Every now and then, the Spotify algorithm gives you beautiful songs. Like this very laidback track by Ronnie. Who takes inspiration from Clairo, Cigarettes after Sex, Françoise Hardy and (maybe) Francis Lai. Can you name all the sights in this video:
Also very nice, this duet
Duo Colt (Antoine Jorissen, Coline Debry) started as a cover band, and transformed in an electronic pop stronghold, with musical links to anything between UK garage, industrial and (of course) Elli & Jacno.
Here are some examples, the new album is just out:
From Coline Rio’s new album. What a song! Intense.
Veronique Vincent, singer of the Belgian new wave band Honeymoon Killers/Les tueurs de la lune de miel, has passed away. She was 68 years old, suffered of cancer. She will be remembered thanks to her expressive way of singing, great dance songs like Histoire a suivre, cool covers like Laisse tomber les filles and collabs with Laetitia Sadier and more.
Senden Daha Güzel by Duman is a certified Turkish rock classic (93 million streams on Spotify, tons of coverversions on YouTube). It’s a very dedicated love song, and French singer Melanie Pain (who performed with Nouvelle Vague in Turkey several times) made a cool cover. In Turkish, and in French.
Two recent Anais MVA singles that I missed, sexy slabs of modern pop:
French films from the 60s, when cigarette smoke was considered healthy, clothes were tight and the eyeliner as heavy as the silences. It’s the (musical) source where Project Gemini’s Paul Osborne quenches his thirst. And where Wendy Martinez voice adds a lot to the atmosphere. Paul & Wendy were on this blog before (HERE) and now they made a new bunch of tracks.
From the bio: ‘Drawing inspiration from French soundtrack composers such as François de Roubaix, Francis Lai and Michel Colombier, as well as French female artists including Léonie and Laurence Vanay, these productions are a contemporary love letter to this sound, not a homage. Mixing psych, folk, chanson, and French new wave, it’s music that pulls you in deeper, with groove, grit and passion at its core.’
Listen to this spoken word track that bursts into a fine fine groove:
New single by one of our fave French duos Terrain Vague. It’s a gorgeous post-summer track. The golden slumber and long shadows of autumn are mixed in music and (French and English) lyrics.
New Pomme single. Needs to be on this blog:
Couldn’t find anything (yet) on the producer named Miramar, who released a second compilation with covers called Volume 2. Original songs by Hardy, Balavoine, Barrière and Brel. On the first comp, Miramar got help from Julia Jean-Baptiste, Loane Coste and Saâne, and the latter returns for this emotional rendition of Jacques Brel’s Le Prochain Amour: