la fin de la soirée

After nearly 10 YEARS of giving Brighton the finest in Synthesized Sounds, vintage French Pop and Electronic Delights we have decided that it’s time to go out with a great big SHEBAM! POW! BLOP! WIZZZZZ!
 
SATURDAY 26 MAY 2012
la dernière L’Amour Electronique
9pm – 3am
The Westhill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ
FREE ENTRY as it has always been

So please join us for one last late-night cocktail of 60s Yé-Yé, 80s Synthpop, Electronic Pioneers, 8-Bit, Québécois, Gallic Freakbeat, Chanson, Synthcore, Moog Pop, Swinging Mademoiselles, Casio Pop and Synth Disco.




But L’Amour Electronique n’est pas morte, the blog will live on, and on, and on.

love + electronics
Dom, Verity and Sarah

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the (pen)ultimate party

This Saturday we invite you to join us for our penultimate L'Amour Electronique soiree.

We will be entertaining guests with our usual late night cocktail of vintage French pop, synthesized sounds and electronic delights- plus some new hits from my recent Marseille acquisitions.

L'Amour Electronique - Saturday 28 April
9pm - 3am
venue: The West Hill pub, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ
ENTRY IS £FREE

Samedi soir + Jacques Brel homework

The next L'Amour Electronique is this Saturday - it would please us to see you there.

We will be joined by a guest DJ, the charmingly monikered Ray Paul (or Eddie, as his mum knows him) who has promised to add a sprinkling of synth-powered Italo-Disco and maybe a drop of French New Wave.

We'll also be playing the usual concoction of French bubblegum, psych and freakbeat, synthesized pop and electronic music from the early pioneers to the sounds of today.

9pm - 3am
Free entry all night.



And now for some light listening homework
Marc Almond has been presenting a 3 part documentary about Jacques Brel on Radio 2. Part 2 of Behind The Brel: The Story Of A Musical Genius is on the iPlayer now (available until Monday 29th), and part 3 airs on Tuesday 30th March at 23.30.



Think I might dig out some Jacques Brel for Saturday.

SETLIST from 27 June 2009

Sarah was away, so we called upon French mademoiselle Estelle to take over her DJing duties. She told us rumours that were rife about French popstars when she was young (like the one about Sheila being a man...)... We grew tired of conservative Clash fans and risked a lynching by playing Nouvelle Vague's cover of Guns of Brixton... Then Estelle had to go home early after one too many Pernods (oh dear)...

Here's what was played.

Dominic
Liz Brady – Un Garçon Dit a Une Fille
Boy From Brazil – Le Claquer De Doigts
Les Hou-Lops – Blue Jeans sur Le Plage
Jenny Rock – Hooray Pour Johnny
Gillian Hills – Rentre Sans Moi
Zouzou – Tu Fais Partie du Passé
Bertrand Burgalat – Albo
Schneider TM – The Light 3000
Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan – Electronic Movements: Syncopation
Claude Dubois – Je Tourne
Silicon Teens – TV Playtime
Verity
Kraftwerk – Ohm Sweet Ohm
The Human League – Empire State Human
Deux – Game & Performance
Anne-Marie Peysson – Qui Ne Risque Rien
Marie Laforêt – Manchester et Liverpool
Michel Polnareff – L’Oiseau de Nuit
Magnetic Fields – Smoke and Mirrors
Soft Cell – Bedsitter
The Knife – Pass This On
Depeche Mode – See You
Estelle
Christophe – Les Marionettes
Jenny Rock – Douliou Douliou St Tropez
Pulp – Le Roi des Fourmis
Patrick Coutin – J’aime Regarder les Filles
The Teenagers – Homecoming
St Etienne – La Poupée Qui Fait Non
Vanessa Paradis – Be My Baby
Alain Bashung – Osez Joséphine
France Gall – Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son
Dominic
Karo – Sur Ta Moto
Minouche Barelli – Boum Badaboum
Les Surfs – Je Ne Suis Pas Trop Jeune
Marie Laforêt (avec Gérard Klein) – Le Vin De L’été
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
Françoise Cactus – You Can’t Put Your arms Around a Memory
John et Jehn – 20L07
Die Perlen – Jeudi Noir (Tony Punk remix)
Michèle et Ses Wouaps – Dam Dam
Les Elegantes – Mon Soldat
Verity
Jacques Dutronc – Les Playboys
Stereolab – Ping Pong
Pete Shelley – Homosapien
Serge Gainsbourg – Un Poison Violent, C’est Ca L’amour
Erasure – Chorus
Mareva Galanter – Pourquoi Pas Moi
Hot Butter – Popcorn
Deux – Dance With Me
Estelle
Michèle Torr - Dans Mes Bras Oublie Ta Peine
Les Rita Mitsouko – Marcia Baila
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Claude François – Alexandrie, Alexandra
Nino Ferrer – Oh! He! Hein! Bon!
Jacques Dutronc – J’aime Les Filles
Les Chausettes Noires – Daniela
Jane Birkin – Melo Melo
Joe Dassin – Dans Les Yeux D’Emilie
Dominic
Claude François – Eloise
Zizi Jean-Maire – Mon Truc en Plumes
Jacqueline Taïeb – Bienvenue au Pays
Françoise Hardy – Je Pense à Lui
Jina Miko – Dum Dum
Serge Gainsbourg – Initials BB
Charlotte Leslie – Les Filles C’est Fait Pour Faire L’amour
Verity
France Gall – Cet Air La
Françoise Hardy - L'amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours
Serge Gainsbourg – Lemon Incest
OMD – Red Frame/White Light
Jean-Michel Jarre – Magnetic Fields pt.2
Stereolab – French Disko
Estelle
Daft Punk – Harder…
Felix Da Housecat (feat. Miss Kittin) – Madame Hollywood
The Mogs – Kelly Blame (French vocal)
Nino Ferrer – Mirza
Divine Comedy – Europop
Dominic
Annie Philippe – C’est La Mode
Large Number – The Number People
Michel Legrand – Digue Ding Ding
Stereo Total – Supergirl
Emmanuelle – Le Reel Façile
Michel Polnareff – La Mouche
Nouvelle Vague – Guns Of Brixton
Verity
Vanessa Paradis – Joe Le Taxi
Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour un Con
Brigitte Bardot – Everybody Loves My Baby
Goldfrapp – Satin Chic
The Droyds – Take Me I’m Yours
Sandie Shaw – Pourvu Que Ca Dure
Jacques Dutronc – Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi
Estelle
Monique Thubert – Avec Les Oreilles
Hervé Vilard – Fais La Rire
Alain Bashung – Gaby Oh! Gaby
I Am – Je Danse Le Mia
Dominic
Jacques Brel – Amsterdam (en public, Paris Olympia, 1964)
Fabiene Delsol – I’m Gonna Catch Me a Rat
Brigitte Bardot – Gang Gang
Les Bel-Air – Ils Parlaient Dans Mon Dos
Verity
Magnetic Fields – (Crazy For You) But Not That Crazy
Yazoo – Don’t Go
The All Seeing I – 1st Man In Space
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Dominic
The Chap – I Am Oozing Emotion
Françoise Hardy – Ce Petit Coeur
Stereo Total – Holiday Innn
Neil Young – Sample + Hold
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Verity
Bis – Love Will Tear Us Apart
OMD – Enola Gay
Human League – Sound Of The Crowd
France Gall – Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges
M – Pop Muzik
Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Dominic
Baby Birkin – St Tropez
Ronnie Bird – Chante
The Tornados - Telstar


mp3s for your listening pleasure
Estelle chose
Patrick Coutin – J’aime Regarder les Filles
[buy Patrick Coutin: iTunes | Amazon]
Verity chose
Deux – Dance With Me
[buy Deux direct from Deux!]
Dominic chose
Jacqueline Taïeb – Bienvenue au Pays
[buy Jacqueline Taïeb: iTunes | Amazon]

L'Amour Electronique is this Saturday

This Saturday you will find us once again on top of a hill overlooking Brighton station, dispensing a generous 6-hour cocktail of electronic goodness, French bubblegum pop and filthy dirty synthcore. Sarah will be absent, but we will be joined by Estelle (who may or may not be DJ'ing under the pseudonym DJ La Cûntte). Estelle is French and she will almost certainly teach us a thing or two...

