Hmmm. It would appear we have exceeded the bandwidth limit on at least one of our file hosting spaces again - that's at least 3 months in a row! I'm looking into alternative hosting spaces, but in the meantime it might be nice if some of you lovely people who enjoy downloading the mp3 files could find the time to leave a comment. Just a few words would do, so I don't feel quite so much like I'm simply whispering into the void. Love and Electronics Dom ps You should all [...]
Come to L'Amour Electronique this Saturday! ps I heard this for the first time on the wireless the other day and now I am a smitten kitten. Takako Minekawa's Fantastic Cat = Japanese electro-pop JOY!
You know that woman wailing operatically on the theme tune to Star Trek ? Well it is not a woman. It is the Ondes Martenot . Yes, more homework: This time it's 6Music's 4-part history of Electronic Music The Great Bleep Forward (2004) [...]
Another bit of prep-work for L'Amour Electronique this weekend: Last Friday night BBC4 showed Synth Britannia SYNOPSIS "Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Voltaire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain. [...]
We were joined by guest DJ Nick Hills (with a silent H) and his trusty box of seven-inch disques des années Sixties. Verity was busy finishing her PhD, and so there were just three. Here's the setlist, with our picks of the night, including TWO Kinks cover versions - one in French and one on Synths: Sarah Devo – Patterns David Bowie – Fashion Roxy Music – The Thrill of it All Les Roche Martin – Les [...]
In preparation for this weeks L'Amour Electronique, you should all be listening to La Chanson de Serge: The Serge Gainsbourg Story which was aired on BBC Radio 2 last Wednesday. It will be on the iPlayer until 20th October (so there's a few days if you missed the first broadcast). Malcolm Mclaren is your guide, and thankfully he leaves the self-aggrandisation for the last 15 minutes, where he assimilates various personal exploits/happenings-he's-taken -claim-for into the last few years of Serge's life (though on the whole I have to say I [...]
In homage to Brigitte Bardot who celebrated her 75th birthday last Monday, we bring you l'histoire de BONNIE AND CLYDE . The year was 1967, Serge Gainsbourg had landed the job of writing and directing a few musical numbers for Le Bardot Show . A working relationship very quickly developed into a series of steamy romantic liaisons, much to the chagrin of every other Frenchman opening his copy of France Soir to see paprazzi snaps of their divine B.B. arm-in-arm with her frog prince, whom [...]
*****************Incoming cat news******************** ****************************** ************************ Our very good friends Katsen released their debut album "It Hertz!" this week on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation - 12 tracks of sleek and bouncy electro-pop and nascent 8-bit hits. Regular visitors to our L'Amour Electronique night will almost certainly have heard us play Katsen over the past few months, and followers of Miss Pain will know them for their purr-fectly formed, C64-driven re-make of Kiss Cuddle Torture . Here's their charming video for my favourite: Let's [...]
Bon Anniversaire Brigitte Bardot : 75 today. 28 September 1934: God created Bardot Serge penned this tribute to BB at the height of their steamy affair:
It seems we've gone over our bandwidth allowance again this month - apologies for that -everything should resume as normal on 1st October (If it happens again, I'll looking into an alternative space for hosting the mp3 files). Last month's setlist is below, including one mp3 selected by each DJ for your listening pleasure. See you Saturday... Dominic Amadou & Mariam – Sabali Jiji – La Fusée Michel Polnareff – Voyages Marie Laforêt (avec Gérard Klein) – Le Vin de L'été Human [...]
Salut! Sorry the number of posts has fallen a bit on the wayside of late. Things are a little hectic and fraught and there's too much going on to sit down and do the necessary. There is, however, another L'Amour Electronique to keep things swinging. This Saturday 26 September 9pm - 3am at The West Hill pub , 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3PQ 6 hours of the finest and strangest of synthesized sounds, electronic music and French pop. Sarah and I will be joined by our good friend [...]
