Team Ghost - We All Shine (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Shoegaze, Electronica, from France
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Tracklist :

01 – Lonely, Lonely, Lonely
02 – A Glorious Time
03 – Sur nous les etincelles du soleil
04 – Echoes
05 – Only You Can Break My Heart
06 – Colors In Time
07 – Deaf
08 – Red Light Corridor
09 – High Hopes
10 – Celebrate What You Can’t See
11 – It’s Been A Long Way, But We Are Free
12 – Signs & Wonders
13 – Into My Arms
14 – We All Shine

Team Ghost is a collaboration between Nicolas Fromageau, multi-instrumentalist composer Christophe Guerin and producer Jean-Philippe Talaga. Fromageau was originally one half of M83 on their first two albums (M83; Red Seas, Dead Cities, Lost Ghosts). Fromageau split with M83 in 2003, and emerged from his hiatus when he performed at 2009’s Midi Festival on the French Riviera, under the new moniker “Team Ghost”. Their debut EP “You Never Did Anything Wrong to Me” was released on April 26th 2010 by Kiss Me First Records.

L'Homme Puma - On Remplace Les Yeux Casses (2009) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, Experimental, France
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Tracklist :

1. La Marche De Mina
2. Ussel Van Osselt
3. On Remplace Les Yeux Casses
4. Surtout Dans Les Coins
5. Velours et Pourpre
6. Catherine Deneuve
7. Toy Division
8. