Monsieur & Madame

One of the best, and best-named bands from Belgian rockhistory is Allez Allez. They made two albums in the eighties, their blend of new pop, funk and african rhythms made them the Flemish Talking Heads. Songs like African Queen and Valley of the Kings still make people dance, leftfield dj's like Prins Thomas & Lindstrom remixed their songs recently, Richard Dorfmeister is a fan. One of the more prominent members of Allez Allez was Serge van Laeken, better known as Marka. To be honest, I wasn't aware of his musical activities after Allez Allez fell apart, but he is very versatile: rock, rap, rai, Flemish songs, French songs. Enfin. Thanks to Jana, I was introduced to Monsieur & Madame, Marka's electropopproject with Laurence Bibot. Their main goal is to have fun, they've played from Osaka to New York and they make danceable, humorous songs with eighties-influences. Marka says in this interview : it's young music for the old (at least, I think that's what he says). If you like Yelle, Lio or Vive La Fete you like M&M. Watch a funny video here. Buy cd's here.

Monsieur & Madame - Monsieur & Madame
Monsieur & Madame - Poulette
Allez Allez - Allez Allez