woensdag 7 mei 2008

Louka, Ariane, Marie-France


A menage-a-trois with a 62-year old gay icon, a Canadian electropopgirl and a fragile fille from France who calls her music 'chanson love-pop'. Howzat?

The gay icon is ofcourse Marie-France, a former Marilyn Monroe-impersonator, an actress, a model and ofcouse a singer. Phantom is a Belgian character Benjamim Schoos, who also calls himself Miam Monster Miam. A pseudonym that makes Gainsbourg-fans sit up straight ofcourse, and if you listen to the first hard-rocking notes of Les Nanas, you'll hear the reference immediatly. Producer Kramer mixed the album, and we know him for his scandalous remake of Lemon Incest 69 Annee Erotique with his daughter for John Zorn's SG-tribute. Fragile tis not. Rock on!
Marie-France feat. Phantom - Les Nanas


The Canadian girl is Ariane Moffatt. Thanks to N., I got the actual Tous les Sens album, that has a link to an extra song. That feature some loud guitars too.
Ariane Moffatt - Petit Animal


Louka's real name is Vanessa Chassaigne (pictured), a singer who contacted me via Myspace and who was so kind to share her very tender, raindrops-keep-falling-on-my-head-song Dans Ma Tête. Which is nice. Go to her Myspace to see an amazing video of Louka doing an acapella song.
Louka - Dans Ma Tête

5 opmerkingen:

  1. sadly, the ariane moffat song links to a 404 error page.

    i also really love these hodgepodge posts, as they open so many areas of study.

    thanks again.

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  2. Actually, the song Kramer recorded with his daugther Tess was 69 anneé érotique.
    I only correct you because I like how this is even more scandalous :)

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  3. the link to the ariane song is fixed

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  4. Damn, that Louka song is awesome! And how about the slightly uncertain sung (wave)rocksong with Memo Dumay? Deviating from the other tracks at her MySpace, but pretty nice too!

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