Paris
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 …
Premiere: The Fantasy Orchestra release new video for Love in Outer Space
The Fantasy Orchestra. The Bristol / Paris community choir/orchestra have developed from being essentially a Morrison’s covers band into something much more, and release their debut album ‘The Bear and other Stories’ this Friday, which amongst others features Kate Stables from This is the Kit. We’re delighted to be premiering the groups new video, A …
Premiere: Woodini – Antidote feat Young Lust
We’re delighted to premiere the new track from French synth-pop maestro Woodini, Antidote, taken from his self-released debut album ‘113’, due out on May 11th. The rising star of the Parisian underground scene has already turned heads with his three previous EP’s and has drafted in Young Lust to contribute on this new track, adding …
See: VTCN RADIO release video for ‘Riddle Song’
ON the cusp of their album release, Parisian experimental electronic duo CTCN RADIO have released a new video for their track ‘Riddle Song’. Taken from their debut album ‘Myriase’, out on November 10th, the track is this bubbling, warm slice of electronica. It crackles and spits shard s of sound, and eerie piano lines that …
Track: Crayon – Bones
Ahead of his forthcoming 4 track EP via seminal french label Rouche Musique, which drops on July 15th, Parisian illustrator turned producer/DJ Crayon has revealed a new track, Bones, taken from the release. Luxuriating comfortably somewhere between future soul and electronica, it’s built over these initial jazz piano chords, which, when beats are added become …