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We bring you the stories as they develop:

– Claire Denamur’s album Vagabonde is out on September 19.

– Listen to an extrait of a new Camille song HERE. You have to ‘pay’ with a tweet or a posting on your Facebook-page. Good track, minimalistic, more in the Le Fil vein. Camille’s new album is out in October.

– Coeur de Pirate will release a new album too, in November. It will be in French (yay!)

– French magazine Courrier International will include a live-dvd plus a never released song by Charlotte Gainsbourg. The mag, only available in France, will be on sale August 25. Any help to get me this magazine is greatly appreciated. The live+inedits-cd Experiences Stage Whisper will be released in November.

– In an interview with French music mag Serge, Chiara Mastroianni revelead that she and ex-husband Benjamin Biolay will probably record another duets-album als H.O.M.E. No release-date is set, but think years instead of months.

Pendentif, Moziimo

  • Posted on 22/08/2011
  • /Under Musique

Pendentif is a quartet from Bordeaux, who invited Cindy Callede on their first single, Riviera. That song’s also on their debut-EP, released in May. Their stylo is sunny, inna Californian stylee, with strong guitar-melodies and early 80’s synths. Comparisons with Phoenix, The Shoes and The Bewitched Hands are understandable. I’m posting Riviera here, but Cindy also sings on the wonderfully titles God saves La France.

Moziimo‘s (‘avec un Z comme Zorro and deux I comme zizi’) real name is Mélodie Orru, and like Pendentif she likes to add synths and 80s references to her music. Hippie chic, music mag Serge called her. You’ll get the picture when you see, er, these pictures. She just released an EP with songs that refer to Camille (the minimal approach) and Jeanne Cherhal (in the more upbeat tracks, like ‘Je voudrais etre une fleuve‘. On ‘Viens dans mon chateau’, Arthur H is a duo-partner. The single Sour & Gold is in English.

Pendentif – Riviera
Moziimo & Arthur H – Viens dans mon chateau

 

Ambient fille

  • Posted on 02/08/2011
  • /Under Video

In English, alas. Love to hear something like this in French. See for details about the song/video here

 

 

Mitsou

Canadian 90s sex-symbol Mitsou (best known for this, and this) released a new single, On vole. Her style nowadays, you could say, is Lady Gaga meets Yelle, with some Mylene Farmer thrown in. That stewardess-outfit in the video works for me too. You can download the single for free on Mitsou’s Soundcloud page, HERE.

Note: not everybody is impressed by Mitsou’s return…

Lulu Gainsbourg

  • Posted on 27/07/2011
  • /Under Musique

Serge’s youngest son and pianist Lulu released an EP with jazz-reworks of his dad’s songs. Featuring Richard Bona (vocals), Angelo Debarre (guitar, he plays in the Vie Heroique-movie too), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Gil Goldstein (accordion), James Genus (bass) and Stan Harrison (sax, he played on Serge’s You’re Under Arrest-album). Most of these players studied or teach at Boston’s Berklee College. Lulu’s a student there. It’s an impressive album, with impressive guests. Really dig the manouche-version of Le poinçonneur des Lilas and the La Javanaise-version with Bona. But we have to wait for the really good stuff:  for his album with songs by Serge, Lulu invited Scarlett Johansson, Vanessa Paradis & Johnny Depp (who will sing La ballade de Melody Nelson), Iggy Pop, Sean Lennon, Rufus Wainwright and Marianne Faithfull. Whoa. Charlotte, Bambou and Jane do not contribute, Lulu said didn’t want to include family on his album.
The Gainsbourg name sure can get you in touch with big names, Charlotte can testify to that. But Charlotte’s really talented too, as her movies and her most recent albums prove. Lulu is a fine pianist, he was a musical director for a Gainsbourg-tribute in Israel and he composed songs for Marc Lavoine. He considers his album a gift to his dad, whom he lost at 5. There’s no shame in honouring your dad, and trying to make a name for yourself via his beautiful songs, I think. Really looking forward to the album.
See Lulu play live here. See Serge and Lulu here.

Lulu Gainsbourg & Richard Bona – La javanaise

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