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One of France's most acclaimed young artists and composers Emilie Simon performed at the prestigious Salle Pleyel in Paris, France on April 29th. After playing several fan favorites from her previous releases, Emilie premiered tracks from her upcoming album, Franky Knight . Stream the stunning performance (video link below). Franky Knight , which is being released in the U.S. on August 14, 2012, is an intensely emotional album that maintains a sense of both melancholy and joy. Renowned for her inventive production skills and use of electronic software in [...]
Lily Yellow , de son vrai nom Nina Gutknecht , est une chanteuse bernoise de 27 ans qui, d’après sa bio anglaise s’est fait connaître avec Grundi, un groupe Soul que sa bio décrit comme un « stage monster »… Dans le podcast, ayant été incapable d'en trouver la moindre trace, j'ironise sur le fait que le monstre est probablement du même type que le Big Foot ou le monstre du Loch Ness. Un groupe légendaire, mais dont l'existence n'est pas prouvée. Mais, retournement de situation, après une nouvelle lecture de la biographie, cette fois en Allemand, il s'avère [...]
French songstress and electronic music composer Emilie Simon has just released her latest US EP titled "The Cycle." Although I haven't listened to Simon's music to a great extent in the past, one of the song's remixes managed to capture my attention the other day. Composed by Midnight Sun, the remix/production guise of Andrew Raposo and Morgan Wiley of Midnight Magic/Jessica 6, and Ultramars (Emilie’s alter ego), this edit features an assortment of tropical and retro instrumentation that's surprisingly reminiscent of artists such as the Magician and Aeroplane. Completely caught off guard by the quality of this remix, I would [...]
Emilie Simon : The Cycle ( Midnight Sun Remix) - Stream Magic Sun (alias Andrew Raposo et Morgan Wiley que l’on retrouve dans Midnight Magic , Jessica 6 et Hercules & Love Affair ) offre un des tonalités disco-rétro à The Cycle de la frenchy Emilie Simon . Parfait! Magic Sun (Andrew Raposo and Morgan Wiley from [...]

It's been quite a busy year for French songstress Émilie Simon . Back in April, the now New-York-based chanteuse finally dropped her most recent album "The Big Machine" in the US after nearly two years of its original release. The album saw her leaving behind trip-hop soundscapes to explore '80s electro-pop, and spawned two fantastic singles/visuals, namely "Dreamland" and "Rainbow" . The project goes on as she just released a new US EP, "The Cycle" , featuring the album cut & new remixes. The [...]

COVER ME! #6 » Seleção especial de covers Emilie Simon resgatando “I Wanna Be Your Dog” , clássica do Stooges , Hot Chip revisitando Joy Division , The Horrors surpreendendo com um cover de “Suffragette City” , do Bowie … Tem ainda versão de Ellie Goulding para “Only Girl” , da Rihanna , Robyn com “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” , do Coldplay , e muito mais! [...]

Cette semaine, après plusieurs artistes un peu sombres, la musique que je vous propose est plus douce et plus épurée. L’artiste de ce soir nous vient de Berne et s’appelle Nadja Stoller. Nadja Stoller, ce n’est pas exactement une débutante. Avec différents projets, cela fait déjà de longues années qu’on peut l’entendre sur la scène musicale suisse. Elle nous a proposé du jazz avec le Nadja Stoller Trio ou un son plus pop ou chanson avec le groupe Lumi , qui partait déjà parfois dans des sonorités [...]

After teaming up with New Order 's Peter Hook for Becoming the Wraith , autoKratz continue to show their affection for the Mancunian legends by covering their hit single Temptation , while Peter Gabriel delivers an epic cover of Arcade Fire 's My Body Is A Cage . Mike Posner adds more beeps and blips to Coldplay 's The Scientist , and Paradise Lost go gothic for Everything But The Girl 's Missing . Enjoy! autoKratz - Temptation [...]

Playing the piano since the age of 5, worshipping Haendel and Chopin and finally covering The Pixies and 50 Cent: Meet Lise . The young singer/player just released an album (posted a track from her EP earlier) that was recorded in America and features a few English songs. The atmosphere, the emphasis on the piano, her breathy voice and her Franglais makes it easy to compare her to Emilie Simon - Lise takes that as a compliment. Well, we all know what happened to Simon ( ahem ), and though the English songs sound kooky in a cool way, [...]

Emilie Simon - Smalltown Boy

Just a few weeks back , we shared some unique and beautiful music from French songstress, Émilie Simon . We've brought her back today, firstly because The Big Machine is a heck of a record, and probably something that's going to evade your ears if you stick to traditional outlets. Secondly, Ms. Simon absolutely charmed us with her sparse piano-driven take on one of those songs that made the 80s so great and so confusing, Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy . MP3 : [...]
Emilie Simon The Big Machine (Le Plan; April 26, 2011) “Smalltown Boy” (Bronski Beat Cover) MP3 Premiered On FILTER Today! “inventive” – The New Yorker “A riveting album by a truly magnificent eccentric, her live show… is also strongly recommended for a full dose of her brilliant outlandishness.” – Blackbook “… songwriter with a demure crackly voice whose music is rooted in Björk-esque notions of how technology and nature stream together.” – SPIN “… an electro-pop singer with a thump, purr, and sizzle.” – Interview Emilie [...]

Unless March of the Penguins is one of your all-time favorite films, it's probable that you're not familiar with Émilie Simon , the French artist who handled the scoring. One of that country's most renowned artists, Simon has recently released The Big Machine the first record in which she sings entirely in English. Relocating to Brooklyn to write and record the album, The Big Machine finds Simon collaborating with a number of talents friends, [...]
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ARTIST: The SWAG Report 53 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Screaming Females, They Might Be Giants, Sloan, The Oh Sees, Kate Maki, Drive A, Giant Sand and more! So much more! DATE: 04-27-11 WRITER: Don Loder Awright youse, We're gonna have lotsa funnis week but, first, we gotta bow're heads fer a minit. One of our own checked out'is week, an' we need ta have a moment o' silence fer Poly Styrene, who useta be da singa fer X-Ray Spex, but [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Big Pauper : "Big Sick" [mp3] from Beyond My Means search for more Big Pauper posts at Largehearted Boy By Surprise : "Realometer" [mp3] from [...]

Émilie Simon Émilie Simon released her newest album, The Big Machine , today. On it is the track “Ballad Of The Big Machine” which you can download below. Émilie Simon - “Ballad Of The Big Machine” The album is the first album she recorded entirely in English. Guests on the album includeKelly Pratt and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire) as well as Jon Natchez (Beirut), Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Brazilian Girls) and acclaimed British fiction writer Graham Joyce.
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Federico Aubele, Baby Teardrops, Capsule, the Goldberg Sisters, Gypsyblood, Helvetia, Holy Ghost!, Joan As Police Woman, Jonny, Lil Daggers, Low, Meat Puppets, Moonlight Towers, Agnes Obel, Panda Bear, Ponytail, Quintron, Rebirth Brass Band, Roommate, Émilie Simon, Thursday, TV On The Radio and Vivian Girls. [...]
Émilie Simon The Big Machine (Le Plan, April 26; vinyl April 16) Rainbow EP Released Today, The Big Machine, Out April 26 “ Rainbow ” (Remix Émilie) MP3 Premiered On URB! “inventive” – The New Yorker “… songwriter with a demure crackly voice whose music is rooted in Björk-esque notions of how technology and nature stream together.” – SPIN “… an electro-pop singer with a thump, purr, and sizzle.” – Interview "Upbeat stomping epics that build and build" [...]