See last month's setlist below for an idea of what you may be likely to hear should you come.

Address: The West Hill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ
here's a map, should you need it.


Last night we were enlightened as to what the monkey sounds on Bonnie & Clyde are. The instrument is called a Cuíca. Thank you to the good gent who informed us of this, we hope to se you on Saturday...

SETLIST from 23 MAY 2009

Here's the setlist from last month. We were joined by our friend and Socialist Leisure Party member Andy who treated us to some sweet and noisy music... See below for mp3 tasters.

Sarah
The Knife – Girl’s Night Out
B-52’s – Hero Worship
Quix*O*tic – Anonymous Face
Fad Gadget – Love Parasite
John Foxx – He’s A Liquid
Momus – The Cabriolet
Serge Gainsbourg – Intoxicated Man
Verity
Vanessa Paradis – Joe Le Taxi
Goldfrapp – Crystalline Green
France Gall – Baby Pop
Pierre Doris – J’ai Pas eu Peur
Simon Bookish – Metal Horse
Deux - Paris Orly
Stereo Total – I Love You, Ono
Dalida – Petit Elephant Twist
Future Bible Heroes – I’m A Vampire
Andy
Leg - Amphibian Love
Frederik Schikowski - ein oktourbass macht noch keinen sommer
Watoo Watoo - perdu
Syntheme - 144a arcacia overdrive
The Names - Nightshift
Elysian Quartet - Prokofiev String Quartet no 2
Telex – Moskow Diskow
Oh Penelope – Lait au Miel
Music At Nite - city to city
Go-Kart Mozart - selfish and lazy and greedy
Bearsuit – Welcome Bearsuit Space Hotel
Edwyn Collins – Welwyn Garden City
Dominic
Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un Con
Françoise Hardy – Tout Ce Qu’on Dit
Les Bel-Air – Ils Parlaient Dans Mon Dos
Chorus Reverendus – Dans Son Euphorie
Jean-Jacques Perrey – The Flight of the Bumblebee
Les Gamines – Vis Ta Vie Mon Gars
Dominique Walter – Les Petits Boudins
Chantal Goya – Laisse Moi
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Delia Derbyshire (BBC Radiophonic Workshop) – Dr Who (original theme)
Sarah
Giorgio Moroder – From Here To Eternity
Grace Jones – La Vie En Rose
Michel Arnaud avec Serge Gainsbourg – Les Papillons Noirs
Sophie Makhno et Colin Verdier – Obsessions 68
Christie Laume – Rouge Rouge
Toni Basil – Space Girls
Pulp – Separations
Verity
John Foxx – Europe After The Rain
Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
Michel Polnareff – L’Oiseau De Nuit
Mareva Galanter – Pourquoi Pas Moi
Jean-Michel Jarre – Magnetic Fields (pt. 2)
Super Furry Animals – Inaugural Trams
Jocy – Les Dix Premiers
Françoise Hardy – Je Veux Qu’il Revienne
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Stereolab – French Disko
Andy
Avenue D - orgasmatron
Minnypops - time
Adult. - dont you stop
El Gusano Rojo - desobeissance
Fever Ray - if i had a heart (fuck buttons remix)
April March - mon ange gardien
Frank Alamo – Ma Biche
Stavely Makepeace - slippery rock 70’s
Heaven 17 – Let’s Make A Bomb
Dominic
Hiem – Tweak
Divine – Native Love (Step by Step)
Annie Philippe – C’est La Mode
Stereo Total – Supergirl
Isabelle – Amstramgram
Silicon Teens – You Really Got Me
Miss Kittin & The Hacker – L’Homme Dans L’Ombre
OMD – Electricity
Stereo Total – Mars Rendezvous (We Love Jacno mix) / French language disque
Bertrand Burgalat & Robert Wyatt – This Summer Night
Sarah
Katsen – Cactus
Les Georges Leningrad – Supa Doopa
Add N to (X) – Robot New York
Stereo Total - Hunger
Michel Polnareff – Où est la Tosca?
Devo – Time Out For Fun
Verity
Human League – Sound of the Crowd
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie & Clyde
The Field Mice – Missing The Moon
Patrick Wolf – Vulture
Patricia Carli – Le Lion
Sebastien Tellier – L’Amour et la Violence (Boys Noize mix)
Andy
Who Owns The Weather - The Great Leap Forward
Ludus – Breaking The Rules
The Mo-Dettes – Foolish Girl
Gravy Train!!!! – Titties Bounce
Big Stick – Drag Race
Dominic
Röyksopp ft. Robin – The Girl and The Robot
Ssion – Call Out Our Lions
Johnny Hallyday – Noir C’est Noir
France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles
Adèle – C’est Bon
Fernand Reynaud - Oh! Eh! Hein! Quoi!
Sarah
Alan Vega – Jukebox Babe
The Chap – They Have A Name
Soft Cell – Memorabilia
Verity
Stazi – How Sleazy Do You Want It?
Dominic
Die Doraus & Die Marinas – Fred Vom Jupiter
Verity
Françoise Hardy – Quel Mal y a-t-il á ça?
Dominic
Silicon Teens – Sun Flight


