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Program
French Export Selections @ MaMA 2013
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
CHRISTINE SALEM
19:30 to 20:10 - La Cigale
Christine Salem is one of Maloya’s rare female voices, and a strong and charismatic personality. Accompanied by her favourite instrument, the kayanm, her deep voice
projects Creole, Malagasy, Comorean or Swahili songs which are carried along by a gutsy Maloya, subtly mixing Indian Ocean music with African rhythms. She has been
writing since the age of 12, but most of her songs are born on stage during moments of intense creativity: lyrics flowing from musical trances or laments to the tune of furious
rhythms.
21:00 to 21:40 - Les Trois Baudets
“It’s beautiful!” That’s what we mean when we played it consistently for the first time the music Maissiat. Her music is rooted in a sophisticated pop that gives the dark trappings of sensuality. Generous in her music appeals as in freedom it offers to those who want to get caught: The voice waves, is several serious talks or flies very high and
here the text breaks into possible tightens bluntly, is blurs again. The setting is made of pianos hug and talk, deep and languid rhythms that get excited and become epileptic,
keyboards that blow hot and cold.
Contact:
3ème Bureau / Arnaud CHAGNON / arnault.chagnon@3emebureau.com
W Spectacles / Sylvaine FOUIX / sylvaine.fouix@wspectacle.com / +33 1 56 53 76 00
MORIARTY
MAISSIAT.COM
21:30 to 22:30 - La Cigale
Moriarty is made up of five artists of French, American, Swiss and Vietnamese origin. The band draws its inspiration from traditional Irish music, country music and blues; using instruments like the double bass, harmonica and kazoo, while adding in sounds from typewriters, hotel bells and the likes. Their first EP ‘Gee Whiz but this is a lonesome
town’ (2007) was a success which sold 170.000 copies worldwide and led the band on a 300 shows tour in 20 countries. 2011 saw the band release their debut album ‘The
Missing Room’ and founding their own label Air Rythmo. The band released their latest album ‘Fugitives’ in 2013.
Contact:
Air Rytmo / Sebastien ZAMORA / sz@airrytmo.com / +33 1 71 18 16 78
Air Rytmo / Lena WISTINGHAUSEN / lw@airrytmo.com / +33 6 48 18 40 68
EMILY JANE WHITE
© R.LUGASSY
MAISSIAT
CHRISTINESALEM.COM
© Gen Murakoshi
Contact:
Cobalt / Philippe CONRATH / philippe@africolor.com / +33 1 47 97 69 99
Zamora Prod / Sabine CHATEL / sabine@zamzama.net / +33 1 44 63 00 34
MORIARYLAND.NET
22:00 to 23:00 - La Boule Noire
American singer & songwriter Emily Jane White discovered folk music at a young age, then started to sing and play guitar. Her debut album ‘Dark Undercoat’ was released in
2008. After releasing three albums in three years, Emily Jane White wrote over 100 sketches between January 2011 and October 2012. Her latest album ‘Blood / Lines’ (2013)
is a selected compilation of these songs.
Contact:
Talitres / Sean BOUCHARD / sean@talitres.com / +33 5 56 91 71 45
Imperial / Marion GABBAI / marion@imperialprod.fr / +33 6 81 09 27 02
BURNING HOUSE
EMILYJANEWHITE.COM
22:20 to 23:10 - La Boule Noire
Burning House is a bombastic sonic summit created by beat-maker extraordinaire Chief Xcel (Blackalicious) and keyboard wiz Hervé Salters (aka General Elektriks). After
meeting in San Francisco a few years ago this dynamic duo were only waiting for a breach in the calendar to start a project together. The time is now. Created in San Francisco, Paris, and Berlin, Burning House’s debut album - released in 2013 - is a radical and unprecedented collage of relentless hip hop, raw funk, contagious club and brash
jazz.
Contact:
Naïve / Claire MOREL / cmorel@naive.fr / +33 1 56 02 20 56
3C / Guillaume BOURREAU / guillaume.bourreau@3ctour.com / +33 6 86 92 28 41
FORTUNE
BURNINGHOUSEOFFICIAL.COM
22:30 to 23:30 - Le Backstage O’Sullivans
Fortune is a group founded in 2007 by Lionel Stones with Peter Lucas and Hervé Vincent Brulin Loos. The first album of Fortune “Staring At The Ice Melt” was released in
2010 by Disque Primeur / EMI and was praised by critics in France and widely playlisted on radio in England. The group is produced mainly in France and “Blackboard”, the
band’s second album, was recorded and produced between Paris and Rome, in conditions close to live. The image around the second disc was entrusted to contemporary
artist Eva Taulois.
ST. LÔ
FORTUNEBAND.FR
23:30 to 00:20 - Le Backstage O’Sullivans
Beyond futuristic blues-rock, electro bursts and haunted hip hop, St. Lô returns to a classic fusion of elements, with an audacity and a certain elegance. Fly to the intertwining
melodies and the voice of the singer Ms. Walidah (aka Hanifah Walidah), dazzling, deep, holder of generations of soul. Between Brooklyn and Brittany, the band makes its
own way through an urban, poetic and hypnotic territory. Alchemy is a mystery and St. Lo knows its secret.
Contact:
3C / Guillaume BOURREAU / guillaume.bourreau@3ctour.com / +33 6 86 92 28 41
WEARESTLO.TUMBLR.COM
© RICHARD DUMAS
Contact:
Disque Primeur / Matthieu COUTURIER / matthieu@disqueprimeur.com / +33 6 25 11 81 30
Wart / Eddy PIERRES / eddy.pierres@wanadoo.fr / +33 6 07 73 37 88
Program
French Export Selections @ MaMA 2013
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
ASKEHOUG
19:10 to 19:50 - Les 2 Moulins
Dandy offbeat punk and poetic, with the class and decadence of Serge Gainsbourg, this irresistible mustache stands out as one of the most singular characters of the recent
years. The group reconciles subtly rhythmic hip hop and orchestration, triviality and good manners. If we must discuss influences, we’d say: Alain Bashung for his experimental side, The Beastie Boys for their fractious hip hop, and Jean Rochefort for his humour, his poetry and even a physical resemblance. The band have released their first LP
‘Je te tuerai un jeudi’ in 2011.
ASKEHOUG.COM
20:10 to 20:50 - Le Divan du Monde
Saint Michel is walking in the footsteps of Phoenix, Air, Etienne de Crecy…who all come from the same place: Versailles and made it big abroad! Together, Philippe Thuillier
and Emile Larroche create an electro pop music, sexy and melancholic at the same time. After releasing a first EP ‘I Love Japan’, the French electro-pop duo was back with 4
remixes of their single ‘Katherine’ included in their EP released in September 2012. The band’s new album ‘Making Love & Climbing’ will be released in October 2013.
Contact:
Sony Music / Cécile HAMBYE / cecile.hambye@sonymusic.com / +33 1 55 07 46 62
Uni-T / Thomas SABOT / thomas@unit-production.com / +33 1 53 09 30 10
AUFGANG
SAINTMICHELMUSIC.COM
20:30 to 21:10 - La Cigale
The tale of Aufgang starts with the new century in the star city of the New World. Rami Khalifé and Francesco Tristano met in New York where they were studying at the prestigious Juilliard School. Being almost as assiduous in clubbing than studies, the two began an affair with electronic music. Things started shaping-up when Aymeric Westrich
sealed their union under the auspices of an attraction for experimentation. Aufgang is right between electro and classical music. Listening to Aufgang collectively or individually, on a dancefloor or in a living-room is an ever evolving experience: a track can go through many different stages, having many different layers.
Contact:
Infine / Yannick MATRAY / ymatray@infine-music.com / +33 6 61 08 02 66
AGDL / Céline LEMEE / celine@agauchedelalune.com / +33 3 28 04 56 69
OWLLE
© LEONCE BARBEZIEUX
SAINT MICHEL
© SAMUEL KIRSZENBAUM
Contact:
Decor de l’Envers / Caroline GUAINE / carolineguaine@yahoo.fr / +33 6 64 93 72 70
AUFGANG-MUSIC.COM
21:20 to 22:00 - Le Divan du Monde
French female composer-singer in her 20’s Owlle creates up beat, melodic tunes sometimes with contrasting dark lyrics but no matter the subject, the melody is bound to
engrave itself in your mind. Only at the very beginning of her career, Owlle is already being compared to the likes of Lykke Li and Bat For Lashes and captures the listener’s
imagination with her magnetic, warm and luminous voice. 2013 is a busy year for Owlle who is currently composing her new album.
Contact:
Snoot / Laurence MULLER / laurence.muller@snoot.fr / +33 9 81 99 78 39
Uni-T / Thomas SABOT / thomas@unit-production.com / +33 1 53 09 30 10
THEODORE, PAUL & GABRIEL
OWLLE.COM
21:30 to 22:30 - FGO-Barbara
It’s no hazard if the three women of Theodore, Paul & Gabriel chose these names. They liked the idea of surprising audiences when coming on stage, they liked the idea of
being an androgynous band. And it works. It works because of the rock they produce, very reminiscent of the 1960’s and 1970’s, to which they’ve brought a modern touch. In
2012, the band released their first album ‘Please her please him’. 2013 will be spent touring, including a show at the Berlin Music Week and much more...
SPITZER
KPSULE.ME/THEODOREPAULGABRIEL
22:30 to 23:10 - Le Divan du Monde
These two brothers are evidently really close partners in crime. They have been guided and cherished by Les Nuits Sonores, an ever-expanding family based in Lyon. The
pure and powerful sound of early 90s electric guitars, indie rock fanzines, long hair and then suddenly onto cold subversive techno that makes your heart race and machine
funk that brings you out in a cold sweat. They’re also part of the Myspace generation, this is how they ended up remixing tracks by international popstars such as Kylie
Minogue and Sally Shapiro and going on a world tour. In 2012, Spitzer released their first album ‘The Call’.
Contact:
Infine / Yannick MATRAY / ymatray@infine-music.com / +33 6 61 08 02 66
Uni-T / Thomas SABOT / thomas@unit-production.com / +33 1 53 09 30 10
YALTA CLUB
© MADJ
Contact:
Belleville Music / Fabrice NATAF / fabricenataf@yahoo.com / +33 1 41 43 71 00
Les Visiteurs du Soir / Lionel BIDABE / lionel.bidabe@gmail.com / +33 1 44 93 02 02
SPITZER.FR
22:30 to 23:30 - Le Backstage O’Sullivans
Christine Salem is one of Maloya’s rare female voices, and a strong and charismatic personality. Accompanied by her favourite instrument, the kayanm, her deep voice
projects Creole, Malagasy, Comorean or Swahili songs which are carried along by a gutsy Maloya, subtly mixing Indian Ocean music with African rhythms. She has been
writing since the age of 12, but most of her songs are born on stage during moments of intense creativity: lyrics flowing from musical trances or laments to the tune of furious
rhythms.
RIFF COHEN
FACEBOOK.COM/YALTACLUBMUSIC
22:50 to 23:50 - FGO-Barbara
Devilishly charming, electrifying on stage, Riff Cohen has all it takes to be a big star. Falsely naïve texts fit with oriental and modern melodies, which revive todays music
landscape! A must see!
Contact:
Caramba / Julia LE GROUX / julia@caramba.fr / +33 1 42 18 17 17
RIFF-COHEN.COM
© GILAD SASPORTA
Contact:
Atmosphériques / Anne Sophie JUAN / annesophie.juan@atmospheriques.com /+ 33 1 44 58 91 11
Atmo Live / Agathe BASQUIN / agathe@atmolive.com / +33 1 71 18 18 66
Program
French Export Selections @ MaMA 2013
Friday, October 18th, 2013
ROBI
19:30 to 20:10 - La Cigale
French singer Robi has created for herself a music in which the atmosphere is disturbing and reminds us of the phantoms of Joy Division. If her influences are beyond and at
the other side of the Channel, the singer chose to compose and write her lyrics in French. Robi sings with a soft and deep voice (one may think of Barbara) on a melody full of
sharp bass lines, about love, revenge, and the time going by. After her first EP released in 2011, Robi has released her first album ‘L’hiver et la joie’ in 2013
Contact:
Les Disques de Joie / Frank LORIOU / frank.loriou@orange.fr
Yapucca / Yann HAMON / booking@yapucca.com / +33 2 99 67 63 31
YASMINE HAMDAN
ROBIMUSIC.NET
20:50 to 21:30 - Le Divan du Monde
A few years ago, Yasmine Hamdan was known as Y.A.S., an encounter between her own culture (10 years dominating the Arab underground scene from Beirut as the front
woman and singer of Soapkills) and Mirwais’s electropop music. Y.A.S. was more than a project, it was a symbol: that of a potential bridge between two worlds that media,
dance floors, ears, and mentalities on both ends never imagined coming together. Now back to using her real name, Yasmine Handam has released a self-titled album followed by ‘Ya Nass’ in 2013.
