From the just released new album by Waxx. All covers, ranging from Seal’s Kiss from a Rose to this classic by Joe Dassin (with the lovely Lubiana).
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Sofia Portanet & Sainte Nicole
Very catchy duet between these two. Synth pop with a rock’n roll bass.
Lianor
Lianor = Igor & Emilie, who make music that links to atmospheric triphop and dreampop from the 90s, as much as it does to 80s synth soundtracks. I first heard the interesting groove of Holictave, from their debut album. Now there’s a new single that is as mysterious & wondrous as that first track.
This is a home session, that kicks off with Holictave
Clariza
New, very beautiful Clariza single:
Naima Frank
Sulty soulful sounds from Montréal, by Naima Frank. Third single this year of Naima, the others had a more pop/dancefloor feel. Also nice.
Ronnie
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
Colt
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:
Melanie Pain
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.
Anais MVA
Two recent Anais MVA singles that I missed, sexy slabs of modern pop: