Alba Lua, dawn and the moon. To answer to the easy punchlines on shadow and light, the four rockers from Bordeaux prefer chiaroscuro, officer in the free zone, far away from the famous rock stage of Bordeaux between scathing riffs and sweet melodies. Lover licked harmonies of Brian Wilson and Ennio Morricone soundtrack, Alba Lua does not lend […]
Zenzile continue to blend seemingly contradictory influences (post punk, dub, folk, soft rock, soul jazz) with a savvy sense of their own sound in order to produce a unique album every time. For Pawn Shop, their 8th album, the band has deliberately let their pop spirit open up, Strings and organs are more present than […]
ZAZ (born Isabelle Geffroy) has been compared to the likes of Edith Piaf, Yves Montand and Ella Fitzgerald and her signature voice is celebrated all over the world. Since the start of her career in 2010 with the seminal hit “Je veux” ZAZ has won a multitude of awards, including French and German Grammys, and […]
What happens when two of France’s most prolific producers team up with the most extravagant screwball in the UK? Yuksek and Brodinski share a thing or two – they both received individual kudos from their peers such as Soulwax, Pedro Winter, Tiga and Erol Alkan – and they are both part of The Krays . […]
Early in the 2000s, Yuksek released a series of maxis and then two albums: Away from the Sea (2009) and Living on the Edge of Time (2011). Those records laid the foundations of a sound that uncompromisingly combined pop, disco and electro.Then in 2013, he set up his own label: Partyfine. Since the end of […]
Complètement fou. If you’ve got even a barely passable grasp on functional French then you’ll know what those two words mean. Bonkers. Bananes. Completely crazy. It’s a phrase that not only goes a long way to describing the gleefully mad electronic pop of Yelle – it also applies to the group’s unusual rise. They have […]
Yasmine Hamdan, the Lebanese singer CNN said is “capturing a changing Arab world,” shares the song “Douss” via the Utne Reader (http://www.utne.com/utne-reader-music-sampler). “Douss” comes from Hamdan’s forthcoming Ipecac Recordings’ (under license from Crammed Discs) debut, Al Jamilat, available March 31. Co-produced by Hamdan, Luke Smith (Foals, Depeche Mode, Lily Allen) and Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, […]
Facebook Page | iTunes | Twitter | YouTube | Soundcloud Yan Wagner is a young French-American artist. He was born and still lives in Paris but made his first solo appearances during an extended stay in New York City in 2008-2009. He writes and performs all his songs, merging electronic beats and sounds with a […]
