Three singing priests have reached paradise by chasing popular singer Cristophe Mae from it’s No. 1 position in the French Album Top 50. The album Spiritus Dei of ‘Les prêtres‘ (The Priests), a trio formed by two priests and a seminarian from the diocese of Gap (South of France), was released in late March and has…
I am currently listening to Cinematic Orchestra’s new CD, Man With a Movie Camera. A great title for a great album. Cinematic Orchestra is jazz with a 21st century flavour.
In December 2001 I bought a cd solely on the basis of the name of the artist: Bonobo (a.k.a. Simon Green from Brighton), my favourite animal. The CD was called Animal Magic, and proved out to be a little gem. This week Ninja Tune released Bonobo’s second album Dial M For Monkey. This one is…
By listening to the radio (in this case Radio FIP, a curious eclectic continuos mix of classic, jazz and lounge), you sometimes discover music you might otherwise not hear. That’s how I discovered Keren Ann, an originally Dutch (!) girl that took the wise decision to move to Paris. And after hearing only one song,…
Almost 25 years after his death, Elvis has a worldwide number one hit again. A Little Less Conversation first appeared in one of Elvis’ movies, Live A Little, Love A Little, in the 1960s and was a B-side to Almost in Love in 1971. Actually it is a remix by Dutch DJ Junkie XL, who…
Although it is a shame that the ubiquitous politically correct Bono participated on this beautiful concept album, As If To Nothing is definitely an interesting record. Craig Armstrong is loved by filmmakers for his dramatic and rich music (Massive Attack; Baz Luhrman and others).
The guys from Telepopmusik have listened carefully to Grandmaster Flash, Kruder and Dorfmeister and DJ Shadow. Genetic World as their album is called, goes from hip hop to soft and dreamy, which is not quite coherent, but nevertheless agréable. At least it makes one of the most interesting elektronik disks of the last few months….
