tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090793638993758952024-02-07T21:28:38.135+00:00L'Amour ElectroniqueL'Amour Electronique is an mp3 blog (we also used to host monthly nights in Brighton, UK). We love French pop, synthesized music and electronic delights.
We play 60s Ye-Ye, 80s Synthpop, Electronic Pioneers, 8-Bit, Quebecois, Gallic Freakbeat, Chanson, Synthcore, Moog Pop, Swinging Mademoiselles, Casio Pop and Synth Disco.Miss Painhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728222566237910348noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-32796577735731445712016-01-13T16:33:00.001+00:002016-01-13T16:33:57.621+00:00RIP StarmanGoodbye David Bowie.<br />
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Fri 20 Nov / 7pm-10.45pm / £5 entry<br />
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At 7pm prompt there will be a film screening of Truffaut’s <em>Jules et Jim</em><br />
This will be followed by dancing (possibly) to my L’Amour Electronique DJ set<br />
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TICKETS & INFO VIA THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE > <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1075232929153646/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1075232929153646/</a></div>
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Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-40017416351060652562015-11-10T23:02:00.000+00:002015-11-10T23:12:11.886+00:00Hastings Mon AmourThis is what I've been coaxed out of DJ retirement for...<br />
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FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER - 7-11pm / £5 entry<br />
HASTINGS MON AMOUR // FILM SCREENING: Jules et Jim<br />
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I'm excited to have been asked to play some French records at the inaugural <i>Hastings Mon Amour</i> night. Top billing will be a screening of Truffaut’s sublime ménage à trois Jules et Jim, with my questionable DJ skills before and after.
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-73784864497418194852015-10-27T22:46:00.000+00:002015-10-27T22:46:27.606+00:00Quelle Horreur! I know, I know, it's a real cop-out posting these mixtapes for the umpteenth time, but they're all I've got to offer for now (and they won't be around for long as my file hosting account will self-destruct on the 16th November).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Stella - Si vous connaissez quelque-chose de pire qu'un vampire, parlez m'en toujours, ça pourra peut-être me faire sourire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. France Gall - Frankenstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Jany L. - Mon Joli Vampire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Gérard Manset - Animal on est mal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Les Maledictus Sound - Monster Cocktail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Nicole Paquin - Mon Mari C'est Frankenstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Brigitte Bardot - Le Diable Est Anglais</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;"><i>Quelle Horreur! vol. 2</i> is all about sinister synths, creepy claviolines, demonic drum machines, and eerie electronica...</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">1. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind - The Shining (Main Title)</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">2. Kap Bambino - Batcaves</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">3. Relaxed Muscle - Beastmaster</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">4. Future Bible Heroes - I'm a Vampire</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">5. Ladytron - Miss Black</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">6. John Carpenter - Halloween Theme (Main Title)</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">7. Zombie Zombie - Walk Of The Dead</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">8. Broadcast - Evil Is Coming</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">9. Les Georges Leningrad - Cocktail Vampire</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">10. Suicide - Ghostrider</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">11. Mount Vernon Arts Lab – Hobgoblins</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">12. Stereo Total – Film D’Horreur</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">13. Lio - Bébé Vampire</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">14. I Monster - The Blue Wrath</span><br style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">15. The Moontrekkers - Return of The Vampires</span></div>
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-69671070850316994872015-10-13T22:40:00.001+01:002015-10-13T22:40:26.353+01:00spanner in the worksAnd so it goes: I'm convinced that most every time I decide to start blogging again, someone or something comes along that hampers progress.<br />
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The proverbial spanner is that a week ago I was asked to finish some paintings for an exhibition at the start of November - a ridiculously tight deadline, but one I couldn't pass up. If you care to know how I'm doing, there may be progress reports on my Twitter feed <a href="https://twitter.com/neonpainter">@neonpainter</a> or on my website <a href="http://www.dominicbradnum.co.uk/">www.dominicbradnum.co.uk</a>.<br />
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So it looks like you'll just have to make do for now with this mix that I completely forgot I had stuck up on Mixcloud 2 years ago...<br />
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In case you missed it, Jean-Michel Jarre was interviewed on BBC 6Music last Sunday. You can listen to him ruminate on the differences between French and German electronic music, and his memories of his first ever synth - the <a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/vcs3.php">EMS VCS3 'Putney'</a>.<br />
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Sorry if I woke you up, but the time has come to break this silence. I wouldn't exactly call it a re-boot of L'Amour Electronique. A re-visit perhaps. How long will it last? I can't say. How involved will it be? I do not know. How much new content will I post? We'll have to wait and see.</div>
