Acclaimed Music Forums

Romain

Best songs this year: 01. Arthur H - La Vie 02. The Go! Team - Whammy-O 03. Jessie Ware - Shake The Bottle 04. The Hives - Rigor Mortis Radio 05. The Go! Team - Look Away, Look Away 06. Janelle Monáe - Champagne Shit 07. Portugal. The Man - Doubt 08. Sigur Rós - Klettur 09. Gaz Coombes - Long Live T...

Romain

Blaubird - L'ombre de mon amant - 2022 Blaubird.com « What’s in a Bird? » wondered the French singer, Bashung… In BlauBird, there a deep voice that used to sing Mahler, Dowland or Schubert for many years. Now, she is singing songs of her strangeness, her thoughts and her emotions. In French, Englis...

Romain

My top this year : 01. Arthur H - La Vie (the most moving album since Bowie's Black Star for me) 02. The Hives - The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons 03. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 04. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two (how this album doesn't appear more often, when we're in the mood for poptimism, ...

Romain

Janie - Mon idole - 2021 Chanson, Pop Janie, alias Julie Fournier, was born in Tours into a family of music lovers, where everyone played a musical instrument. Her parents played in a variety orchestra and often took her to popular balls. The young girl grew up listening to the songs of the icons o...

Romain

Thanks DAn for your list. I'm OK with you for some of your songs. Jessis Ware have some stunnings songs. But for me, for the moment, I have one song that has overwhelmed me emotionally, and which I would put at the top of the list of songs of the year, and that would be : Arthur H - La vie. https://...

Romain

Liz Brady - Le Palladium - 1966 Pop, Yéyé Wikipédia (DeepL translate) Liz Brady is the artist name of Raymonde Fleurat, born in Cairo to a French father and a Greek mother. She began singing at an early age, becoming a soloist in choirs. Liz Brady became a top rock 'n' roll dancer, taking part in i...

Romain

Aimé Barelli - Bonjour amour - 1946 - Jazz Big band Wikipédia: Aimé Barelli was a French jazz conductor, composer, singer and trumpet player. He was born on 1 May 1917 in Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) and died on 13 July 1995 in Monaco. Aimé Barelli began his career as a trumpet player at the age of ...

Romain

Le Prince Miiaou - Frénésies horizontales - 2007 Indie rock, art pop, chamber pop Album: Nécessité microscopique (RYM: 3,44/5) Prince Miiaou, real name Maud-Élisa Mandeau, born June 19, 1984, is a French singer-songwriter who arranges and produces her music. She sings in English and French. Le Prin...

Romain

Feldup - Stared At From a Distance - 2023 Album: Stared At from a Distance (RYM: 3,75/5) Wikitubia: Félix Dupuis better known online as Feldup, is a French YouTuber who does videos about horror, music and ARGs (Alternate Reality Game). He's mostly known for his series of videos called Findings wher...

Romain

Forguette Mi Note - Procrastination - 1994 Rock alternatif Album: Cruciforme (RYM: 3,27/5) Wikipédia: Forguette Mi Note is a French alternative rock band from Tours. The band was mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. Forguette Mi Note was founded in Tours in 1987. Musicians who made up the group in...

Romain

Félix Leclerc - Le p'tit bonheur - 1951 Québécois, chanson Wikipédia: Félix Leclerc, OC GOQ (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968.[2] Leclerc...

Romain

Michel Redolfi - Crysallis - 1992 - Classical choreographic and underwater music for digital audio support, aerial and underwater devices Wikipédia: Michel Redolfi (born 8 December 1951 in Marseille, France) is a contemporary French composer. After studying classical music, Michel Redolfi specialis...

Romain

Dominique Grange - N'effacez pas nos traces ! - 2008 Chanson, Jazz, Tango, anarchism Album: 1968-2008... N'effacez pas nos traces ! Wikipédia: Dominique Grange, born on 1 January 1940 in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie), is a French singer-songwriter and political activist. Her active participation in the ev...

Romain

Christophe Willem - Jacques à dit - 2007 Pop, Synthpop, Dance-Pop, Chamber Pop Album: Inventaire (RYM: 2,42/5) Wikipédia: Christophe Frédéric Durier (French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf fʁedeʁik dyʁje]; born 3 August 1983), better known by his stage name Christophe Willem (French: [kʁistɔf wilɛm]), is a...

Romain

Stop - Baston - 1980
Rock

Album: Muzik Trait d'union

Michel Dauzet (Guit, Chant) – Daniel Roux (Basse, Chant) – Robert Calfati (Batterie)

Romain

Mahy - ‎Antilles méchant bateau - 1960 “’Antilles’ Méchant Bateau”, a low-tempo number with a bolero feel, indeed a pure case of the blues, and a terrific saxophone solo. in which beguine regains its original colors, in the darkness of the gwo ka drums. This 45 by André Mahy, released under the Aux...

Romain

Ferry Barendse - Rock and Roll Mops - 1958 "A jazz trumpeter of Dutch origin, he made his debut in the 40s with the Ramblers orchestra, at the same time as another musician who would become famous, harmonica player Jean "Toots" Thielemans. He was also director of the R.T.B.F. Jazz Or...

Romain

Les Gottamou - Le monkiss de la police - 1966 Beat music Wikipédia: Ninno Ferrer https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Ferrer "The same year, he appeared as bassist on two confidential records by the Gottamou (Bernard Estardy, Nino Ferrer, Richard Hertel), this trio being in fact the one that had...

Romain

Jean-Pierre Como - Noces de papillon - 2006 - Jazz Jazz Album: L'âme soeur Wikipédia: Jean-Pierre Como, born in Paris in 1963, is a French jazz pianist and composer. He is the founding keyboardist of the jazz-rock group Sixun. Born into an Italian family, Jean-Pierre Como showed a keen interest in ...

Romain

Papy - Toi le shazam - 1967 Psychedelic rock François Papy, no info ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOuntFsNTWI Il est venu nous éclairer Et tous ses fils l'ont écouté Il parlait d'un monde meilleur De la liberté et de fleurs Nous te donnons nos cœurs, nos âmes Toi le shazam, toi le shazam Il d...

Romain

Jena Lee - J'aimerais tellement - 2009 Pop, Teen Pop, Pop Rock Album: Vous remercier (RYM: 1,14/5) Wikipédia: Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer. Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was ad...

Romain

Isolde Lasoen - Douce mélancolie - 2023 Belgian, Baroque Pop, Pop Album: Oh Dear! (RYM: 3,62/5) Wikipédia: Isolde Lasoen (born 31 December 1979 in Bruges) is a Belgian (Flemish) drummer and singer. Biography At the age of four, Lasoen started with the fanfare orchestra Nut en Vermaak in Maldegem. A...

Romain

Armand Mestral - O' Cangaceiro - 1955 Wikipédia: Armand Mestral, born Armand Serge Zelikson on 25 November 1917 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and died on 17 September 2000 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, was a French actor, singer and painter. Armand Mestral was born to a Russian sculptor...

Romain

Tago Mago - Traversée sauvage - 2023 Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock Album: Traversée sauvage (RYM: 3,26/5) Bandcamps: Tago Mago (drums, keyboards and vocals) plays music that has its roots in psychedelic rock and prog jazz (the Soft Machine school), blending energetic cavalcades, improvisationa...

Romain

Always on the top of the mountain Honorio! You are our sherpa!

Romain

Lilicub - Voyage en Italie - 1994 Pop, synthpop Album: Lilicub (RYM: 2,73/5) Wikipédia: Lilicub is a French band that was founded in 1992, mainly known for its 1996 hit "Voyage en Italie". The group was originally a trio composed of Catherine Dirand, Benoît Carré (actress Isabelle Carré's...

Romain

Manuel Rocheman - White Keys - 1991 - Jazz Album: White Keys Wikipédia: Manuel Rocheman, born in Paris on 23 July 1964, is a jazz pianist. The son of actor and writer Lionel Rocheman, Manuel Rocheman grew up in a family of musicians. He began studying classical piano at the age of 6. His baby-sitte...

Romain

Tout simplement noir - J'suis "F" - 1995 Hip-Hop, G-Funk Album: Dans Paris nocturne (RYM: 3,25/5) Wikipédia: Tout simplement noir is a French hip-hop group from the Paris suburbs. According to Brain Magazine, the group "didn't achieve the same level of fame as Suprême NTM, MC Solaar ...

Romain

Attentat Rock - Le gang des saigneurs - 1984 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock Album: Le gang des saigneurs (RYM: 3,47/5) Wikipédia: Attentat Rock is a traditional French heavy metal band from Avignon in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. They renamed themselves Pink Rose in 1986. The band split up in 198...

Romain

Thanks Holden and DaveC. Remarquable work.
I'll be watching and savouring the results.

Romain

Mdou Moctar - Ilana: The Creator

Thanks Honorio. Great year again.

Romain

Lili Drop - Sur ma mob - 1980 New Wave, Pop Rock, Art Punk Wikipédia: Lili Drop was formed in 1978 by Olivier Caudron (Olive), who, not long before, had accompanied the birth of Téléphone with Jean-Louis Aubert, with whom he went on a trip to the United States, and to whom he later inspired the son...

