DELEYAMAN - The Sudbury Inn - Numbered edition

Deleyaman is a French-American musical band founded in Normandy, France in 2000 by the American multi-instrumentalist Aret Madilian from Los Angeles, along with French singer Beatrice Valantin and French-Armenian duduk player Gerard Madilian.

The band is referenced as the first alternative band to have included the ancient wind instrument the duduk in their line-up. Deleyaman’s musical universe has been described as poetic, melancholic and dreamy.
A multi-genre band which assembles art-rock, dark wave, minimalism, shoegaze, post-punk and post-rock.

Website : www.deleyaman.com
Bandcamp : http://deleyaman.bandcamp.com
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/deleyaman
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/deleyaman
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/deleyaman.official

History
The band originally consisting of Aret Madilian, Beatrice Valantin and Gerard Madilian released their debut album 00/1, in September 2001 on Editions Nech Records, an independent world music label based in Paris. The album was released in France and in Europe and received reviews and support from the underground musical press such as Elegy (France), D-Side (France) Obskure (France), Uncut (UK).

The following albums entitled Second (2003) and 3 (2006) received wider recognition and were also released on the French label Editions Nech Records. Two tracks from Second "Battlefield" and "Black Rainbow", were chosen by the French actress and film director Fanny Ardant for the soundtrack of her 2017 film Le Divan de Staline.

In 2009 Deleyaman released the first of their two part album Fourth, part one. Fourth, part two was released in 2011. The band’s sixth album The Edge, was released July 4, 2014. The German weekly Der Spiegel has referenced the album on "Die wichtigste Musik der Woche" (The most important music of the week) section.

The following album The lover, The stars & The citadel, was released on November 18, 2016. It includes Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance guesting as instrumentalist on two of the album's tracks.

In 2017, Deleyaman’s cover version of "Bir sana Bir de Bana", the Turkish song originally written by the psychedelic-oriental dub band Baba Zula appeared in BaBa ZuLa’s 20th anniversary album XX released in January 2017 on Glitterhouse Records.

In October 2018, Deleyaman & Jules Maxwell (Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard) toured Ireland and the UK playing in Limerick, Galway, Lisdoonvarna, Carlow, Dublin, Dundalk and Portaferry and guesting on BBC Radio Ulster’s John Toal show.

Dead Can Dance & Deleyaman (2019)
The track "Autumn Sun" by Deleyaman was covered and performed by the Australian-British band Dead Can Dance during their 30 date 2019 European tour "A Celebration Life & Works 1980-2019" Dead Can Dance.

The following album Sentinel, including contributions from Brendan Perry and Jules Maxwell, was released on January 17, 2020.

Deleyaman has also collaborated with iconic French actress Fanny Ardant on a poetry and music project in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Three concert - readings were staged in Paris and in Rouen based on the essay "Our need for consolation is insatiable" by Swedish author Stig Dagerman.
Another concert-reading based on the same essay, was performed by Deleyaman with Dutch actress Maruschka Detmers in October 2023.

Deleyaman's latest album The Sudbury Inn released in 2023, has been very well received by music journalists and critics throughout Europe and was included on several music magazines' and webzines' "Best releases of 2023" list.