There's been a big hoo-har this week about the new Beatles box-set – They've cleaned up all the albums and taken out all the extraneous sounds and pops and clicks and bum notes (i.e. everything that gave the songs character and charm). The back catalogue is now sterilised and polished and made far too shiny and new for the digital generation. In about 10 years time they will probably add noise and vinyl hiss to all the master tapes so that they can re-package them again and sell them to everyone who already has them, claiming that they [...]
Look to the south-east, somewhere in the twilight sky, and you will see Jupiter , the brightest star in the night sky. Jupiter : king of the planets, a vast and violent world of swirling hydrogen and helium gases. Jupiter: home of Fred, "the marvellous Kosmonaut". Gazing through my telescope late last night, I thought I saw a small object breaking free from Jupiter's torrid, stormy atmosphere... It was 1981 when Fred first visited our planet Earth. A gang of kinder -popettes saw him land and welcomed him. He couldn't [...]
It seems so long ago now, but here's what we played last month (can you spot the space-themed songs?) – one abiding memory: a guy came up and requested Sarah play a Miss Pain song. Presumably he new… The next L'Amour Electronique is this Saturday, so come and treat your ears to a late night cocktail of French Bubblegum Pop, Synthesized Sounds and Electronic Music: from Serge Gainsbourg to Stereo Total, The Human League to The Knife, via yé-yé girls, early-electronic pioneers and glacial synth-pop classics. [see info in the right column, or the flyer at the [...]
Our apologies, it seems we've been ultra-popular this month and have exceeded the bandwidth our webhosts allow us for mp3 storage. This means if you click on any of the mp3 links you will get an ERROR BANDWIDTH EXCEEDED message, instead of some sweet musique. Please bear with us, and hopefully everything will be back to normal in the next couple of days. love and electronics xxx
Earlier this week NASA celebrated the 40th anniversary of putting some good wholesome American men on the moon. It was one giant leap for mankind, and one great big Nerr-Nerrr-Ner-Nerrrr-Nurrrrr to the Russians who had, until now, been lapping the USA in the great space race . But no one spared a thought for the lonely cosmonaut, sitting in his rocket, orbiting the moon, watching the live footage on his miniature control panel. He thinks of his girlfriend down there on earth, as he whistles a forlorn little ditty into his Soviet-issue [...]
It was 40 years ago today, Neil and Buzz went to visit the man in the moon. But we heard a rumour from ground control that Phil was the first man in space on his street. Over to you Dr. Fox... We'll try and dig out some more space-race music this week if we have time, stay tuned.
Sarah was away, so we called upon French mademoiselle Estelle to take over her DJing duties. She told us rumours that were rife about French popstars when she was young (like the one about Sheila being a man...)... We grew tired of conservative Clash fans and risked a lynching by playing Nouvelle Vague's cover of Guns of Brixton... Then Estelle had to go home early after one too many Pernods (oh dear)... Here's what was played. Dominic Liz Brady – Un Garçon [...]
This Saturday you will find us once again on top of a hill overlooking Brighton station, dispensing a generous 6-hour cocktail of electronic goodness, French bubblegum pop and filthy dirty synthcore. Sarah will be absent, but we will be joined by Estelle (who may or may not be DJ'ing under the pseudonym DJ La Cûntte ). Estelle is French and she will almost certainly teach us a thing or two... See last month's setlist below for an idea of what you may be likely to hear should you come. [...]
An English lesson, circa 1991: "AWWWWWWN-OHHHHHHH-MAAAHHHH- TOHHH-PEEEEEEEYAAAAAHHHH-AAHH- AHH!" It's okay; don't be scared, that was just my old English teacher metamorphosing into a disturbing living embodiment of Mumm-Ra The Ever-Living . Yes, it was a terrifying sight that could easily have scarred a youth in his formative years. But in retrospect, I can see she was trying to use the word in a way that would demonstrate its very essence. And I haven't forgotten it since. Gold Star for my teacher. The Yé-Yé genre is littered with [...]
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Princesse - Tell Me | MP3
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[LISTEN] Gotye (Passion Pit Remix)
New Remix: Jonquil - Run (RxGibbs Remix)
