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 EMS VCS3 'Putney'.
At around 3.09am tomorrow morning the autumnal equinox will occur. It sounds a little foreboding, but it's just the signal of the end of the summer months and the beginning of winter. Pagans will be celebrating and the rest of us in the northern hemisphere can just use it as a reminder to dig our scarves out and prepare for the cold months ahead. It would be depressing if it wasn't such a glorious sunny day outside today.
Overdid it at Christmas? Time to start that exercise regime.
Here’s Professeur Dutronc with a quick aerobics lesson:
Jacques Dutronc - La Leçon de Gymnastique du Professeur Dutronc [buy Jacques Dutronc from iTunes / Amazon]
As a child, I remember being taken along to the village hall to hang out with the other toddlers whilst our mums partook in the latest exercise craze ‘Pop Mobility’.
Looking back, I can see this experience probably had more than a little influence on my musical tastes…
Even the penguins have over-indulged during the festive season
(image courtesy of retro trash – look! This one’s got Space on it!!)
Got those muscles all warmed-up? Time for a hi-energy workout, just keep something in reserve for when those break-beats kick in:
Hot Butter – Popcorn [buy Hot Butter from iTunes / Amazon]
[We love Popcorn round here! Verity is particularly fond of her French Version Originale 7”. The original was written by electronic pioneer Gershon Kingsley, but we think the Hot Butter version is the best. Someone’s dedicated a whole website to the song (including an ace Russian surf-guitar version). Not even the Crazy Frog could spoil it! One day well dedicate a whole post to Popcorn.]
At the end of each Pop Mobility session they would have a warm-down to Fleetwood Mac’s Albatross. But we’ll ignore that one...