Mp3s
B-52’s – Hero Worship
[buy iTunes / Amazon]

Pierre Doris – J’ai Pas eu Peur
[re-released on Pop a Paris vol.3: C'est La Mode - buy it from Amazon.Fr]

Telex – Moskow Diskow
[buy iTunes]

Les Gamines – Vis Ta Vie Mon Gars
[re-released on Girls in the Garage vol.10: Groovy Gallic Gals, which is seemingly unavailable!]

L'Amour Electronique DJ at IDLE HANDS @ Hotel Pelirocco (Thursday 4 June)

ATTENTION!

We will be guest DJing la musique L'Amour Electronique this Thursday 4 June at

IDLE HANDS @ Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Sq, Brighton

4 hours of the choicest French Pop, electronic music and synthesized sounds

8pm -12am

FREE ENTRY

here is a farcebook event page

SETLIST from 25 April 2009

Finally managed to get the setlist from last month typed up. As usual we've each picked an mp3 of a song we played so you can re-live a few brief moments vicariously [look below...].

Don't forget to come this Saturday if you're in Brighton, Free entry all night!
SATURDAY 23 MAY

9pm - 3am

at The West Hill (formerly The Belle Vue)

67 Buckingham Place, Brighton

here is a map

Verity
France Gall – Ne Soit Pas Si Bête
Claudine Longet – L’Amour Est Bleu
Baby Birkin – Mélo Mélo
Stereolab – Eloge D’Eros
Depeche Mode – See You
Add N to (X) – Revenge of the Black Regent
Music From Mathematics (played by the IBM 7090 Computer) – Fantasia
Dominic
Liquid Vega – In:The:City
Serge Lama – Girls… Girls
Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot – Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus
I Monster – Who Is She?
Marie Laforêt (avec Gérard Klein) - Le Vin de L’été
The Passions – I’m in Love with a German Filmstar
Bertrand Burgalat & Robert Wyatt – This Perfect Night
Galatasaray Lisesi – Zazie
Stereo Total – Je Rêve Encore De Toi
The Guinea Pig Killers – The Lady and The Pigman
Sarah
Dauerfisch – So Gut
Katsen – Island in an Island
Noisy Pig – Magic Pee
The Chap – Fun and Interesting
I Monster – No Nice Strippers (The Full Seven Inches mix)
Orlane Paquin – Le Train de 10h03
Liz Brady – Partie De Dames
Verity
France Gall – Laisse Tomber les Filles
The Human League – Love Action
Sandie Shaw – Pourvu que ça dure (Long live love)
Françoise Hardy – Comment Te Dire Adieu
Stereolab – Ping Pong
Michel Polnareff – Dans La Maison Vide
Vox Dei - Terroriste
Jacques Dutronc – Mini Mini Mini
Mareva – Les Filles C’est Fait Pour Faire L’Amour
OMD – Souvenir
Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Dominic
John et Jehn – 20L07
Trost – Sans Ta Scie
Serge Gainsbourg – Le Poinçonneur des Lilas
Johnny Halliday – A Tout Casser
Brigitte Bardot – Ce N’est Pas Vrai
Gabriel Yared – La Poubelle Cuisine
Jacques Brel – Amsterdam (Live à l’Olympia, Paris 1964)
Adèle – Je Ne Veux Plus D’Accordeon
Jacques Dutronc – Le Responsible
