Video: Brigitte Fontaine & Art Ensemble of Chicago - le goudron

Back from my holidays and working hard this morning, I was stopped in my tracks when this came on the wireless (merci the Lauren Laverne 6music show ) - a cover of Brigitte Fontaine by Portland, Oregon DFA recording artistes YACHT . And the bestest thing is that they've made it available as a free mp3 download (see below...) Listen to the original. And now enjoy YACHT's rather banging electro-disco-pop re-working YACHT are heading out on a European [...]

Earlier today, DFA Records  released "Le goudron", the new single from lovable indie/dance duo YACHT . The track is actually a dance cover of iconic French chanteuse Brigitte Fontaine 's 1969 collaboration with The Art Ensemble of Chicago . Surprisingly, this is the first YACHT song to feature vocalist Claire Evans singing completement en francais . Accompanied by Jona Bechtolt's surging electro synths, the French vocals jibe well with YACHT 's quirky aesthetic. It's a wonder they've never tried it before. My favourite line from the whole song is: "le temps est [...]