Another new track from the upcoming Grand Eugene album, this time with help from Miel de Montagne. This is indie-disco at it’s coolest. Below is not a real video, it’s a repetitive image, that works kinda weird.
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Yade
Epic sexiness, from Yade. Hypocondrie. What a song!
Calypso Valois
A very breathy new single by Calypso Valois, which is nice:
The two girls in the video are the main characters in the movie Les Immortels/Stereo Girls. See the trailer below. From the press info: “1990s, South of France. Charlotte and Liza, inseparable 17-year-old best friends, live for the thrill of music and the exciting promise of freedom. They’re opposites in every way but together, they’re unstoppable. As the right-wing party starts spreading in their hometown, they dream of moving to Paris, to fulfill their passion for music.But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, Charlotte is left alone, standing on the threshold of adulthood.”
Thais, Super Plage, Pierre Lapointe
Been gushing about Thaïs on this blog, so when she’s part of a fun project I am all ears. Super Plage, maker of sexy French electronic beach massage music, asked Thaïs to join him on a cover of Pierre Lapointe’s storming Deux Par Deux Rassemblés. ‘The only album me and my mom loved to listen to together’, SPwrites on his insta. Canadien big shot Lapointe is a Quebecoise force for 20 years now, and Deux Par Deux Rassemblés is probably his biggest hit. Super Plage and Thaïs added some fx, but the effectivity of the original is still in tact.
Emily Loizeau
Ah, dear Emily. In 2006, this blog agreed that Em was a mix of ‘veiled melancholy, and a particular mix of smiles and sorrow’. Comparisons to 70s singer-songwriters were drawn, to Shivaree, to Blossom Dearie. L’autre bout du monde was, and still is, a very good debut album. That now celebrates its 20th birthday. And because of that, Emily released a modular mix version of the title track, which is very very nice:
This is the more acoustic first version:
Not the first time Emily revisited her song:
And a live version:
T’en va pas
Last year, rising French pop star Miki recorded a cover of Elsa’s 80s smash T’en va pas. Alas, no video:
This is the original:
I thought, let’s check out how many other versions I can find. I’ll leave the tv-talentshow auditions out, this Japanese cover is close to the original but quite cool:
This Joyce Jonathan version, more acoustic and less synths, is also very good:
Dina Jeanne & Biolay
Dina Jeanne released only singles so far, starting in 2020, so she’s taking things slow (I guess). She likes Aznavour, Barbara, and her own songs have a classic chanson vibe. From what I’ve heard so far, she can sing quite powerful, but also very breathy. And that comes in handy in this sensual duet with Benjamin Biolay, just released:
Vio
Violetta Cuche = Vio, a French singer, featured here earlier. She has a new song out, a ballad that’s an ode to friendship, ‘a hug, a caress for everyone who’s feeling alone against the world’, as Vio states on her Facebook. Earlier singles by Vio were more beat driven, and cool, this song is different but cool too:
On her Facebook, Vio posted a very nice French translation of Lykke Li’s ‘I Follow Rivers’, hope she will put that on her YouTube channel. This Alain Souchon cover is great too: