Not sure if singer ‘Gem Tos’ is male or female (it’s an android, according to this press release) but he/she/it sure sounds sultry in this new electronic track by Swedish producer Dubmood
Parfait Été 2013
For the 4th time, I give you the perfect compilation for trips down the route du soleil, with only French(-Canadian) songs. Not necessarily sung in French, mind. And not only soft sighing girls. It’s disco, pop, rock, electronics, the lot! Streaming on Spotify and Deezer only. Go HERE. The cover was made (again) by the brilliant Wilbert Leering.
Some Françoise videos
Mark recently send me links to some great Françoise Hardy videos. Let’s make this a Françoise Friday! This Johnny Halliday cover can’t be embedded, alas.
Alka Balbir
Gorgeous actress slash singer Alka Balbir released a single, on which she (again) sounds a lot like Isabelle Adjani. Which of course is a good thing. There’s a long Lafayette remix of Batards Supreme available (Alka and L collaborated before) plus a slow burning, almost spoken word track with heavy 80s synths (her boyfriend is Gaspard Auge from Justice). Promising, all ‘n all.
Albin & Emiliana
Wrote about this song earlier, now there’s a video:
Jean Elliot Senior
Love this track:
New Marike Jager video
Dutch songstress Marike Jager recorded a French version (translated by Fay Lovsky) of her Butterfly song. The video was shot on the Dutch isle of Schiermonnikoog.
Exotica
Exotica is a French duo, Clara and Julien, who just released an EP. Their music is very 80s, very danceable and because of the Lolita-voiced Clara, also very sexy.
This is a good track too.