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Essentials: “Cross My Heart” – Melody’s Echo Chamber
Melody Prochet of the french psych-pop outfit, Melody’s Echo Chamber, has released an epic new song in celebration of her thirtieth birthday. “Cross My Heart” is the debut track from her upcoming sophomore album featuring additional production from Fredrik Swahn (of The Amazing) and Reine Fiske (of Dungen). The seven-minute song boasts Melody’s relaxed, bi-lingual vocals along with an array of ambitious rhythmic sections. Lush arrangements… [continued]
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Rap and French Suburban Identity
Je suis l’espace où je suis: Constructing banlieue identity in French rap music. [continued]
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C’est Quoi La Blogothèque?
Paris is often thought of as a place of soaring beauty, art and poetry, so it is only natural that great friendships are borne from this romantic background. I met Ondine Benetier in the toilet queue of La Mécanique Ondulatoire; a tiny, cellar bar in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris. Ondine, a native of the… [continued]
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Le Rap Hardcore Français
Dans quelle mesure le rap hardcore français peut-il influencer la société française? « Banlieusard et fier de l’être On n’est pas condamné à l’échec ! » A la fin des années 1970, une nouvelle culture surgit de la rue. « Ces prophètes parlent en rimes et racontent sur des rythmes dansants la misère, la colère ou… [continued]