Sébastien Tellier is the latest in a long line of eccentric Frenchmen, born in 1974 he first came to public attention when he went on his first world tour in 2001 to promote his début album "L'Incroyable Verité" (The Incredible Truth). as the opening group for AIR, playing 80 dates in total and delivering his uncompromising mixture to an international audience for the first time: His track "Fantino" was used for Sofia Coppola's highly acclaimed film "Lost In Translation." 

For his second album, "Politics", released in 2004, he teamed up with a wide range of artists, including Tony Allen, the inventor of afro-beat and one of the most influential drummers of his time. Sebastien also collaborated with his long term partner, Pamelia Kurstin, maybe the best Theremin player in the world as well as with the always excellent pianist Simon Dalmais. The seminal piece "La Ritournelle" is widely considered to be one of the most moving love songs ever recorded and generated a considerable amount of radio play in the United Kingdom when it was released in 2005, although it surprisingly failed to find chart success and as NME reported at the time “One day, Sebastien Tellier’s slow-burning club anthem will be huge”.

Sebastien's  work finds a lot of appreciation among fellow artists and got him a place on stage as the opening act on Norwegian band Royksopp's European tour, as well as the The Magic Numbers and Moby's tour support in France. Always searching for new styles and opportunities to develop his musical universe Sebastien Tellier also collaborated with the Bulgarian Symphonic Orchestra or the Parisian Boule Noire Orchestra.

2006 saw the release of Sebastien Tellier's "Sessions" album, consisting of acoustic reinterpretations from his previous "Politics" album. Well respected in French music circles, Sébastien enlisted, Guy-Manuel Homem de Christo (Daft Punk) on production duties for his latest album, "Sexuality", released in 2007, a record brimming with warmth that takes the influence of classic European artists such as Ennio Morricone and Giorgio Moroder before rendering it a modern style that evokes American R’n’B, in the vein of Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé. 

Besides keeping himself busy with production, remixing other artists and lending his voice to other musicians Sebastien also made a step into the movie world. He played the main role in Quentin Dupieux's film "Non Film", a movie of a charismatic and photogenic leader in a world where we can film without a camera, as well as Dupieux's latest film "Steak", released in June 2007. Furthermore Sebastien has produced the soundtrack for "Narco", a French production starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Guillaume Canet and Zabou Breitman, as well as contributing to Daft Punk's "Electroma" film with a track called "Universe".

Sebastien Tellier is one of these few rare bred artists, combining virtuosity, humour and overall talent reminding us of entertainers like Robert Wyatt, Syd Barret or Serge Gainsbourg. His live performances are considered as being intense, emotional experiences hypnotising the audience and he is eagerly waiting to take to the styage in Belgrade.

After going almost unnoticed for a month, "Divine" caused a political storm in Frabnce in the middle of April, when French MP Jacques Myard of the UMP party called on the company that runs most of France's TV networks to change its mind about accepting the song by Sebastien Tellier because it was largely in English. A controversy blew up and the song was discussed in the French parliament. Meanwhile Tellier said that he had not been asked to perform the song in French, and would have been pleased to do so, if asked.

Despite the publicity and an automatic place in the final, the French entry remains and outsider with bookmakers and has made limited impact on most fan polls.