Peter von Poehl

Peter von Poehl is a Swedish singer-songwriter, composer, musician and director. He was the guitarist for A.S. Dragon, once the backing band for Bertrand Burgalat and in Michel Houellebecq's album Pr├®sence humaine (2000). He has since collaborated with other artists, such as Doriand (Le Grand bain), Lio (Dites au prince charmant), Marie Modiano (I'm Not a Rose) and Florian Horwath (We Are All Gold), with whom he founded the Graeferecordings label in Berlin. His first album, Going to Where the Tea-Trees Are, was published by the French label T├┤t ou tard on 9 May 2006. He has since produced Vincent Delerm's third album, Les Piq├╗res d'araign├®e (2006), in which he participates in one song, Marine. He is now on a long series of tours, most notably as the opening act for Phoenix (autumn 2006) and Air (spring 2007). He played at the Eurock├®ennes 2007 in Belfort. His second album, May Day, was released in February 2009. He played new songs from this album during a series of live shows in La Maroquinerie (Paris), at the beginning of July 2008.