book, Let Go, was released on the 2nd of March 2012, by the publisher Fetjaine. 2012 also marked the release of Il Buio, a duet album with the guitarist Xavier Boussiron. The album comprises covers of various hits from the 50s, from Peggy Lee's Johnny Guitar to Adriano Celentano's Ciao Ragazzi. Also of note, Salvatore Adamo joins Mons to rejuvenate his original song, La Notte. Then, in November 2012, Mons reunited with the team from Walking to record "Soon", and then left for southern India, Mysore, Karnataka, to film "American Diary", "My California", and "Mysore Express". In 2016, she played Dominique in Alain Klingler's musical, "Je n’ai rien contre le réveillon". The same year, she released her eight album " Alectrona ", in which she contrasted the codes of rock'n'roll with the classical form of chamber music. She wrote and composed 10 songs, which she then entrusted to Blixa Bargeld for production.
