La Maison Tellier is a brothel in Normandy, and the title of a novel by the great French author, Maupassant. La Maison Tellier is also a band. A band with a soulful story… the story of 5 young men who met for the first time at the age of 20, and created a band with strange […]
Often referred to as “The Hendrix of the Sahara”, Vieux Farka Toure was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Toure, who died in 2006. Ali Farka Touré came from a historical tribe of soldiers, and defied his parents in becoming a musician. When Vieux […]
Chinese Man is a collective French trip hop band created in 2004 and originally from Aix-en-Provence. They are influenced by hip-hop, funk, dub, reggae and jazz. Chinese Man is composed of DJ Marseille Zé Mateo and High Ku and beatmaker SLY. Beatmakers Leo le Bug and Le Yan also revolve around the group and participate in the composition of several pieces. Frequent […]
Béatrice Martin (born September 22, 1989), better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate (French: pirate heart) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter. In a report broadcast on the French second public channel, she explained she “chose such a name not to appear as an isolated musician, but to get a band identity from the start. […]
“The goal was to mix the raw live energy of a band with the precision of a synthesized landscape,” adds Benoit. “So we worked a lot, Nicolas and me, in my own studio, to record many different sounds, synths, textures. Once it was done, we went into the studio, recording the full band on tape, […]
Hailing from France and formed in 1988, IAM began its journey to fame in the city of Marseille. This French Hip-Hop group consisting of 5 members, Akhenaton, Shurik’n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren, and incorporates themes that include the sounds of Ancient Egypt, Africa, China, Japan, India and American music. IAM’s big break came after the release […]
Le Cabaret Contemporain is a French quintet from Paris. Their sound is close to electro music with acoustic instrumentation. They have played with famous French DJs such as Etienne Jaumet and Chateau Flight. They are composers, improvisers, and lovers of music who would like to share their music with the world. Facebook | Twitter | Website
Carla Bruni hasn’t just been making music throughout her colorful and singular life; she’s also been a fan. The singer-songwriter, since her youth, assembled a trove (in her mind and on vinyl) of all-time sentimental favorites—pop songs forever associated with a person or place or moment in time, the sort of records that she says, […]