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If anyone is actually reading this and has any desire to know what I've been up to in my long absence, you could take a look here: <a href="http://www.dominicbradnum.co.uk/">www.dominicbradnum.co.uk</a>.</div>
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Come back soon and I will have more concrete news (and if you're lucky some L'Amour Electronique treats)</div>
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ps. I noticed that I never updated the mixcloud player in the sidebar. I've just changed it to show mix 4 part 1 for a bit. It starts off a bit dark, but bear with it!</div>
Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-75637530110965824802013-11-19T14:19:00.000+00:002013-11-19T14:19:41.661+00:00Vive le VinylMy ears pricked up as Jarvis opened his Sunday Service with Françoise Hardy's Autumn Rendezvous, and what followed fairly had me frothing at the mouth...<br />
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Mr Cocker paid a visit to the Radio France vinyl archive and was joined by the Dirty Sound System DJs who plundered the millions of discs for some rare French cuts by the likes of François de Roubaix, Pierre Cavalli, Alain Goraguer, and more.<br />
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It's available until 3:59pm next Sunday and it makes for ace listening >>> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j03yc">LISTEN HERE</a>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Does this look awfully lazy me re-visiting ghosts of halloween past? Sorry if it does, but I just don't have the time to find and compile anything new (and I like to think there are still people out there who haven't come across either of these mixtapes yet).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Quelle Horreur!</i> is my original mix of ghoulish Gallic psyche, creepy freakbeat and blood-thirsty femme-pop...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Stella - Si vous connaissez quelque-chose de pire qu'un vampire, parlez m'en toujours, ça pourra peut-être me faire sourire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Serge Gainsbourg - Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Christine Pilzer - Dracula</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Les Maledictus Sound - Kriminal Theme</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Evariste - Connais-Tu I'animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Integral</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. France Gall - Frankenstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Jany L. - Mon Joli Vampire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Gérard Manset - Animal on est mal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Les Maledictus Sound - Monster Cocktail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Nicole Paquin - Mon Mari C'est Frankenstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Brigitte Bardot - Le Diable Est Anglais</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/WtCCHu/Quelle%20Horreur!%20(lamourelectronique.blogspot.com).zip"><i>QUELLE HORREUR! VOL. 1</i> (40.9mb zip file)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Quelle Horreur! vol. 2</i> is dripping with sinister synths, creepy claviolines, demonic drum machines, and eerie electronica...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind - The Shining (Main Title)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Kap Bambino - Batcaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Relaxed Muscle - Beastmaster</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Future Bible Heroes - I'm a Vampire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Ladytron - Miss Black</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. John Carpenter - Halloween Theme (Main Title)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Zombie Zombie - Walk Of The Dead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Broadcast - Evil Is Coming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Les Georges Leningrad - Cocktail Vampire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Suicide - Ghostrider</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Mount Vernon Arts Lab – Hobgoblins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">12. Stereo Total – Film D’Horreur</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">13. Lio - Bébé Vampire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">14. I Monster - The Blue Wrath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">15. The Moontrekkers - Return of The Vampires</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/vzUBEy/Quelle%20Horreur%20vol.2%20Sinister%20Synths%20and%20Monstrous%20Machines.zip"><i>QUELLE HORREUR! VOL. 2</i> (57.1mb zip file)</a></span><br />
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Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-59303174346058404622013-10-29T19:21:00.002+00:002013-10-29T21:45:30.531+00:00Lou Reed RIP(I've been trying to upload this mp3 for the past two days. Better late than never....)<br />
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This is for Lou Reed who has been with me ever since I bought a cassette of <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Velvet-Underground-The-Best-Of-The-Velvet-Underground-Words-And-Music-Of-Lou-Reed/release/484540">the best of The Velvet Underground</a> when I was 17 and no-one in my year at school could understand what I could hear in it.<br />
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I love this photo of Lou and Nico, I like to imagine they're working out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcVsLIu-rY">Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams</a>.<br />
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Here is my own tiny L'Amour Electronique-esque tribute to the man: a melancholy 8-bit cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMO3A2X1F0k">Stephanie Says</a> by one of my favourite bands Stereo Total.<br />
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<a href="http://share.cx.com/KxjHBs">Stereo Total - Je Rêve Encore De Toi (We Love Taxigirl Mix)</a><br />
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-67181010330621093232013-10-21T22:55:00.000+01:002013-10-21T22:55:25.445+01:00Jane & Serge photobook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This grainy and evocative image is taken from a new book of photographs of family life <i>chez</i> Serge and Jane, taken by Andrew Birkin.<br />
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I've not seen the book <i>Jane & Serge</i>, but here is a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2013/oct/21/jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg-stylish-couple">Guardian review</a>, and here is the <a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05779/facts.jane_serge_a_family_album.htm">publisher's blurb</a>.<br />
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I can say nothing more except that the candid photos look enticing and entertaining, and that I'm not keen on the cover (but you can't judge...)<br />
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-35182789112004400802013-09-03T14:25:00.002+01:002013-09-03T14:25:37.203+01:00apologies for tardinessSo sorry to have been so tardy with this business of keeping you all in the market for sweet French fancies and electronic goodness. I have been busy with life and art/music, and it looks likely to continue that way for a while.<br />
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If I were to sit down and list all of my passions in order of preference, I fear that, at present, L'Amour Electronique would come right down towards the bottom of a rather long list. It's not that I don't enjoy finding and sharing this music any more, but more that the rewards I get from doing it don't really add up to enough to make all the work worthwhile right now.<br />
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If I think of all the things I would like to get done, the creative pursuits - such as music and art - which I scarcely have any time for anyway, are really the things I should be prioritising. Rather than faffing around trying to find a link to an image of some obscure French dollybird, or the biography of some decommissioned European synth-nerd... (Another factor that has contributed to this general feeling is that my current file-hosting service seems to delete files faster than I can post new ones to replace them.)<br />
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So, my intention is to strip any L'Amour Electronique posts I make back to basics, and probably for the most part I will just be continuing the, curiously popular, <i><a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/L%27Amour%20a%20la%20chaine">L'Amour à la Chaîne</a> </i>feature.<br />
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And for the rest of my time I will be working, spending time with my wife and baby daughter, and putting my energies to good creative use with projects such as <a href="http://dominicbradnum.wordpress.com/category/residencies/residency-1/">this</a>.<br />
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Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-15737629052113980582013-08-13T18:33:00.002+01:002013-08-13T18:33:24.539+01:00L'Amour à la Chaîne pt.21Greetings <i><a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/L%27Amour%20a%20la%20chaine">Chaîne</a></i> fans, for link 21 you just need to take the title of the last song '<a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/lamour-la-chaine-pt20.html">Metal Horse</a>' and drop the equine noun, and you get...<br />
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By <a href="http://www.numan.co.uk/splinter/">Gary Numan</a>.<br />
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Metal is taken from Numan's 1979 <i><a href="http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44284/Gary-Numan-The-Pleasure-Principle/">The Pleasure Principle</a></i> album, his 1st 'solo' album after two under the collective <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubeway_Army">Tubeway Army</a> guise. It sees Gazza dropping the guitars completely and embracing full electronic/synthetic instrumentation throughout. And on the cover he appears to be trying to divine 'Pleasure' from a small red pyramid.<br />
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Hmmm, nice conceptual cover Gary, wonder where you got the idea <a href="http://www.galerie-peintures.com/Tableaux_Celebres/Magritte_Rene/Le-principe-du-plaisir_286.html">from</a>?<br />
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According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pleasure_Principle_(Gary_Numan_album)">wikipedia entry</a> (your only trustworthy site on the interweb kids!*), 'Metal' is sung from the "perspective of an android longing to be human". Which leads me to ponder once <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/is-numan-human.html">again</a>: Is Numan Human?**<br />
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[you can buy <i>The Pleasure Principle</i> from all yr usual online outlets. Or you can go to a real shop and buy it for real from a real person.]<br />
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**I used to have a badge with a rather crude Numan drawing on it and the legend "Is Numan Human?" in a hi-tech digital typeface<br />
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<i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i>: what will be the next link in the chain? Join in...<br />
Please leave your suggestions and any reasons in the comments.<br />
<a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt1.html">Jacques Dutronc - L'Amour à la Chaîne</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt2.html%E2%80%9D">Françoise Hardy - Je Changerais D'Avis</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt3.html%E2%80%9D">Les 5 Gentlemen – Cara-Lin</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/05/lamour-la-chaine-pt4.html%E2%80%9D">Add N To (X) – Monster Bobby</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.fileden.com/files/2009/11/8/2642339//Serge_Gainsbourg-Le_Poinconneur_Des_Lilas.mp3%E2%80%9D">Serge Gainsbourg – Le Poinçonneur des Lilas</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt6.html">Les Shades – Orage Mécanique</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt7.html">Gillian Hills - Rentre Sans Moi</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt8.html">Zombie Zombie - Psychic Harmonia</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt9.html">Michel Polnareff - Qui a Tué Grand'Maman?