Chantal Goya – Tu M’as Trop Menti
France Gall – Der Computer Nr.3
Add N to (X) – Adding N To (X)
Sarah
Farah – Law Of Life
Holy Fuck – Milk Shake
Dan Deacon – The Crystal Cat
Bobbie Marie – ???
France Gall – N’Ecoute Pas Les Idoles
Sylvie Vartan – Ballade Pour Une Fugue
Serge Gainsbourg – Ford Mustang
Ria Bartok – Ecoute Mon Coeur
Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene (pt.4)
Verity
The Knife – Silent Shout
Yazoo – Don’t Go
Goldfrapp – Train
Neon Neon – Dream Cars
Stereo Total – Je Suis Nue
Michel Polnareff – Y A Qu’un Cheveu
Super Furry Animals – Inaugural Trams
Serge Gainsbourg – Marilu
Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus
Françoise Hardy – On Dit De Lui
Mareva – Pourquoi Pas Moi
Dominic
Jacques Brel – Les Filles et Les Chiens
Dani – Sans Asterisque
Michel Polnareff – La Mouche
Cats in Paris – Loose Tooth Tactile
Die Dorau & Die Marinas – Fred Vom Jupiter
Chantal Goya – Laisse Moi
Jacques Dutronc – On Nous Cache Tout, On Nous Dit Rien
Johnny Halliday – Noir C’est Noir
Claude François – Hip Hip Hip Hurrah
Eddie Mitchell – Et S’il N’en Reste Qu’un
Sarah
Stereo Total – Complex Mit Dem Sex
Brigitte Bardot – Bubblegum
The Blue Minkies – You Make Me Blush
Peepholes – My Traps
Les Georges Leningrad – Monster Klaw
Trouble Vs Glue – Chinese Posters
Brezel Göring – Ich Bin So Süchtig (mit Christiane F)
Christie Laume – Rouge Rouge
France Gall – Poupée De Sire, Poupée De Son
Ultravox – Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
Verity
OMD – Enola Gay
M – Pop Muzik
Patrick Wolf – Vultures
Add N to (X) – Metal Fingers in My Body
Yelle – Je Veux Te Voir
Dominic
Stereo Total – Wir Tanzen Im 4-Ek
Silicon Teens – You Really Got Me
The Human League – Sound Of The Crowd
Serge Gainsbourg – Requiem Pour Un Con
Space – Magic Fly
Sarah
Sebastien Tellier – Divine
Luke Haines – Off My Rocker…
Devo – The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise
The Human League – Circus Of Death
John Foxx – 20th Century
Verity
The Normal – Warm Leatherette
Stereo Total – Tas De Tôle
Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi
Dominic
Pussycat – Aucune Fille Au Monde
Baby Birkin – St Tropez
We Are ENFANT TERRIBLE – Snap Dragon
Sarah
Trans X – Living On Video (’85 remix)
Fad Gadget – Ricky’s Hand
Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye

mp3s for yr listening pleasure
Verity: France Gall – Ne Soit Pas Si Bête

Dominic: Galatasaray Lisesi - Zazie
Sarah: Katsen - Island in an Island

next L'Amour Electronique this Saturday

Monsieur Dutronc is pointing at you! Yes, YOU!  He wants you to come to L'Amour Electronique this Saturday.

Once you're there, you can enjoy 6 hours of the finest in French Pop, bubblegum hits, synthesized sounds, and electronic bleeps and tones.

