BAAB

Odd name, odd music, odd videos, odd publicity pic. BAAB is a duo (Charles-David &. Mariève) from Montreal, they release music since 2019. The most recent singles have a late 90s triphop vibe, you know, Tricky, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba. Some soul added to the mix, some jazz, but most of the time phat beats, breathy vocals, fx and solid grooves. LOVE IT. Listen:

See the odd videos:

Autour de Lucie

Ah, the nineties. When Britpop was king, and all kinds of bands all over Europe were tuning in to that guitar-driven vibe. In France, there was Autour de Lucie, th debut-album L’Echappee Belle (1994) still stands as a wonderful rock record. The band called it quits in 2004, then rose from the ashes in 2013. This track is from the quite wonderful, most recent album Hors Monde. Dreamy, that’s the word:

Marine

A jolly popsong about being cheated on by your lover. Marine, who won talent show Star Academy in 2024, helps you to sing along while your heart bleeds.

Meimuna

To celebrate 10 years of making music, Swiss singer Meimuna invited several musical friends to record orchestral versions of some of her songs. First track off the upcoming album, with all those versions, is this gorgeous beauty:

Original version, from 2021:

Seventh time Meimuna appears on this blog!

Isolde Lasoen

The singles released earlier from Isolde Lasoen’s new album made me fear that my favorite singing drummer had given up on singing in French. Turns out she almost did, for most new tracks are in English. But hurrah, this lovely husky ‘n slow disco tune is also on the new lp, and that makes me very happy:

Mëa

Two singles so far, by this young (20 years old, says google, no idea if this is true) French singer/producer. Both tracks are very intriguing. Electronics, beats, husky singing and (in case of Elle Sourit) a song about the hard part of being a mom. Mëa (no clue how to pronounce, haha) is an artist to watch. Cool clip, too:

Claudia Bouvette

Summer’s ending, grooves keep coming. This is a warm blooded dance track by Claudia Bouvette, love that atmosphere and those echo drenched effects. First time Claudia’s on this blog, she’s Canadian, she’s part of this great song, she made two albums and sings mostly in English. But luckily, also in French.

Louise Combier

There’s a lot going on in this song by former The Voice (La plus belle voix, in France) participant Louise Combier. What attracted me in the first place is her pleading, slightly out-of-breath-voice. It adds to the emotional value of the song, the lyrics are about self-acceptance and forgiveness and breaking away from repetitive patterns. Louise wrote the track and plays all instruments, it has a slight 80s synth-pop influence (doesn’t that piano-pattern remind you of Bronski Beat?), also with that vintage sounding drum computer. I keep hearing new sounds and choirs in the track, it’s one of the real highlights of this year.

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