</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt10.html">Christine Pilzer - L'Horloge De Grand-Père</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt11.html">Violaine - J'ai Des Problèmes Décidement</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lamour-la-chaine-pt12.html">Dutronc - Dodecaphonie</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt13.html">Fabienne Delsol - Ce Jour La</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt14.html">Johnny Hallyday - Son Amour Pour Un Jeu</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt15.html">Miss Kittin & The Hacker - L'Homme Dans L'Ombre</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/lamour-la-chaine-pt16.html">Andre Popp - L'Homme Invisible</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt17.html">Future Bible Heroes - Love Is Blue </a>> <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lamour-la-chaine-pt18.html">Sandie Shaw - L'Orage</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lamour-la-chaine-pt19.html">Ars Post Tergum Introet - Ford Mustang</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/lamour-la-chaine-pt20.html">Simon Bookish - Metal Horse</a> > Gary Numan - Metal > ?Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-21135743713763300422013-08-12T23:16:00.001+01:002013-08-12T23:17:26.836+01:00Chocolat ChaudBlimey! The Tindersticks have gone synth!<br />
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Anyone who came across our sister night <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/87676048292/">Tonight We Fly</a> will know that we have a great fondness for Tindersticks and their stock in late-night-music-to-drink-red-wine-in-dingy-bars-whilst-dressed-in-a-shabby-suit to.<br />
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They have occasionally put out music that has crept into the L'Amour Electronique remit - the odd French language version and a number of film soundtracks for French film director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Denis">Claire Denis</a> (<i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ193pqtH2o">Nénette et Boni</a></i> is a particular favourite at L'A-E HQ).<br />
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So it is pleasing to report that they have just put up a teaser for their latest soundtrack (For Denis' <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aASoEajpl1M">Les Salauds</a>,</i> or <i>Bastards</i> to you non-Francophones).<br />
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The big surprise, as alluded to before, is that it is purely electronic and sounds like a slurred and seedy Giorgio Moroder tragi-disco comedown. It gets stranger: it is a cover of a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcq4s6GfM9s">Hot Chocolate song</a>. Only Stuart Staples and co. could get away with this...<br />
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You can download a shorter edit of the full song for free from the <a href="http://www.tindersticks.co.uk/tomorrows/">Tindersticks website</a>.<br />
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And some helpful wag has already posted it on soundcloud<br />
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The film is screening in French cinemas now (hopefully a UK release soon?), and the soundtrack album is due on 16th September (LP & CD from the <a href="http://www.tindersticks.co.uk/shop/">Tindersticks shop</a>), and is already available on iTunes.Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-15931732188432892842013-07-24T12:31:00.000+01:002013-07-24T12:31:00.352+01:00L'Amour à la Chaîne pt.20Looking at my blog stats the other day, I was heartened, yet slightly baffled, to see some of the most visited posts are those from my ongoing <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/L%27Amour%20a%20la%20chaine"><i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i></a> sequence. So with that knowledge under my hat, I s'pose it's time I added another link to the ongoing chain.<br />
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Previously on <i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i> it was a <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lamour-la-chaine-pt19.html">Portuguese cover of Serge's 'Ford Mustang'</a>...<br />
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The Mustang was named after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_horse">free-roaming horses</a> descended from those brought to the Americas by the Spanish, and now regarded as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West, which
continue to contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation
and enrich the lives of the American people."<br />
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Each and every Ford Mustang has a metal horse <a href="http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5496760/il_fullxfull.265384468.jpg">emblem</a> affixed to the radiator grill (unless it's been half-inched), so in tribute to this iconic hunk of chrome, here is METAL HORSE!<br />
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"Glittering horse, you were sold, in a shady shop on the Edgeware Road"<br />
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I still love this hefty slab of cutandpaste 8-bit reductivist electro pop by <a href="http://www.simonbookish.com/">Simon Bookish</a>, hope you like it too!<br />
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<a href="http://www.sharebeast.com/qdp4hpzabfp5">Simon Bookish - Metal Horse</a><br />
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[Metal Horse was originally released in 2005 as a limited seven-inch on <a href="http://tomlab.com/front/index.php?">Tomlab Records</a>. You can still buy it direct from Tomlab's <a href="http://www.anost.net/en/Music/Vinyl/7-inch/Simon-Bookish-abc-series-F.html?listtype=search&searchparam=tom045">European</a> and <a href="http://www.scdistribution.com/search.html?search=search&keywords=Bookish,%20Simon">US</a> online outlets. There was no mp3 release.]<br />
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<i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i>: what will be the next link in the chain?<br />
Leave your suggestions and reasons in the comments.<br />