SATURDAY 23 MAY

9pm - 3am

at The West Hill (formerly The Belle Vue)

67 Buckingham Place, Brighton

here is a map

It is free entry, in case you need any more persuading.

L'Amour Electronique: Samedi Soir

Yes, it's come round again! The next L'Amour Electronique is this Saturday. Join us for the finest in French bubblegum Pop, Electronic sounds and slinky Synthesized music.

9pm-3am at The Westhill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton.

[The Westhill used to be called The Belle Vue, here's a map]

FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Won't you join us?

xxx

[ps. scroll down to the previous post to see what we played last month]

Soiree this Saturday

Only 2 days to go until the next L'Amour Electronique.

Join us as we dazzle and excite with a fizzy cocktail of French bubblegum pop, Synthesized sounds and Electronic delights. 

 

We will be joined by guest DJ Stuart Lamour from 20jazzfunkgreats

Full details of where and when below...

L'AMOUR ELECTRONIQUE - Saturday 28th March

at The West Hill (formerly The Belle Vue), 

67 Buckingham Place, Brighton {-MAP-}

9pm - 3am

FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT

here's a bonus YouTube for your listening pleasure

Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love

Soiree this Saturday

Time for another L'Amour Electronique party

this Saturday 28 February

9pm - 3am

at The West Hill, 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton

FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT

We have French bubblegum POP, electronic sounds, and filthy dirty synthcore a-plenty for you.

We will be joined in DJing duties by recent French Pop convert, vinyl obsessive, and Coin-Op operator Nick Hills.

It is also my birthday.

So you should come and buy me a drink.

s'il vous plaît.

Weekend of French-ness

Anyone who's in Brighton this weekend and has even a passing interest in any kind of French music is in for some treats.

Saturday is, of course, L'Amour Electronique!

We will be joined by guest DJ Simon Bridger from legendary Brighton club Da Doo Ron Ron. Who not only knows his 60's pop, he's an early 80's synth pop afficionado too!

And there's more:

--- We will be DJing at Sebastien Tellier - which has been rescheduled to Sunday 25 January @ The Concorde 2.

--- And we may also be DJing at the free French Artist Showcase on Friday 23 January @ The Duke of Yorks (still waiting for them to confirm, but we'll be there anyway).

----- more info: Melting Vinyl -----

Click this to make it bigger!

VIVE LE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!

Re-Launch imminent

Only 1 day to go...

Come and find us barricaded with Eiffel Tower models into a Tricolore-d corner, treating your ears to a late night 6-hour cocktail of electronic goodness, French bubblegum pop and filthy dirty synthcore.

If you come (which you should), you can expect to hear Serge Gainsbourg, Soft Cell, Francoise Hardy, Human League, Stereo Total, Brigitte Bardot, The Knife, Jacques Dutronc, OMD, Michel Polnareff, Glass Candy, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Stereolab, Pulp, Magnetic Fields, The Chap, Add N to (X), Devo, Air, early electronic delights, Ye-Ye and synthesized weirdness.

Entry is still FREE

Opening times 9pm – 3am

To celebrate the move, there will be a special mix CD for the first 25 who come and ask us for one.

Let the countdown commence...
Pulp - Countdown

To recap:
L’Amour Electronique
Saturday 22 November 2008
(and every following 4th Saturday of the month)
9pm – 3am
FREE entry

The West Hill
(formerly the Belle Vue)
67 Buckingham Place
Brighton
BN1 3PQ

Ssssssh! Quiet in the stacks please…

Hold tight! Here comes a shameless plug.

Today sees the release of Miss Pain’s latest record Shelf-Location ROM / Kiss Cuddle Torture. It's released by Nylon! Friction! and it’s quite good, you know.

