A new song by Pataugeoire (Agathe Dupéré), who says about this slow, atmospheric indie track that it’s ‘hope in hell, a perfect song to ward off your seasonal depression’.
Lady Lola
More sultriness on the new album by Lady Lola, released in December 2025. Some very interesting songs on it, some with beats and fx, some more ethereal and floating tank-ready, like this one:
Naïka
Only French song on the most recent album of upcoming French-Haïtian singer Naïka, is the very sultry Soleil. The album, Eclesia, has modern R&B, reggaeton and other new styles, but also this jazzy bolero:
Grand Eugene
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.
Yade
Epic sexiness, from Yade. Hypocondrie. What a song!
Meimuna
Meimuna (Cyrielle Formaz, from Switzerland) is a current fave on this weblog. And when she (again) teams up with Dutch producer/arranger Ella van der Woude, it’s a pretty safe bet the outcome will be great. And it is. This song, about existential doubts & fears, has the right atmosphere, the bassline, the choirs, the synth strings, that add up to a track one could float on for days on end.
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.”
Aurélie Muller
Saw this on the Facebook-page of Françoiz Breut, so you know this gotta be good. Aurélie Muller is NOT the French swimmer, but a fellow Bruxelloise (not sure if that’s a word) composer. She’s made the soundtrack to an imaginary film. It sounds pretty orange, breezy and Air-like, at least on this track:
From her Bandcamp: ‘The Bande originale du film imaginaire d’Aurélie Muller is conceived as the soundtrack to a film that endlessly rewrites itself in the listener’s mind.
The album unfolds through warm instrumentals and songs, blending organic textures, real-life sounds and gentle melodies. Light is omnipresent: seaside landscapes, heat, slow movements, even the night feels warm.’
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: