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May 15, 2006 7:27:41 GMT -5
Post by ordon on May 15, 2006 7:27:41 GMT -5
Did anyone else catch Camille performing Au Port on Jools Holland on Friday? I was left speechless. She was quite utterly utter! A similar performance can be viewed here www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXxUSgYOPewShe is - for the sake of a useless comparison - like a French Bjork, in my view. Delicious!
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Camille
May 15, 2006 15:54:03 GMT -5
Post by Dennis on May 15, 2006 15:54:03 GMT -5
The. Woman. Is. A. Genius.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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May 15, 2006 16:14:02 GMT -5
Post by vasilios on May 15, 2006 16:14:02 GMT -5
Her album is unlistenable. Of course she set to do just that so she did succed. Nice artwork though.
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May 15, 2006 16:17:24 GMT -5
Post by Dennis on May 15, 2006 16:17:24 GMT -5
Her album might seem unlistenable, but it is not. Give it a few spins. I'm too tired to type, so here's a nice little review from Auntie Beeb:
Fusing freestyle jazz, African-hued rhythms, and the melancholy strains of her native Gallic music, French songstress Camille belongs to the exotic world of alt-pop. Her creations are keen and quirky, ignoring all the rules about tempi, choruses and middle eights while remaining highly listenable.
Put "Au Port" on a couple of times and it will become your tune of the week, sans doute. Formerly lead vocalist of Nouvelle Vague, Le Fil sees her going solo as innovator and idiosyncratic entertainer. Her breathy, fragile, high-pitched voice means she often sounds like a child, but there's a passionate intensity beneath the surface and a kind of urchin's knowing playfulness. There are obvious comparisons with Björk, Joanna Newsom and Louise Post, but Camille is altogether more emotive, more sensual and more likeable. She also has a range of guises, from dark angel on "Vertige" to the beautiful "Pour que l'amour me quitte" where sweetness and tenderness are slipped gently into the repertoire. Le Fil is that rare thing - a genuine surprise, without obvious antecedents, and a quite gorgeous pop album too.
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Camille
May 15, 2006 17:33:28 GMT -5
Post by lockedintheattic on May 15, 2006 17:33:28 GMT -5
It is far from unlistenable - in my opinion it was the best album of last year, a real work of stunning beauty and originality throughout that deserved far bigger success over here than she managed. I was gutted to miss her at the Jazz Cafe last week, as it sold out really quickly. Here's a review from the Observer that sums her up far better than I could. (link)...and from the couple of tracks I've heard so far, her first album Le Sac des Filles sounds just as good and quite different.
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May 16, 2006 3:28:59 GMT -5
Post by ordon on May 16, 2006 3:28:59 GMT -5
Dennis - I have meant to say this before - you have exquisite taste in music.
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