Jazzy pop from the eighties is my current obsession - yesterday, two vinyls from Blue Rondo a la Turk came in, and I've been listening to Sade, Everything but the Girl, Style Council and Carmel a lot recently. Thanks to Pierre Fa, I got to know Blues Trottoir. In 1986, Un Soir de Pluie was a massive hit in France. Because of the drumcomputer, it sounds a bit like Matt Bianco, the voice of Clemence L'Homme is similar to Isabel Antena's. Love that melancholy in her voice. I don't know much about what happened after their first album was released - Clemence went solo, and scored some hits too. But she didn't stay in the game. Now, with Japanese musician Yamori Kota she's making music again. And the new songs are really good. Especially love their take on Last Tango in Paris.
Blues Trottoir - Un soir de pluie (video)
Blues Trottoir - Last Tango
Blues Trottoir - Pars
Clemence L'Homme - Losin' You (1994)
Clemence L'Homme - Dis Moi (1997)
More videos here and here.
Pardon My Freedom has a great French 80s mix! Go HERE
Tellement de souvenir...
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Ça c'est un hit !
Merci !
wonderful, but where can i get hold of their albums ? they seem to be sold out nearly everywhere. Any dowloading site site where you can pick them up perhaps ?
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I remember Frits Spits (Nic Pique) ranting and raving about this soir de pluie record, thus violating the intro to it with his sad poetic aspirations.
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Merci pour ces informations!Juste notez que le nom de Clémence ne prend pas d'apostrophe. C'est "Lhomme". Et que les chansons que vous citez ne sont pas les nouvelles. Elles sont extraites des deux albums enregistrés sous son nom. Bonne journée!
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