Paris
Premiere: Die Twice Shine On Melancholic Blues-Rock Stunner ‘Paris’
Die Twice are set to release the elegant, emotive and radiantly delectable new single ‘Paris’. We’re very excited to be running the premiere! An ebbing and flow blue-rock instrumental backdrop, underpinned by soul sensibilities, ‘Paris’ is a rich and melodic track characterised by its warming sense of yearning melancholy. Produced by Ru Lemer (Foals, Tom …
Album Review: Parisian fusion combo Monsieur MÂLÂ deliver a self-titled debut brim-full with energy and ambition.
World Jazz/Jazz Fusion/World Fusion…you sometimes wonder if the genre game is really worth playing. Yes useful for shorthand and signposts but not to be depended on to for the full picture. Enter Parisian five-piece Monsieur MÂLÂ and their self -titled debut LP out now via Bridge The Gap. Looking way beyond any label conventions the …
Album Review: TONN3RR3 X BIKAYE – ‘It’s A Bomb’ : Legendary Congolese vocalist and Parisien dance floor agitators team up and knock out.
So let’s debate – what’s the holy trinity of seminal afro-electronic albums? Anything by Onyeabor would come into it, Konono No 1’s ‘Congotronics’ would be a contender, Manu’s ‘Electric Africa’ would have a look in… but possibly the first record on the list would be ‘Noir et Blanc’ by Zazou Bikaye from back in the …
Album Review: El Búho – ‘Strata’: Cumbia infused electronica to celebrate and satisfy.
If anyone was going to justifiably lay claim to the tags ‘organic electronics’ or ‘natural electronica’ with any degree of credibility then that must be El Búho. The UK producer/DJ, otherwise known as Robin Perkins, has always partnered his environmental activism with his music, they are parts of him that in many ways have grown …
Premiere: Crocodiles get spiritual in video for new album’s title track; ‘Upside Down in Heaven’ out today
San Diego/Paris noise-pop duo Crocodiles looked like they were done a couple of years ago, with their prolific 2010s output sputtering to a stop with the release of 2019’s Love is Here – thankfully, it wasn’t a euphemistic ‘indefinite’ hiatus, more of a necessary slowing down, a consequence of the pandemic more than anything else. …
Live Review: We Are Scientists – Le Petit Bain, Paris 26.03.2023
I was very VERY drunk the first time I saw We Are Scientists. At their London gig way back when they were still plugging their 2005 debut album With Love And Squalor. Drunk on beer and drunk on love having embarked on a new relationship. Fast forward almost 17 years and We Are Scientists (and …
Live Review: Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra – Le Trabendo, Paris 27.03.2023
An Icelandic-Italian singer backed by a Belgian band in the French capital watched by an Englishman. Gotta love Europe. Emiliana Torrini and The Colorist Orchestra celebrate the release of new album Racing the Storm at this headline Paris show. Walking through the litter-strewn streets earlier, it felt like Paris is collectively catching a breath before …
Album Review: Karen Vogt (Heligoland) unveils the atmospheric, elegiac fugue of ‘Losing The Sea’.
Karen Vogt, the Australian musician and producer based in Paris and part of the dream pop giants Heligoland, has just unveiled her new mini album ‘Losing The Sea’: an atmospheric and delicate ambient delight. The EP is filled with ethereal sounds that seem to encapsulate desire and longing: waves of sonic fingers caress the ears …
PREMIERE: Piers Thibault stuns with the brief and brilliant ‘Dusk’, announces debut EP ‘Ire’
If you’re reading this, we bet there have been times when you’ve wanted to completely lose yourself in a piece of music. French artist Piers – last name Thibault – is great at producing pieces that evoke that all-consuming longing. His debut EP, Ire, isn’t even 13 minutes long, but it’s an ideal refuge. If …
Track: Sunny vibes only on Soul Sugar’s new single “Cool Down” feat. Booker Gee and Blundetto
Guillaime Metenier – France’s jazz, funk and reggae organist extraordinaire – unveils his latest Soul Sugar release, Cool Down feat. Booker Gee & Blundetto, and it provides a sun-kissed taste of the upcoming album, due for release in June. The digital-only single was co-produced by Metenier with fellow French artists Blundetto and Blackjoy, giving a …