Welcome to French Sounds, an exploration in French music.
I'm Damien from Alliance Française, the French language and cultural centre.
I will be introducing you to some of the best and brightest artists in contemporary French music.
In this episode, we will be exploring Electronic Hip Hop music, so open your eyes to those video and be ready to move!
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Ntoumos
Let’s start with NTOUMOS from French-speaking Belgium. He is currently living in London and tours extensively. He is a fantastic trumpet-player and he really knows how to think outside the box as he brings this instrument to Hip Hop.
This video "RAGE" is from his third album "TRANSITION" released in 2009 and features some fantastic animation.
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The Naive New Beaters
Back to Paris now, we are going to meet an excellent new Trio: the Naïve New Beaters, promoted by the French label cinq 7. Founded in 2004, their music is mixture of electronic rock and rap. They have a really good video clip 'Live Good' which is seriously inspired. I let you enjoy this pure dance-able sound!
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Manu Leonard
Manu Leonard first album "Nous sommes ce qui arrive" ("We are What Happens") was released in May 2008. The Peep Show Video was directed by Txarlo Toloza (Chili) in Barcelona with the famous Catalan singer Sonia Gomez between summer and automn 07. It is a great franco-spanish collaboration and you will find it to be an original video. Have a look !
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Teenage Bad Girl
Let’s finish on a French Touch –I am referring here to the catch-all term for the French techno, house and electronic music style that started to be noticed in the late 90s. The people behind our next group, Teenage Bad Girl, grew up in Paris listening to groups from the French Touch, such as Air, Daft Punk, and Bob Sinclar. Since the release of their first album, "Cocotte", in March 2007, Teenage Bad Girl has been hitting the clubs and festivals from Europe to Japan. We'll have a sample right now with the video clip "Egg cetera".
One more time, it’s been great to share with you some new French Sounds, and I hope you have enjoyed it and may be danced a little.
