Author and composer of film music, Alex Beaupain was awarded in 2008 by a “césar” in the category “best original soundtrack” with the “Chanson d’Amour” of Christophe Honoré.These love songs built up the framework of the film story. Some of them comes from his precedent album “ Garçon d’Honneur “ (2005). A great tribute to Alex’s talent, when the titles comes to life thanks to the images and the interpretation of Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni or Clotilde Hesme.
The hurricane must culminate to five feet tall with high-heeled. But don’t put you trust in the artist size, the important one is somewhere else ! It’s tawny song, amazing swing, frenzied cheekiness and the portraits are drawn with an incontrovertible impertinence. Carmen shakes up the songs conventions, moves the canons and takes everybody in her world full of scatter-brained characters. She handles the offence as a goldsmith and illustrates the proverb saying that the better defence is attack. As a matter of course, her sensitive heart doesn’t slow to unfold behind this corrosive character. Don’t forget the role of the two musicians that play a very histrionic counterpoint. It pushes off !
Since she turned thirty, the girl from Villefranche-sur-Saone has become liberated. Coralie Clement now sings in three languages (French, English and Italian, in that order on the album) and is even thinking of a future on the screen. A logical step when one considers that so many of her songs (Dorénavant, Samba de mon cœur qui bat, Ça valait la peine, L’Ombre et la lumière) have already been used in films; like L’Idole (2002), Something’s Gotta Give (2003) – big box-office success with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton – and On va s’aimer (2006), as well as in an episode of The L Word. Some may not know this, but Coralie Clement is internationally renowned, especially in Japan, Germany and Italy. But her impeccable modesty – reflected perfectly in the words and music of L’Effet Jokari, the lovely introduction to Toystore – remains intact. Coralie Clement is a chic and simple singer.
After two albums with Barclay (Gargilesse and Rio Baril), Florent Marchet is working on his next album to be released in 2010. Meanwhile, he proposes a show in solo for the places that cannot welcome him when he’s touring with his band. An artistic statement, a will, a stage project to meet all kind of public.
A MUSICAL NOVEL BY ARNAUD CATHRINE AND FLORENT MARCHET (Editions Verticales / Gallimard)Frère Animal is telling us Thibaut’s angers, young man with his dreams surrounded in a ruthless everyday life. He is unwilling employed by an economical machinery too much oiled, falsely protective and really alienating. Cruel scene, but cruelly right, of the social and familial pretences : recurrent themes of Arnaud Cathrine’s work. A story making up but which seems too real to not frighten us. And impress us for a long time.
Mariana is a solar singer. On stage, with her wildcat mane, she glows and takes up the space, dancing, twirling as a flame got away from an unlikely fire, coming and burning during the show. She seems totally happy only when, with her sensual voice, she reaches to set fire to her audience.
A blood music, mixed with swing and gipsy jazz. We think to Django Reinhardt. However Samarabalouf is going further upsetting styles and doesn’t hesitate to draw its inspiration from popular music all over the world (tango, waltz, flamenco, rumba, java…). The trio’s show is lively and convivial, though it lets a large place to imagination. Between a wandering daydream and a call to travel, the concert is a beautiful invitation to rejoice together.