<a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt1.html">Jacques Dutronc - L'Amour à la Chaîne</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt2.html%E2%80%9D">Françoise Hardy - Je Changerais D'Avis</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt3.html%E2%80%9D">Les 5 Gentlemen – Cara-Lin</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/05/lamour-la-chaine-pt4.html%E2%80%9D">Add N To (X) – Monster Bobby</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.fileden.com/files/2009/11/8/2642339//Serge_Gainsbourg-Le_Poinconneur_Des_Lilas.mp3%E2%80%9D">Serge Gainsbourg – Le Poinçonneur des Lilas</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt6.html">Les Shades – Orage Mécanique</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt7.html">Gillian Hills - Rentre Sans Moi</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt8.html">Zombie Zombie - Psychic Harmonia</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt9.html">Michel Polnareff - Qui a Tué Grand'Maman?</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt10.html">Christine Pilzer - L'Horloge De Grand-Père</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt11.html">Violaine - J'ai Des Problèmes Décidement</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lamour-la-chaine-pt12.html">Dutronc - Dodecaphonie</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt13.html">Fabienne Delsol - Ce Jour La</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt14.html">Johnny Hallyday - Son Amour Pour Un Jeu</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt15.html">Miss Kittin & The Hacker - L'Homme Dans L'Ombre</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/lamour-la-chaine-pt16.html">Andre Popp - L'Homme Invisible</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt17.html">Future Bible Heroes - Love Is Blue </a>> <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lamour-la-chaine-pt18.html">Sandie Shaw - L'Orage</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lamour-la-chaine-pt19.html">Ars Post Tergum Introet - Ford Mustang</a> > Simon Bookish - Metal Horse > ?Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-50481307439984903642013-07-22T23:35:00.000+01:002013-07-22T23:35:25.159+01:00L'Amour Electronique mix 4<div style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I felt I should commemorate the fact that a whole year has passed since the final L'Amour Electronique </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span class="cloudcast-text-description">soirée on 26 May 2012, so I dug out a mix I had sitting on my hard-drive </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span class="cloudcast-text-description">and dusted up</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span class="cloudcast-text-description"> for your listening pleasure. This one was mixed live at one of our nights on <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/setlist-from-26-february-2011.html">26 February 2011</a>. Hopefully it'll keep y'all entertained while we wait for the mp3s to come back...</span></span>
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DEVO-lved Toni Basil space-oddity? CHECK! You want to swoon as Gillian Hills makes dragging on a cigarette
sound like the sexiest thing EVER? *PUFF PUFF* You want naked thighs and
leather boots? CHECK! You want the Kili-watch rush of a surf-guitar
instrumental? CHECK! You want early J-J Perrey Moog-pop? CHECK! You want Da Da
Da en Français? CHECK! You want Christophe to leave behind his blue-eyed years
and get on a grinding, motorik groove? CHECK! You want obscure pre-beat
orchestral pop from Tienou; electro-pop from The Knife and Future Bible Heroes;
Françoise Hardy, Liz Brady, Adèle (not that one), Polnareff and Brigitte
Bardot? yé-yé! yé-yé! yé-yé! THEN HIT PLAY NOW >> </span></span>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Air – Sex Born Poison</span></div>
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Addictive Larsen – Bonnie & Clyde<br />
The Human League – Open Your Heart<br />
Kraftwerk – Airwaves<br />
Michel Polnareff – La Mouche<br />
Mareva Galanter – Les Filles C’est Faites Pour Faire L’Amour<br />
Bébé Suong – Mine De Rien<br />
Elizabeth – Madame Superman<br />
Les Roche Martin – Les Mains Dans Les Poches<br />
Serge Gainsbourg – Qui est ‘In’, Qui est ‘Out’?<br />
Sue Wilkinson – You’ve Got To Be a Hustler<br />
Stereo Total – Baby Ouh<br />
Add N To (X) – Ann’s Eveready Equestrian<br />
Jesus – L’Electrocuté<br />
Christophe – Macadam<br />
The Normal – T.V.O.D.<br />
Mathématiques Moderne – Disco Rough<br />
Bertrand Burgalat & Robert Wyatt – This Summer Night<br />
Johnny Hallyday – Noir C’est Noir
Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-1600775929295061332013-07-22T23:16:00.000+01:002013-07-22T23:16:46.303+01:00Tour de France, Tour de FranceHuge congratulations and much awe and respect for <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/23399875">Chris Froome</a>, following in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18952231">Sir Bradley of Mod</a>'s cleats and taking 1st place in the 2013 Tour de France yesterday. This one's for you...<br />
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Meanwhile, Kraftwerk performed at the Latitude festival on Saturday night. It was a "3-D concert" - er, aren't all concerts 3-D if you are there watching? No, apparently this was even more 3-D than real life as there were huge projections which made you feel sick unless you were wearing <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68875000/jpg/_68875011_kraftwerk3dglassespoonehghana.jpg">3-D glasses</a> which probably made you look like a bit of a twerp.<br />
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You can watch an impressive 35 minute show of highlights from their set on the BBC website. And you may also want to try and werk out if they are actually playing anything behind each of their neon lecterns. Sadly, no Tour de France though...<br />
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You can watch Kraftwerk at Latitude for the next 4 weeks via the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d3bxv">BBC iPlayer</a><br />
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Here's the setlist for the film:<br />