Contact:
Kwaidan / Anne Laure MROZEK / annelaure.mrozek@gmail.com / +33 9 52 68 78 18
En Même Temps / Ronan SPARFEL / ronan@enmemetemps.com / +33 1 48 58 39 15
ARMAN MELIES
YASMINEHAMDAN.COM
21:00 to 21:40 - Les Trois Baudets
While we were still singing along, again and again, to his “Casino”, Arman was weaving melodies for Hubert-Felix Thiefaine, Bashung, or Julien Doré. But after a four-year wait
his new album is here, completed in close collaboration with Antoine Guillet (BB Brunes, Julien Doré, Mademoiselle K). Guitars have made room for synths as demonstrated
on “Mon Plus Bel Incendie”, where the most prominent faces of french chanson have gathered for a memorable video.
Contact:
Athome / Stéphane LAICK / athome@labelathome.com / +33 1 57 42 18 90
TOMORROW’S WORLD
ARMANMELIES.COM
21:10 to 21:50 - La Boule Noire
Tomorrow’s World is a new joint venture between Jean-Benoit Dunckel, aka one half of seminal electronic pop band Air, and London-based singer and musician Lou Hayter. In
‘Tomorrow’s World’, Jean-Benoit and Lou write all the music together. Their album is full of cinematic love songs - influenced by the likes of Factory Floor, Angelo Badalamenti
and Lil Louis. The chemistry is undeniable. ‘We wanted to do just one track but ended up doing 11’, says Jean-Benoit.
SET & MATCH
TOMORROWSWORLD.FR
22:00 to 22:40 - FGO-Barbara
South, between cicadas and water, bright sun and barbecue party games, the style is relaxed but the flow in tension, humorous lyrics argued, first of slings young charmers, a
set phlegm a wonderful ability to work . Set & Match honed their word on stage, very close to them, they escape, cross Greg Frite, Nemir, Orelsan Disiz Plague on the roads,
and conquer the cream of the hexagon. They live thousand anecdotes that rythm with swag ... we do not distrust that already, the chorus is interfering in our dreams ... That is
SET & MATCH!
Contact:
Dans La Boite / Oriana CONVELBO / oriana@danslaboite.fr / +33 6 99 28 35 46
SARAH W PASUN
SETETMATCHOFFICIEL.COM
22:20 to 23:10 - La Boule Noire
Sarah W Papsun is divided first by six. Parisian who stole the name of their former American correspondent to pay tribute to math-rock and pop compliquée.Voix brown,
electric bass, guitars escrimant in acute, alloy amplitude weird post-rock and pop melodies, that which includes the pieces of Sarah W Papsun.
Contact:
Daka Tour / Guillaume BENFEGHOUL / guillaume@dakatour.com / +33 6 43 37 46 04
SHOWCASE THE FRENCH VIP
18:00 NATHAN DELACROIX
FACEBOOK.COM/NATHANDELACROIX
18:40 ANITA DRAKE
FACEBOOK.COM/ANITADRAKEMUSIC
19:20 THE CRAFTMEN CLUB
THECRAFTMENCLUB.COM
Contact:
Ipanema / Philippe HEBRARD / philippe.hebrard@ipanemamusic.fr / +33 1 56 79 50 52
Upton Park / Julien BANES / julien@uptonpark.biz / +33 6 10 32 83 77
PAPSUN.COM
18:00 to 20:00 - Théatre de l’Atalante
© JEREMY ESTEVE
Contact:
Naïve / Claire MOREL / cmorel@naive.fr / +33 1 56 02 20 56
Radical / René GENTIL / bigrene@radical-production.fr / +33 2 41 88 62 62