Super-lovely Marina Celeste returns on Filles Sourires, because on March 5, Acidulé finally sees it's European release. The album was released in 2005 in Japan only, because at the time only a Japanese label was interested in her. No shit. She also recorded an album full of songs from movies, called Cinema Enchanté. That cd is added to Acidulé, and has the same bossanova vibe as her contributions to Nouvelle Vague. No wonder: Marc Collin is the mastermind behind it all. Acidulé is a colorful popalbum, on which the tender, childlike side of Marina (a mother of two) is represented. She wrote almost all songs, that thanks to the gentle electronics sound very summery. And, in the case of Raplaplat, is highly danceable too.
Marina Celeste - L'heure d'Été
Marina Celeste - Raplaplat
Thanks, these tunes are great.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenRemind me of Suburbia, another Marc Collin production.
Suburbia? Never heard of that. Share an mp3?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI have to find it back, it's a saint etienne/pet shop boys influenced electro pop album released in france in '03, with Alex from Spring on vocals.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBeautiful voice as usual from Ms/Mrs/Miss Celeste.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTalk about beautiful, if you wanna see an Arab lovely really funny go here -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpKL5EVpTlU forgive my computer skills. Dont know how to tidy these types of links.
excuse my ignorance...the Arab lady's name is Ahlan Ezayak. Out of a middle east band called Sham apparently. Err..promise i wont contribute anymore that isnt French. je promettre la coutume!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHey Mister, I found a MySpace-site for Suburbia (myspace.com/suburbiafrance) and I like what I hear! I've ordered that album, and Tokyo Drifter by Spring. Thanks for the tip!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGerald, I didn't see the clip, but I don't think the lady is called Ahlan Ezayak, because that literally means 'Welcome, how are you', sounds more like the title of the song
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGerwinou, fair enough.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks for being polite...rare in the blogging world
Three years ago or so Elefant Records told me they'd do a Spring comp (collecting their non-album material), but it was never released. But there's still hope because incidentally among the many titles Elefant made available at iTunes (singles included), Spring's early vinyl outings aren't included. There must be a purpose behind that...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe language issue aside, Spring, Ana D and Le Mans (all on Elefant) would probably be of interest to Filles Sourires visitors. Spring's "Out of time" is one of the stand-out albums from the 90s in my highly personal perspective, as are a couple of Le Mans' records and Ana D's debut - in an equal fashion.
If anyone's interested in these records I believe some of them might be available at one or two indiepop mailorders. I'd at least give Tonevendor and Poppolar a try.
beautiful songs! I have pre ordered my copy from Amazon.fr. Thanks for the recommendation!
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