Boutique Chic

Just had an inspiring evening @ Chez Natashka's (could well be the champagne) (burp), who went to Paris to meet with Thomas of Boutique Chic-fame. And she bought me some records, but more on that later. The most recent 12" of the Boutique Chic-series was just released, called Maison Close - and yes, that's a reference to brothels, anybody who's seen Belle de Jour knows about it. BC focusses on the sexiness and the cheeky stuff, a "backward-looking paean to modernism's charms". The first maxi-single was all about hairdressers, the second one asked the age-old question: bikini or monokini? The music was made by Thomas' friends (Minimatic, Kid Loco, the mighty Chris Joss, Roudoudou), mostly French, but also Dutch breakbeat-masters Black Market Audio contributed. The sleeves were lovely, the music was retro with modern touches. Fans of BC were big names like Bertrand Burgalat, dj Andy Smith and King Britt. A great project in short. Here's three examples, featuring female vocals ofcourse:

Minimatic - La Raie Au Milieu
Vegomatic - 3 Bikinis
Cucumber - Boogaloo au One Two Two