Son of the pianist from the group Malavoi, this Franco-Martinican started playing the piano at the age of six. After classical training, he turned to jazz and improvisation. He studied engineering while working as a club pianist. He subsequently took part in a number...
Founded in 2013 and hailing from Évreux, Metro Verlaine started out as a duo, aided by a drum machine, before evolving into a band with a more classic line-up. They cut their teeth playing in pubs and clubs across France and in London. It was a defining experience for...
Thanks to her warm voice, which she knows perfectly well how to modulate towards higher tessituras when necessary, she seems at ease with all styles. Styles that she has no hesitation in mixing and shaking up to produce music more in tune with her tortured...
Contrary to what their name and all-English lyrics might suggest, this quartet hail from Paris. They began their recording career at the time of the confinement, which didn't allow them to get the exposure they deserved at the time by depriving them of the stage...
Passionate about music while she was still young, Béatrice Montini wrote lyrics and then set them to music. Leaving her studies behind, she performed in bars and formed bands with which she recorded albums, but her audience remained small. Like Olivia Ruiz and Julien...
This all-female trio was formed in 1994 around two American guitarists, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. Four female drummers have followed in their wake, and Angie Boylan is now behind the drums. Despite rapid critical success for most of their albums, they have...
Laudanum is the electronic project of Matthieu Malon from Orléans, who makes French rock under his own name. The project has been dormant for over a decade. To our delight, he has rewired the machines and released the first volume of a trilogy in September 2023 with...
When Arrested Development released their debut album in 1992, it was like a breath of fresh air blowing through hip hop. Their music was often referred to as rural rap, to distinguish it from rap that was full of urban clichés, sometimes misogynistic and often...
It's hard not to think that Elliott Armen is Yann Tiersen's son, but the filiation is not musical, as his style is far removed from that of his father. He began composing on guitar and piano in his teens. After secondary school, with his guitar and ukulele, he set off...
