What is "funambule"

Funambule is the fourth studio album by French slam poet Grand Corps Malade. The album is with the musical direction of musician and trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf. The 13-track album released on 28 October 2013 includes three duets with Sandra Nkaké, Francis Cabrel and Richard Bohringer.

Funambule is the first album of Grand Corps Malade with independent record label Believe Recording and Anouche Productions after quitting the commercial AZ label associated with Universal Music France.

The release of the album comes after the great success of Grand Corps Malade's book Patients.

Funambule means tightrope walker in the French language. Specifically it may refer to:

• the Funambule funicular, a funicular railway in the Swiss city of Neuchâtel
• the Funambule (album), the fourth studio album of Grand Corps Malade
• the Théâtre des Funambules, a former theater in Paris, France