Young French electro producer wunderkind Superpoze is debuting his new album, ‘For We the Living’ today at 3PM EST for free via the major international publication Billboard! The album will be streamable from Billboard Dance’s Facebook page here. Superpoze’s trademark is a well-crafted alloy of harmonious chords, jerky vocal loops, beats and basses, in which […]
Versus is a work in progress, a perfect encapsulation of French label, InFiné’s philosophy, which serves a double duty as a platform to foster hybridization between genres, and also as the label’s ten-year anniversary gift to itself. From an initial recording in 2010, the project evolved into a full studio album containing two original compositions […]
Laure Briard is a young French singer from Toulouse who sings trippy, mystifying songs. Briard’s sound nestles itself somewhere between French yéyé, 60’s garage and a modern psych sound touching on various themes between disenchanted desolation and hopeless romanticism. Laure, who kicks off a Texan tour in March that stops through the famed SXSW festival […]
A superior pianist, Franck Amsallem has also had a parallel and sometimes overlapping career as an arranger/composer and singer. With nine CDs under his name, as well as a major collaboration on Blue Note USA, “New York Stories”, he has been on the scene in the USA and in France for over 35 years. While […]
The 59th annual Grammy Awards were presented last night in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, and once again, French musicians, labels, and producers were well-represented. After receiving 13 nominations, French individuals and music companies were awarded four times at the ceremony. Winners included Gregory Porter, whose fourth studio album, ‘Take Me to the Alley’, […]
Kungs, the young electro sensation who is one of the biggest new French music artists to make waves around the world in the past year, has just announced a selection of new US tour dates. The DJ, who will perform in April at the prestigious Coachella festival in Indio, CA, will also perform several dates […]
While currently based in Maplewood, Stephane is a native of Fontainebleau, France. He spent ten years perfecting his craft in the Gypsy camps of the Fontainebleau area (home of Django Reinhardt). He then moved to Boston and graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in 2002. Wrembel has composed music for two of […]
Who were the biggest international music successes emanating from France in 2016? Watch this video created by Bureau Export and soundtracked by one of 2016’s major breakout French artists, Kungs, to find out more about France’s global music stars. Kungs, Christine and The Queens, Imany, Jain, Alexandre Tharaud, Vincent Peirani, Imarhan, Petit Biscuit, and Caravan Palace […]