Romain

Sheryfa Luna - Il avait les mots - 2007 Pop, R&B Album: Sheryfa Luna (RYM: 1,80/5) Wikipédia: Sheryfa Luna (born Chérifa Babouche; 25 January 1989) is a French R&B singer born to an Algerian-Kabyle father and a French mother. She won the fourth series of the French edition of popular Popsta...

Romain

josephDanial

Romain

Franz Auffray - Son of Popcorn the First (The Original) - 1969
Psychedelic Rock, Funk Rock

Album: The Original PopCorn (RYM: 3,30/5)

Romain

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:39 pm Monumental thread!

Thank you

It's always a pleasure to see some forumers here.

Romain

Alphatra - La fuite - 2015 Alternative Rock, Punk Rock ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq3liJlgFV0 C’est étonnant, délirant Ce qu’abrite le ciel Sous un épais nuage brûlant Le monde se réveille Nous vivons ensemble dans la brume pensant un jour être immortel Ainsi va la vie maintenant Etouffante...

Romain

Patrick Vian - R & B Degenerit! - 1976 Progressive electronic, avant-prog Album: Bruits et temps analogues (RYM: 3,34/5) Wikipédia: Patrick Alain Vian (12 April 1942 – 24 February 2023) was a French musician. He played progressive rock music in the late 1960s with the band Red Noise, which reco...

Romain

Camille Pépin - Inlandsis- 2023 - Classical Born in 1990, Camille Pepin is one of the most successful rising young composers of her generation. At the crossroads of French impressionism and the American repetitive music, her distinctive sound-world finds its inspiration in nature or painting. Her a...

Romain

Francis Bebey - Sanza tristesse - 1983 Central African Music, Bikutsi, psychedelic Francis Bebey (French: [bəbɛ], 15 July 1929 in Douala, Cameroon – 28 May 2001 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian musicologist, writer, composer, and broadcaster. Francis Bebey was born in Douala, Cameroon, on 15 Jul...

Romain

Emmanuel Booz - Donne - 1974 Progressive rock, Avant-Prog, Symphonic Prog, Art Rock Album: Le jour où les vaches... (RYM: 3,44/5) Wikipédia (DeepL translate) Emmanuel Booz is a French singer, songwriter, actor and screenwriter born in 1943. An atypical, marginal figure, he was one of the first Pari...

Romain

M.B.T. Soul - The Chase - 1977 Disco Behind M.B.T. Soul is Yan Tregger (real name Edouard Scotto Di Suoccio). Tregger is a jack-of-all-trades who has worked on a number of sound illustration discs (for radio, TV, etc.). But he's also involved in a number of one-off funk, soul, jazz and disco projec...

Romain

Rodolphe Burger - Rattlesnake - 2007 Experimental Rock, Chanson Album: No Sport (RYM: 3,80/5) Wikipédia: Rodolphe Burger, born on 26 November 1957 in Colmar, is a French composer, guitarist and singer. Founder of the group Kat Onoma (1981 under the name Dernière Bande, then 1986-2004 under the name...

Romain

Esther Galil - Le jour se lève - 1971 Album: Ma liberté (RYM: 4,14/5) Esther Galil (Hebrew: אסתר גליל), or in her early days Jackie Galil, is a Franco-Israeli singer-songwriter born in Safi, Morocco, on 28 May 1945. She is best known for her 1971 hit Le jour se lève, which topped the singles charts...

Romain

Juniore - Panique - 2017 Pop, Psychedelic Pop Album : Ouh là là (RYM: 3,32/5) Wikipédia: Juniore is a French indie pop band formed in Paris in 2013. The group is led by singer/songwriter Anna Jean, daughter of 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature J.M.G. Le Clézio. The band's musical style is influenced b...

Romain

1. Cat Power - Moon Pix (1998)
2. Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique (1991)

Romain

Match-ups:
1. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (1975)
2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987)
3. Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché (2008)
4. Zbigniew Preisner - La double vie de Véronique (1991)

Romain

1. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares 6-6

So we have a tie again!! "Treats" vs. "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares." Next vote from someone who has not already voted for this match-up win.

Thanks Honorio.

Romain

DaveC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:54 am
Romain wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:04 am
62. David Bowie - Blackstar

152. David Bowie - Black Star

Duplicates je pence.

yes, I moved the album way up in my list this time and forgot to delete its original position. I'll correct it in the original post.

Romain

Et c'est parti mon kiki ! 1. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson 2. Prince - Sign 'O' the Times 3. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 4. Lou Reed - Berlin 5. Radiohead - OK Computer 6. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan 7. Les Rita Mitsouko - Th...

Search found 5447 matches