See a radio-interview with CdP here, in which she talks about the exploding heads in the Adieu-video. You do check Beatrice’s Tumblr, right? (thx Mark)
Mademoiselle Nineteen
I can almost hear you frown: this FransS guy falls in love too easily. Two weeks ago I declared my love to Soko, and now to yet another darling. My love for Mademoiselle Nineteen’s album. We already spotted Juliette Wathieu (as her real name is) some time ago, and recently saw her sweet video of “Quelle Importance“, and her first album “Mademoiselle Nineteen” (highly original) is just out.
The album has the atmosphere we like: great voice, to-the-point-songs, lot of sixties references but it certainly doesn’t sound like a retro copycat. Maybe it is better to state that this is how France Gall would’ve sounded if she wasn’t born in ’47 but in ’91, as Mademoiselle Nineteen is.
Some songs have a 70s vibe, like “Je danse dans le noir” (although it includes a wonderful sixties organ).
And of course if you sang backing vocals for Lio, you always get extra points from the FS headquarters!
Mademoiselle Nineteen – Je danse dans le noir
FM Laeti
Born on Guadaloupe, raised in Canada and blessed with a lovely voice and great features, FM Laeti walked in my life thanks to Dutch Radio6-dj Jaap Boots. When he mentioned she duetted with the new African goddess Fatoumata Diawara, I was sold! The duet, Coco, is a French-Westindian-Malinese culture clash, that works very, very well! Like a cool wind on a hot summer’s day. FM Laeti (the FM is a tribute to the radiowaves, and to ‘different moods’) grew up in a very musical family: ‘My father is a drummer, my step father a classical pianist and my mother an avid music lover. I grew up in quite different places, met a lot of different people, but there was always a lot of music. At home it went from world music, to jazz, to soul and old R&B to classical. With my friends we were always thirsty for new or old musical discoveries from rap, to rock , to folk etc…’, she says in this interview. The rest of her album is all English. Soulful, but not as surprising as this duet. Hope to hear more of that in the future.
FM Laeti & Fatoumata Diawara – Coco
Victoires de la Musique
Yesterday, the most important French popmusic prizes were presented to a few FillesSourires-faves. Like weird-but-sexy duo Brigitte, -M- & Vanessa Paradis and Catherine Ringer (ok, I didn’t like her last album, but she’s still a heroine, of course). See all the winners here. See some highlights from the show below. More coming up (I hope)
21 Years Ago Today
April 2, 1927 – March 2, 1991. Rest in peace, Serge.
Fanny Bloom
Remember quirky Canadian trio La Patère Rose? In 2009, they made the Filles Sourires Album of the Year-list. Alas, they called it quits in 2011. Singer Fanny Bloom recorded a solo album that’s about to drop soon. First single Parfait, Parfait fishes in the same musical pond as Lykke Li and The Dø – 80s synths, fierce drums, soothing voice. Which is nice. Very much looking forward to that album, we love that voice.
You can download the last ever single of La Patere Rose for free here.
Fanny Bloom – Parfait, Parfait
Barbara Carlotti
A new single by Barbara Carlotti! It’s the title track of her new album that will be released in April. On the Atmospériques label, no less.
Barbara Carlotti – L’amour, l’argent, le vent
Charlotte, remixed
Charlotte Gainsbourg in the remix; it usually leads to something good. Take Superpitcher’s remix of The Operation, or Diskjokke’s version of IRM. Recent case in point: Joakim’s rework of Paradisco. A tribute to the long hypnotic disco-re-rubs of dj-legend Larry Levan. The dub-version, with more volatile vocals, is downright brilliant. Watch out for those lasergun salvo’s! Find more reworks of Paradisco via HypeMachine. I like Tempogeist’s discofied version a lot, too.
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Paradisco (Joakim’s “Paradisco Garage” dub)