LAST MINUTE :
EMILIE SIMON’S CONCERT CANCELLED

For major personal reasons, Emilie Simon has been obliged to cancel the show at OohLaLA on Sept 24th.
She’ll be replaced by SOKO.

Visit Soko MySpace: www.myspace.com/mysoko

09/23

Sébastien Tellier

(Recordmakers)
Hailing from the tradition of great libertine French crooners à la Gainsbourg and Polnareff, dance-pop provocateur, Sébastien Tellier, exudes the same kind of characteristic nonchalance his forbearers were famous for. Read more…

Visit his MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sebastientellier

Gonzales

(No Format / Universal Jazz / Arts and Crafts)
The question “Who is Gonzales?” can be answered in many ways. It may just depend on whom you ask. From “prankster rapper from the Berlin underground,” and, “workaholic Grammy-nominated arranger/producer” (for the Feist albums) to, “melancholic piano virtuoso” or  “softly powerful crooner,” he is clearly a man with many designations. Read more…

Visit his official website: http://gonzales.artistes.universalmusic.fr
Visit his MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gonzpiration

Cocoon

(Sober & Gentle / Minty Fresh)
Shaped by the American folk music of Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens, Cocoon is the male/female duet from the French Auvergne mountains, whom inject grace and a suave sensibility into good ol’ traditional folk. Read more…

Visit MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/listentococoon

09/24

Nouvelle Vague presents Hollywood mon amour

(The Perfect Kiss / Fontana)
Since 2004, producer Marc Collin has weaved together his three passions: the elegance of Bossa Nova, the melancholy of New Wave and the distinct look of Nouvelle Vague cinema, into his impressive musical collective, Nouvelle Vague. Read more…

Visit official website: http://www.hollywoodmonamour.com
Visit Nouvelle Vague official website: http://www.nouvellesvagues.com
Visit MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodmonamour

Emilie Simon

(Barclay)
In the French Music scene, Emilie Simon has always been an adventurer - a stylistic nomad, perpetually searching for sounds, encounters and sensations to inspire, record and manipulate in pursuit of avant-garde pop music. Read more…

Visit her official website: http://emiliesimon.artistes.universalmusic.fr
Visit her MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/emiliesimonmusic

The Dø

(Get Down)
The Dø, named after the first and last notes on the musical scale, are a Finnish girl and a French boy, who entered #1 in France with their debut album. Read more…

Visit official website: http://www.thedo.info
Visit MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thedoband

09/25

ELECTRO FRENCH PARTY

Brodinski

(Turbo Recordings)
For years, champagne has been the primary export of the old city of Reims. Now, it must share this title with Brodinski… Read more…

Visit his MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brodinskimusic

The Shoes

(Green United Music)
Hailing from the burgeoning Reims electronic scene (also home to Yuksek & Brodinski), the French electro computer-rock duo, The Shoes, have remixed Santigold, Late of The Pier and Ladyhawke… Read more…

Visit MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/theshoesmusik

Jamaica aka Poney Poney

(Unsigned)
The Parisian duet of Antoine Hilaire and Florent Lyonnet dubbed themselves Poney Poney for an EP produced by French house maestro, Para One, and this moniker was fitting to describe their brand of galloping rock. Now newly renamed Jamaica. Read more…

Visit MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/poneyponey