It comes pressed onto 2 sides of a crisp vinyl biscuit measuring seven inches in diameter and limited to a mere 500 copies. Or, if you are hip with the times, there is a more profuse, yet slightly elusive mp3 version that you can have but not hold, this includes 6 bonus remixes from the likes of:

Tony Tronic (UK) – slick dance-floor friendly synth-disco
MC Fashion (UK) – a hyperactive 8-bit gabba meltdown
Kemper Norton (UK) – kraut-rock musique concrete
Katsen (UK) – pure and perfect 8-bit electro-pop
r@zorbla.de (Germany) – darkwave trancefloor goth-Soft-Cell disco
Hawnay Troof (USA) – camped-up hi-NRG Euro disco


You can listen to all 8 tracks here!
You can buy the seven-inch here!
You can buy mp3s on iTunes here!

Since the library is the scenario for one of the songs (Shelf-Location ROM is, of course, where you will find the romance novels), let’s celebrate with a couple more library and book related pieces of music:

It’s Cursor Miner with a jaunty little paean to the wonders of the public library, it always makes me think of all those short informational films they used to show in the middle of Play School in the eighties (shots of cans trundling round the conveyer belts in the baked-bean factory set to a sprightly Radiophonic Workshop tune).

Knowledge is power, and there’s a lot of knowledge to be had down the library. And as if that isn’t enough, Mister Miner reminds us that: “The library, the library, it’s the place where books are free”. Unless, that is, you borrow one and don’t return it – then you’ll get a hefty fine, an admin charge, and you’ll have to refund the cost of a replacement book. Make sure you get your books back on time kids!

Cursor Miner – Library


And now, we Broadcast some shuffling electronic/harpsichord dreaminess for all you book lovers out there – I’d forgotten quite how strange and beautiful this one is:

Broadcast – The Book Lovers



Bonus edition:
Here’s a lo-fi version of Shelf-Location ROM recorded purely with battery-powered instruments live on Radio Reverb last October. Mmmm, tinny…

Miss Pain – Shelf-Location ROM (battery-powered – live on Radio Reverb)

Look! New Poster!

Yes we have a lovely new poster to show-off our lovely new night in a lovely new venue.

Here it is:

SETLIST from 23 AUGUST 2008 (+ mp3s)

There were technical issues with the recording equipment and so there is no podcast this time. Instead, we've picked one mp3 each - they're at the end of the post...