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First there was <i><a href="http://acerecords.co.uk/cest-chic-french-girl-singers-of-the-1960s">C'est Chic!</a></i> Now there is <i>Très Chic! </i>The new Ace Records compilation of 'more French girl singers of the 1960s'.<br />
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It's a tough job putting together a comp like this: trying to make it a captivating, immediate listen for the newcomer, as well as aiming to create a strong overview of the French yé-yé scene; meanwhile there's probably the nagging thought at the back of your mind that there are people like me out there who have got all the more populist stuff and want some new treasures unearthed and plonked on their stereo. And that's before you get to the tooth-pulling task of trying to get licensing permission for the material you WANT to put on it.<br />
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I say: give me anything with some 60s French music on it and I am a happy bunny!<br />
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The 24 track CD version has Gillian Hills on the cover, and I had a nice surprise (and a little flush of pride) whilst scanning through the inlay booklet: the L'Amour Electronique blog gets a mention under 'other reference sources'!<br />
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There's an abridged (blue!) vinyl version too, with a very un-sixties Anna Karina photo on the front.<br />
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If I can find the time, I'll write a little review of it...<br />
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You can buy both direct from Ace Records: <a href="http://acerecords.co.uk/tres-chic-more-french-girl-singers-of-the-1960s-1">CD version</a> | <a href="http://acerecords.co.uk/tres-chic-more-french-girl-singers-of-the-1960s">Vinyl version</a>.<br />
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-37495922245244101092013-07-12T10:46:00.001+01:002013-07-12T14:25:55.476+01:00Ripping Vinyl - KaroWould Madame et Monsieur care for a little vinyl warmth to start le weekend? How about a double-serving of pure, unadulterated <i>Québécoise</i> sweetness by <a href="http://www.retrojeunesse60.com/karo.html">Karo</a>, on the Trans-Canada <i>Vedettes</i> imprint?<br />
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You French pop fans will probably know <a href="http://www.disquesmerite.com/HTM/fiche.asp?NumArtiste=49">Karo</a> (real name Caroline Vallée), for her sugar-y 60s HIT '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2JynI-yyA">Un Garçon En Mini-Jupe</a>' (what was it back then with all those boys with long hair and mini-skirts and girls with short hair in trousers?). What you may not know is that she penned the music and lyrics to most of her <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Karo-Karo/release/2854448">songs</a>, which certainly wasn't the norm for most female pop artistes back then. These two being perfect examples of her oeuvre, encapsulating an, undoubtedly rose-tinted and very saccharine, world view.<br />
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Here she is in double-vision with her ever-present smile and schoolgirl bunches:<br />
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And here she is oiling up her motorbike, though possibly not getting ready to join the <a href="http://www.tonup.com/">Ton-Up Club</a>...<br />
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Could anyone make the prospect of riding pillion with a roaring motorcycle between your legs sound quite so twee as Karo does? <i>"VRROOM! VRROOOOOM!"</i> She squeals as she wraps her arms around her leather-clad beau and they race off down the <i><span class="st"><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTrans-Canada_Highway&ei=aPvRUaKlIoaz0QWGuYHICQ&usg=AFQjCNG4tRfb9efLFoY8MC_PXFl7sfRN1A&sig2=TgYhtvLrExouYjvTGR0ldg&bvm=bv.48572450,d.d2k">Route TransCanadienne</a>.</span></i><br />
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On the flip-side, Karo hauls a gang of school kids in and together
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Altogether now, everybody cheer: <i>"HEYYYYYY!"</i><br />
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[you can download a compilation of Karo's 60s material <i>Un Garçon En Mini-Jupe</i> from <a href="http://www.7digital.com/artist/karo/release/un-garcon-en-mini-jupe">7digital</a> or <a href="http://www.archambault.ca/mp3/karo-un-garcon-en-minijupe-ZIK174509-fr-pr">archambault.ca</a>. If you'd like to buy the 45, there's one in the US on <a href="http://www.musicstack.com/item/3372372">musicstack</a>, a snip at £22.37.]<br />
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I have a couple more Karo 45s hanging around, so if you like these songs and want to hear more from her, leave nice comments and it will encourage me to dig them out.Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-16462022337003950152013-06-18T10:36:00.000+01:002013-06-18T13:21:32.956+01:00Serge: at home, in the studio, and in the musical of his lifeWhilst looking for a video for Serge's 'Ford Mustang' for the last <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lamour-la-chaine-pt19.html"><i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i> post</a>, I re-discovered this ace behind the scenes/making of a song film.<br />
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Most of the film features studio footage of Serge, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Arthur+Greenslade#t=Credits_Writing-Arrangement&q=&p=1">Arthur Greenslade</a>, and co putting together the song 'Initials B. B.' at Chappell Studios, London in April/May 1968. Then at 11m20 there's a brief clip of a 'Ford Mustang' vocal take with some scary, toothy percussion; followed by Serge doing an unused take of 'Black and White'; plus a little bit of that plummy-voiced woman on 'Bloody Jack'...<br />
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That video led to me discovering this charming "day in the life of Serge and his kids" video dated Saturday 31 March 1979:<br />
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After which I came across this hazy, bar-set interview with Serge and Jane, in which, half-way through, as if seeing himself in some cheesy, soul-searching moment from a musical of his life, Serge breaks into a sad song about Charlie Brown. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyVqKBbZN5A">I kid you not</a>...
