If you listen to Son Histoire, you'd think Alexis HK wants to bring back the good ole chanson days of Brel and Brassens. He sure gets inspired by the classics, but he also likes rappers and toasters like MC Solaar and Yellowman. Alexis (real name Alexis Djoshkounian) is very careful about is pronounciation, and the rhythm of his lyrisc - that is why a comparison to rappers is not as odd as it seems, or that is cover of MC Solaar's Nouveau Western (you know, the one with the Gainsbourg-sample) is out of character. Alexis wrote his first songs as a youngster with pimples and zits, later on worked the bars in his hometown of Nanterre and then got noticed in Paris by a record-labelboss. In 1996 his first album Belle Ville was released, featuring his best known song C'est que t'es belle. I got interested in him when a Dutch talkshow about Le Tour de France started with a song of his, L'Homme Du Moment (the talkshow focussed on that remarkable recovery of Floyd Landis, little did we know then). L'Homme du Moment to me is the best introduction to Alexis: hiphop-rhythm, prominent accordeon and that darkbrown, elegant voice of his.
Alexis HK - L'Homme du Moment
Alexis HK - Nouveau Western (live)
Alexis HK & Marianne Feder - Son Histoire
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