Sarah
The Chap – Baby I’m Hurtin’
Visage – Damned Don’t Cry
Baxendale – Battery Acid
Japan – Quiet Life
Human League – Almost Medieval
Serge Gainsbourg – Chez Les Yé-Yé
Christie Laume - L'Adorable Femmes Des Neiges
Fad Gadget – Love Parasite
Dominic
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
Boy from Brazil – Pocket Rocket Queen
Serge Gainsbourg – Ford Mustang
Michel Polnareff – Tout Tout Pour Ma Cherie
Les Georges Leningrad – Missing Gary
Les Papyvores – Psychédelic Badge
Electronic Movements – Syncopation
Golden Boy and Miss Kittin – Rippin Kittin
Stereo Total – In / Out
Verity
John Foxx – New Kind of Man
Men Without Hats – Safety Dance
Jacques Dutronc – Les Playboys
Jeff Wayne – The Fighting Machine
Air – Playground Love (Highschool Prom Mix)
Kraftwerk – Antenna
Air and Françoise Hardy – Jeanne
OMD - Souvenir
Magnetic Fields – With Whom to Dance
Sarah
The Knife – Rock Classics
Simon Bookish – Portrait of the Artist as a Fountain
Kid Carpet – I Don’t Want to Fall in Love With You
Noisy Pig ft Baby Donut – Wrong Time Capsule
Dauerfisch – Endlich Vögeln
Anne Kern – Oh! Seigneur, Ecoute ma Prière
France Gall – Pense a Moi
Brigitte Bardot – Everybody Loves My Baby
Sylvie Vartan – Koibito Jidai
Plastic Bertrand – C’est Le Rock ‘N’ Roll
Dominic
Frank Alamo – Ma Biche
Françoise Hardy – Le Temps de L’Amour
Cats in Paris – Loose Tooth Tactile
Ladyhawke – Paris S’enflamme
John Baker / BBC Radiophonic Workship – Brio
[French Language]
John et Jehn – 20L07
Nancy Holloway – Tu N’es Pas Venu
Gabriel Yared – La Poubelle Cuisine (Betty Blue OST)
Adèle – C’est Bon
Jina Miko – Dum Dum
Polnareff – Dans La Maison Vide
Verity
OMD – Enola Gay
Eurythmics – Tous Les Garçons
Experimental Pop Band – Punk Rock Classic
Mareva – Les Cornichons
Sparks – Beat the Clock
Marie Möör – Pretty Dry
France Gall – C’est Air La
Stereolab – Wow and Flutter
Serge Gainsbourg – Marilu
Sarah
Stereo Total – Komplex Mit Dem Sex
Add N to (X) – Iron Man
Quintron and Miss Pussycat – Swamp Buggy Badass
50 Centime – In Da Club
Sparks – Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
Neil Young – Sample and Hold
Devo – Too Much Paranoias
Dominic
Brigitte Bardot – Contact
Ananda Shankar - Back Home /
[French Language] /
Jiri Bezant / Jiri Malasek – Erotica /
Henri Salvador – Beta Gamma, L’Ordinateur
Nino Nardini – Catch That Man
Kap Bambino – New Breath
Jacques Dutronc – L’Amour A La Chaine
Verity
Future Bible Heroes – I’m a Vampire
Heaven 17 – Temptation
Comix – Touche Pas Mon Sexe
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Add N to (X) – FYUZ
Neon Neon – I Told Her on Alderan
Sarah
The Associates – Club Country
Denim – Brumburger
Les Roches Martins – Les Mains Les Poches
Dominic
Les Dandy’s – Amour et Mariage
Françoise Hardy – Je Pense a Lui
Brezel Göring – Ich Bin So Süchtig (mit Christiane F)
Verity
Mareva – Pourquoi Pas Moi
Simon Bookish – Terry Riley Disco
Joceleyne – Nitty Gritty
Sarah
Ria Bartok – J’y Pense Tout Bas
Bis – Eurodisco
Stazi – Your Love is Lethal
Dominic
Chantal Kelly - Notre Prof’ d’Anglais
Michel Polnareff – La Mouche
Sarah
Magnetic Fields – I thought you were my boyfriend
Dominic
Les Shades – Orage Mechanique
Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
Sarah
Polysics – Kaja Kaja Goo
Verity
Françoise Hardy – Je Changerais d’Avis


Verity's mp3 choice
Comix – Touche Pas Mon Sexe
Dominic's mp3 choice
Gabriel Yared – La Poubelle Cuisine (Betty Blue OST)
Sarah's mp3 choice
Anne Kern – Oh! Seigneur, Ecoute ma Prière

ATTENTION!

There will be no L'Amour Electronique this Saturday.

Instead look at this:

5th Birthday (and last soirée at The Penthouse)

L’Amour Electronique is FIVE this month! Come and celebrate with us this weekend…

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
L’Amour Electronique
The Penthouse, above The Freebutt, Phoenix Place, Brighton
8pm until 1am
FREE ENTRY all night (and cheap-o drinks too)

We will be playing our finest selection of French bubblegum pop, synthesized ditties and electronic goodness, including some new gems picked up in Paris this week. And we will have a special guest DJ and Polnareff fanatic to join us in our quest.

As well as celebrating, you can also commiserate with us as this will be our very last soirée at The Penthouse – Booooooooooo!
It’s okay though, cos we have already secured ourselves a brand new home with a belle vue (and much nicer toilets) where we will be every 4th Saturday from November – Woooooooooo!

So come and help us go out with a great big
SHE-BAM!
POW!
PLOP!
WHIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Now, how about a dash of Polnareff to get you through to the weekend?
Michel Polnareff – L’Oiseau De Nuit


See you at the weekend
L’Amour Electronique
xxx

Now we are 5 - a retrospective

Zut Alors! It would appear that we have racked up 5 whole years of French and electronic pop goodness under the tricolore banner of L’Amour Electronique.

Here's a little poster artwork retrospective...