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Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-82788082831812388352013-06-17T23:38:00.001+01:002013-06-17T23:38:43.296+01:00L'Amour à la Chaîne pt.19Now that I've sorted out those pesky mp3s, I reckon it's time we got back to <i>la Chaîne. </i><br />
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The last link was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandie_Shaw">Sandie Shaw</a>. She was born and brought up in Dagenham, Essex and briefly worked at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Dagenham">Ford Dagenham</a>, one of Ford Motors' British production plants (and location of the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_sewing_machinists_strike_of_1968">women sewing machinists' strike of 1968</a>, fact fans!).<br />
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So, for the next link I give you the song '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT6U57QkUe8">Ford Mustang</a>' by Serge Gainsbourg. But instead of the original, here's a cover-version <i>en Portugais</i> (I think!). This version was originally released in 2000 on the Gainsbourg tribute album <i><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Lucien-Forever-A-Tribute-To-Serge-Gainsbourg/release/3251246">Lucien Forever</a> </i>(Pussycat Records)<i>.</i><br />
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It's not often these days that a <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Lucien+Forever+Pussycat+records&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a#safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22Ars+Post+Tergum+Introet%22&oq=%22Ars+Post+Tergum+Introet%22&gs_l=serp.3...402660.403740.1.403971.3.3.0.0.0.0.298.774.2-3.3.0...0.0...1c.1.17.psy-ab.HXG1lHcnAdw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47883778,d.d2k&fp=a7528f9ff840f6c6&biw=1130&bih=667">search</a> on the interweb yields scant results about a band or artist, but that is the case with Ars Post Tergum Introet. If my search engine of choice is to be believed, they have released just this cover and possibly one other song 'Rien'. There is nothing else about them whatsoever, other than link upon link to (mostly) non-existent mp3 downloads of this song. If anyone has any info, it'd be great to know more about them.<br />
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[I can't seem to find any copies of the <i>Lucien Forever</i> album anywhere either, so, sorry, no links to buy the CD]<br />
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<i>L'Amour à la Chaîne</i>: what will be the next link in the chain?<br />
Leave your suggestions and reasons in the comments.<br />
<a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt1.html">Jacques Dutronc - L'Amour à la Chaîne</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2010/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt2.html%E2%80%9D">Françoise Hardy - Je Changerais D'Avis</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt3.html%E2%80%9D">Les 5 Gentlemen – Cara-Lin</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Dhttp://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/05/lamour-la-chaine-pt4.html%E2%80%9D">Add N To (X) – Monster Bobby</a> > <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.fileden.com/files/2009/11/8/2642339//Serge_Gainsbourg-Le_Poinconneur_Des_Lilas.mp3%E2%80%9D">Serge Gainsbourg – Le Poinçonneur des Lilas</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt6.html">Les Shades – Orage Mécanique</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2011/11/lamour-la-chaine-pt7.html">Gillian Hills - Rentre Sans Moi</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt8.html">Zombie Zombie - Psychic Harmonia</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt9.html">Michel Polnareff - Qui a Tué Grand'Maman?</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt10.html">Christine Pilzer - L'Horloge De Grand-Père</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lamour-la-chaine-pt11.html">Violaine - J'ai Des Problèmes Décidement</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lamour-la-chaine-pt12.html">Dutronc - Dodecaphonie</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt13.html">Fabienne Delsol - Ce Jour La</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt14.html">Johnny Hallyday - Son Amour Pour Un Jeu</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt15.html">Miss Kittin & The Hacker - L'Homme Dans L'Ombre</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/lamour-la-chaine-pt16.html">Andre Popp - L'Homme Invisible</a> > <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt17.html">Future Bible Heroes - Love Is Blue </a>> <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lamour-la-chaine-pt18.html">Sandie Shaw - L'Orage</a> > Ars Post Tergum Introet - Ford Mustang > ?Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-43803075113523417572013-06-17T10:47:00.000+01:002013-06-17T10:47:16.652+01:00Nothing but the truth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my new favourite Clothilde song.<br />
