What would happen if Edith Piaf, Regina Spector and Feist were somehow part of the same musical brain? That morphed deity would sound an awful lot like Coeur De Pirate. The non de plume of Quebec s 18 year old Beatrice Martin has released a near perfect ...

Voyez ce qui arrive lorsqu'un des mecs du Matos remixe celle dont on entend/lit le nom à peu près 20 fois par jour lorsqu'on habite Montreal. Un peu cheeze mais bon, ca reste tout de même de l'excellent dancefloor-cheeze. Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants (Le Matos Andy Carmichael Remix) ( mp3 ) Coeur de Pirate Myspace Matos Myspace

Six more weeks of winter for us. Alright, no more Katy Perry for a while. But you know what? I bet after you heard those tracks you loved it and you were like "FUCK SUNDTRAK!" Ya, put on that tough front, I know you're listening to Katy Perry right now. First track today is the Le Matos remix of Coeur De Pirate , as Canadian as you can get, both are out of Montreal. Listen to the original and you'll be quite a bit more amazed at what Le [...]

Been following Béatrice Martin since she was a member of Bonjour Brumaire, but it was her solo project Coeur de Pirate that hooked me in. She's been playing the piano since 3 and writing since '07. I can't get enough of her voice and her songs are just as good. Comme des Enfants is one of the standouts from her debut album, Coeur de Pirate. Coeur de Pirate - Comme des Enfants

I though now would be a good chance to give my predictions as to who to look out for in 2009. The acts / producers / remixers / bands - whatever, who opened our eyes towards the end of last year and are continuing to do great things. Coeur de Pirate released her first record, Le disque de Coeur de Pirate in September 2008. I think this will be another Black Kids story... As soon as a song is touched and remixed it will explode. Just like what The Twelves [...]

I though now would be a good chance to give my predictions as to who to look out for in 2009. The acts / producers / remixers / bands - whatever, who opened our eyes towards the end of last year and are continuing to do great things. Coeur de Pirate released her first record, Le disque de Coeur de Pirate in September 2008. I think this will be another Black Kids story... As soon as a song is touched and remixed it will explode. Just like what The Twelves [...]

Chaque semaine, le Grand Journal, la très bonne émission de Canal +, change la musique de son générique. Ils choisissent souvent des chansons « hype », efficaces et sympathiques. Alors on va essayer de prévoir le futur en proposant ces deux chansons tout à fait dans leur cadre. En 2009, le tarif, c'est toujours deux nouvelles idées un lundi toutes les deux semaines ! Aujourd'hui , on va groover sur deux groupes qui me semblent bien prometteurs pour un avenir funky. [...]

Coeur de Pirate on the dancefloor? Why not? Ofcourse, you need Canadian bleepgeeks Le Matos to add some serious bass, synths and fx, but then you have a track that matches that great Keenhouse-remix of Division Kent, or the Benjamin Diamond-rebuild of Elodie Frégé. Anyhoo, turn on that mirrorball, move away the furniture and D.A.N.C.E. See original version HERE . Coeur de Pirate - Comme des Enfants (Le Matos remix)

So, is it just me or is it a work of chance that it's getting harder to find music blogs? Is it perhaps something else lurking in behind te curtains? Is it perhaps the massive egos of big media companies showing it's ugly face? Well, i don't know, but if I ran a blog on blogspot or some other google related site, I'd most definetley move it somewhere else very rapidly. It's all about choice and I say, let's be careful of our choices while we still have them. A quick look at the inbox shows that there's [...]

Que dire, manque d'envie, manque de motivation, manque de banane, manque de supers sons? C'est surement le blues post-neige... Le seul truc qui m'ait un tant soit peu fait vibrer cette semaine, c'est bien le nouvel album des Birdy Nam Nam . Vraiment cool ce Manual for a Successful Rioting . Voila deux tracks auxquelles j'ai accroché, et qui pour moi représentent un peu le ying et le yang. La guerre et la paix. Le bruit et la mélodie. 2 Tracks taken from Birdy Nam Nam 's new album, pretty cool! [...]

Une ribambelle de groupes qui chamboule, on a été gâté cette année, je ne reviendrai pas sur mgmt, santogold, vampire weekend, fleet foxes, tellier etc... le plaisir est là... Je vous dévoile mon palmarès hors des sentiers battus, à vous de les mettre dans l'ordre. noah & the whale /peaceful, the world lays me down/ give a little love 2 atoms in a molecule coeur de pirate /coeur de pirate/ printemps francis coming soon /new grids/ [...]

