David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Camille…and Imelda

  • Posted on 12/04/2010
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Here Lies Love is a cd/dvd combo with songs written bij David Byrne (plus musical help by Fatboy Slim) about Imelda Marcos. No, the shoes aren’t mentioned. Byrne is fascinated by people in power, wat power does to them and what makes them tick. For the vocals on the 22 (!) songs, he asked an impressive bunch of mostly female singers. Several of whom were featured on this blog, like Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamand, Martha Wainwright and the lovely Camille. The latter doesn’t sing in French, alas, but you’ll recognise her instantly. Fun album. There will be a theatrical production too.

David Byrne, Fatboy Slim & Camille – Pretty Face

Pop Bâtard XIV: Le Art of le B-Job

  • Posted on 12/04/2010
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French DJ & mash-up artist Sugamotor is becoming kind of a regular at FS, and rightly so. A sound aficionado at heart, he’s also a dedicated spare time pornographer – as well as me, Serge, and … erm, are you in, Guuz? – having designed some of the sexiest bootleg covers never going to be available in a record store. „Initially I wanted to find a girl licking a car body“, says Suga, „but no matter what I typed, Google images was showing me 50% of gay blow-job pics.“ Surely worth a try, but Suga’s final eye-candy pick is from Grand Theft Auto 4, a girl with a very special hand – and a highly adequate illustration for his stunning blend of Serge’s very own version of Les Sucettes with the grooves of French (Madonna) producer Mirwais.

Sugamotor – I Can’t Wait for the Sucette

>Sophie Hunger

  • Posted on 12/04/2010
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Swiss beauty Sophie Hunger was featured on this blog before with a live version of of Noir Desir’s classic Le vent nous portera (see here), lucky for all of us she included it on her just-released new (3rd) album 1983. It’s the only French song on that album (named after the year she was born), but boy, what a beauty. See original (with help from Manu Chao) here. See a beautiful video of Sophie singing the song here.

Sophie Hunger – Le vent nous portera

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