Hope you all had a great Bastille day. Maybe you went to this party. Or maybe (like me) you went here. In both you cases, you've danced. One of my favourite all-time favourite French popdancehits is Cargo de Nuit by Axel Bauer. Heck, it is even one of my favourite French songs of alltime. It's from the eighties, but has aged very well. Joy oh joy when last week, my dealer pushed a mysterious 12-inch vinyl record over the counter that turned out to be a special remix of Cargo. It doesn't feature vocals (a lot), but the danceability of the song has enhanced. Chairs away!
Axel Bauer - Cargo
Axel Bauer - Cargo (Fullsolo redub)
From 2006 and from Belgium, but since a few weeks there's someone making promo for it in Holland: debutalbum Vous-êtes Ici by Saule. Baptiste Lalieu (Saule's real name) and his band Les Pleureurs make acoustic rock with jazzy touches - there's links with Arthur H and Dominique A, maybe 'a Paris-based Calexico' is a good description. Saule has a great imagination, his vocals and lyrics are very theatrical. There are funny bits (when he sings an ode to a toilet-lady, or when he apes a trumpet), there's variation in styles (Le Boss changes from lullaby to funkmetal) and there's a nod to Claude François' Comme d'Habitude. Single (and video) Si are a nice introduction.
Saule - Si
Saule - Tu Dors
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