This year is going to it's end, so let's look back at the year we had. 2008 was a year full of great debutalbums and EP's from young (female) singer-songwriters, but also had some awesome follow-ups. As always it was very hard to come up with this list of only 25 albums, but after some intense thinking and searching sessions, this, more or less, gotta be it! I also decided to make a little favorite-EP-year-list, since I've been listening to quite some of those as well. Enjoy! [...]

Quoi? Encore un top 2008? Eh, inutile de nier, vous adorez ça, mon compteur de stats est là pour le prouver . Et puis comme les filles n'occupaient pas une place très importante dans mon top albums, j'ai pensé qu'elles méritaient d'avoir leur top à elles, parce qu'il y a quand même eu de très beaux albums féminins cette année. Voici donc selon moi les 10 meilleurs albums féminins de l'année (vous noterez que, pour changer, je n'ai pas mis les pochettes mais les photos des artistes...): [...]

COEUR DE PIRATE Fransız Kanadası'ndan bir kızcağız, Beatrice Martin , piyano eşliğinde anlamadığım manalardaki şarkılarından oluşturduğu debut albümünü çıkarmış. Bunu 18 yaşında olmasına bağlıyorum, 5. albümünü çıkaracak hali yok. Projenin, albümün ve şarkının adını birbirine karıştırmamak için vermicem. Kızınkinden de emin olduğum söylenemez. Comme Des Enfants

Je vous emmène très souvent vous balader en Angleterre, aux USA, en Suède ou même au Danemark lors de nos virées musicales du dimanche, mais jamais au Canada pour l'instant. Nous allons rattrapper le temps perdu dès aujourd'hui. Premier arrêt à Montréal, rencontrer la délicate Coeur De Pirate. Coeur De Pirate, c'est Béatrice Martin, une petite demoiselle agée de 18 ans qui nous entraîne dans le tourbillon folk romantique des 12 titres de son premier album. Les médias canadiens sont [...]
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[ DAY 4/5 ] Fin de partie pour la série "FRENCH POP"... ## COEUR DE PIRATE ## Québec - Ca triche un peu donc ce sera plutôt "almost French pop"... car la demoiselle (Béatrice Martin) qui se cache derrière "Coeur de Pirate" n'est pas une enfant de l'Héxagone... mais de Montréal-Québec. Peu importe... les ritournelles - en français dans le texte, en anglais dans le "phrasé" - sont de vrais petits "Guilty Pleasures", des sucreries dont la Toile [...]

french acoustic // indie pop The debut album of an 18 years old Quebec-based musician Béatrice Martin delivers a collection of colourful and charming piano-driven pop songs. As the album ranges from melancholic notes to the playful tones, the standout track "Comme Des Enfants" carries sincere joyfulness, sweet vocals, whimsical piano, organ and string arrangements. Equally enjoyable "C'était Salement Romantique" offers lovely organic nuances and a delicate instrumentation of the finest kind. From subtle innocence to mature melodies. Coeur De Pirate - Comme Des [...]

Le sommeil est difficile à trouver...quelques décontractants pour adoucir tout ce palto. mathieu boogaerts -fais gaffe- coeur de pirate -berceuse- the sleepy jackson -good dancers- keren ann -lay your heat down- tunng -bricks-

Ah, on parle de moi là? Si vous m'aviez dit il y a peu que je tomberais sous le charme d'une québécoise francophone, je vous aurais sans doute ri au nez (non mais on a rien demandé nous, qu'ils se les gardent leurs crieuses chanteuses!). Et pourtant sous le joli nom de Coeur de Pirate se cache Béatrice Martin, une jeune montréalaise de 18 ans qui débarque avec un premier album éponyme, où elle signe paroles (en français) et musique. Et si ça marche aussi bien tout de [...]

Beatrice Martin is the heart and voice of Coeur de Pirate . The 18 year old artist she crafts lush piano numbers and is undeniably sexy in the way that only blonde, "Bardot-looking" girls singing in French can be. I do admit that I'm unable to fully grasp what is being sung. I don't give much mind to the fact I don't understand all the words Coeur de Pirate sings. It's not so much of the words that move with these songs, but the grandeur, the [...]