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It was the 4th track on her <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Clothilde-Saperlipopette/release/2830792">2nd (and final) ep</a>, and it has all the hallmarks of this quintessential Swinging Mademoiselle: The disaffected vocal; a hyperactive bubblegum groove; some ridiculously strangulated fuzz-guitar; ding-dong bells; all manner of plinky-plonky percussion; horns a-plenty; a bit at the start of the chorus where she goes "Heh!"; not to mention the kitchen sink... All thrown into the mixing console and stirred up by French pop svengali <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Germinal+Tenas#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1">Germinal Tenas</a>.<br />
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I really can't understand why it hasn't already been on any of the umpteen <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Sasha+Monett+Records">Swinging Mademoiselle</a>/<a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Ultra+Chicks">Ultra Chicks</a>/<a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Femmes-Gentlemen-De-Paris/release/1882225">Femmes De Paris</a>/<a href="http://www.discogs.com/explore?style=Lounge&style=Chanson&style=Pop+Rock&explore_similar=1&year=2010&genre=Pop&country=Europe&fmt=Vinyl&decade=2010">Pop A Paris</a> comps to date... But it's now available to us all on the <a href="http://www.bornbad.fr/">Born Bad Records</a> released <i>French Swinging Mademoiselle 1967</i> album, and the CD and LP versions include a full transcript of a candid interview with Élisabeth Beauvais (<a href="http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/#/clothilde/4536385071">Clothilde</a>'s real name), plus interjections from the aforementioned Mr. Tenas.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sharebeast.com/le1479blnvbr">Clothilde - La Vérité Toute La Vérité</a>
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<br />Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-66785253780456124282013-06-14T15:33:00.000+01:002013-06-14T15:40:09.110+01:00I can haz mp3s!Finally I have sorted out the AWOL mp3 situation. I've re-instated files as far back as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i><a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt17.html">L'Amour à la Chaîne </a></i><a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lamour-la-chaine-pt17.html">link 17</a> (all mp3s from older posts have now been deleted. so if you missed any of them, it's too late now - though I'm sure I could find an excuse if you ask nicely!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Now that that's all sorted, I can start posting some new stuff, expect at least 1 new post in the next few days.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Thanks for being patient.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Domx</span></span>Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-909079363899375895.post-85516575677149442892013-05-21T23:16:00.003+01:002013-05-21T23:16:46.231+01:00I got the blues for Françoise'Scuse me for possibly being a little bit fashionably late for the party, but I got violently ill at the weekend and, well, some things (like being violently ill*) are more important than blogging.<br />
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I've been rather enamoured of late by the new Ace Records Françoise Hardy compilation. which brings together her English language output between 1968 and 1972, a period when she worked a lot with Tommy Brown and Micky Jones (who also worked with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Vartan">Sylvie</a>; and then as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hallyday">Johnny</a>'s backing band <a href="http://learning2share.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/in-crowd-of-month-les-blackburds-1966.html">The Blackburds</a>; and who have had honourable mention before <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt13.html">here</a> and <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lamour-la-chaine-pt14.html">here</a>), and a time when rumours that she might work with Nick Drake, sadly never came to fruition.<br />
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You get 2 almost complete albums of post-psychedelic folk rock and Françoise charming your ears with her delicate, slightly hesitant English. Some fine sleevenotes from Mr Bob Stanley too!<br />
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You can (and should!) buy the CD direct from Ace Records for £11.50 inc. free delivery in the UK via the following link >><a href="http://acerecords.co.uk/midnight-blues-paris-london-1968-1972"><i> Francoise Hardy - Midnight Blues Paris London 1968-1972</i> (Ace Records)</a><br />
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Now, if only my mp3 files were accessible, I would post a song... but they ain't so I'm currently looking round for a more reliable host body. <a href="http://lamourelectronique.blogspot.com/">Watch this space</a>.<br />
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*such things are not necessarily as much fun as, though they are often a lot more work than, blogging... Both can certainly be draining though. Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600432703007613041noreply@blogger.com1