So Frenchy So Chic is released once a year. It has become a ‘French rendez vous’ for the Australian community. It reached #9 in the ARIA Chart, making it the first French-speaking album to reach such rank. It showcases the latest music from France across an eclectic range of genres.
It is the unofficial soundtrack to the French Film Festival who gathers each year over 80,000 Francophiles nationally. (Number 1 Foreign Film Festival in Australia).
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Disc 1:
1. M - Belleville Rendez-Vous
2. Revolver - Get around town
3. Carmen Maria Vega - En attendant
4. Java - On
5. Amandine Bourgeois - L'homme de la situation
6. Phoebe Killdeer - Looking for a man
7. Mickey 3D - Yula (Ma fiancée galactique)
8. Marina - Tout me revient
9. F.M. Certain people
10. Smooth - Music (feat. Amélie)
11. Lilicub - La belle vie
12. Coeur de pirate - Comme des enfants
13. Charlotte etc. - Label société
14. Emilie Simon - Rocket to the moon
15. Doriand - Tombé pour la France
16. Rose - Yes we did
17. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM |
Disc 2:
1. Julien Baer - Le la
2. M - Le roi des ombres
3. Nouvelle vague - Under the flag
4. Emmanuelle Seigner - Le jour parfait
5. Ridan - Passe à ton voisin
6. Charlie - Le sapin
7. Babylon Circus - Le fils caché du pape
8. Rachid Taha - Bonjour
9. CongopunQ - Candy Goddess
10. Vanessa Paradis - Dès que j'te vois
11. Sophie Hunger - Round and round
12. Ariane Moffatt - Je veux tout
13. Jean Corti and Lola Lafon - Gottingen
14. Hindi Zahra - Beautiful tango
15. Claire Denamur - Le prince charmant
16. Alys - Sam Brook
17. Djeuhdjoah and lieutenant Nicholson - Cool l'étang |
You’ll be diving into 34 gems on two discs which bubble and fizz like champagne knowing that they have been sourced to delight.
Like the thrill of a treasure hunt, you’ll hear everything from a trippy electro track called IRM by chanteuse and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg (daughter to French god Serge) and the big and brassy Broadwayesque-inspired Rocket to the Moon by Emilie Simon to delightful francophones from the other side of the Atlantic.
Contrast that with outspoken urban poet Ridan and post-punkArab wildman Rachid Taha – artists known for their indictments of racism in France – this time offering up a pair of hopeful songs. Old faves Nouvelle Vague show off an unreleased cover of Fad Gadget’s Under the Flag and you’ll even be surprised by a few songs in English.
If you think chanson and the circus could not possibly go together, skip to
Le Fils Cache du Pape by Babylon Circus.
