Following last month's dalliance with the Vive La France festival, we're back in our usual haunt this Saturday 25 February for another evening of the finest in vintage French pop, synthy sounds and electronic delights.
Don't believe us? Give our latest mix a listen and then tell us what you think...
L'Amour Electronique is 9pm-3am at The West Hill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ
Entry is FREE all night long.
*FANFARE* This is the landmark 200th post on the L'Amour Electronique blog! Of course, L'Amour Electronique was in existence for a few years before the blog began, but I still couldn't let it pass without flagging it up.
But how to commemorate this double-century?
At first I thought I could post a song or artist with "two-hundred" in the name or title - but a quick search through my hard-drive put paid to that idea. So thinking laterally I give you a song that is 200 seconds long, or 3 minutes 33 seconds in old money.
Of all the mp3s I had that fit this criteria, one stood out from all the rest, by an artist who quite probably started this whole obsession with French music for me. Step forward Monsieur Gainsbourg. And the song: a classic that featured on the very first album I picked up by old Serge, and has been a mainstay at our little soirées since the very start.
News reaches us that Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album Stage Whisper was released in the US before Christmas. Hopefully it'll be out in the UK before too long (should have been out on Monday according to Amazon uk).
The good news is she's apparently been working with Beck again, and also Connor J. O'Brien from Villagers. The bad news is that she has also worked with privileged-folk muppets Noah & The Whale.
Watch a video of Charlotte perfomring 'Out of Touch' with Connan Mockasin HERE.
Depending on which DJ you believe this week/month/weekend is "Kraftwerk week/month/weekend" on that there BBC 6Music. They keep playing a trailer, which is of course in schoolboy German (it is on as I type!), that seems to suggest it begins on Thursday. The programme schedule on the website lists a 30-minute documentary titled "Kraftwerk: The Men Who Invented Pop" (Celebrating the influential German band Kraftwerk, Alex Kapranos tells their story.) to be aired at midnight tonight/tomorrow. Though the information page hasn't been updated and gives details of a Lenny Kravtiz narrated doc' about Curtis Mayfield.
All very confusing. One thing is for certain: the reasons for scheduling a "Kraftwerk week/month/weekend" at this point in time is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Model going to number 1 in the UK singles chart back in February 1982.
These are the dedicated programmes I have found in the 6Music schedule:
Thursday 02 February
00:00 Kraftwerk: The Men Who Invented Pop
Celebrating the influential German band Kraftwerk, Alex Kapranos tells their story.
04:00 The Live Hour: Kraftwerk at Tribal Gathering
Continuing 6 Music's celebration of Kraftwerk, a chance to hear the
influential band recorded live at Tribal Gathering in Bedfordshire in
1997
Jarvis Cocker looks at Kraftwerk and their influence on the music industry.
13:00 The Huey Show
As 6 Music celebrates Kraftwerk, Huey reflects their unlikely influence on hip hop.
[as I said, seems like anyone can be an expert on Kraftwerk]
16:00 Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service
Jarvis spins Kraftwerk rarities as part of BBC 6 Music's celebration of the band.
18:00 Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
Stuart celebrates Kraftwerks fifth studio album, Radio-Activity.
20:00 6 Mix - Mark Jones: Kraftwerk Special
Mark Jones explores Kraftwerk's huge influence on electronic music.
So if you like your electronic pop auf Deutsch, keep your radio tuned to 6Music and keep an eye on the website.
Just for a little nostalgia trip, here is Kraftwerk on the BBC's layman's science prog Tomorrow's World.
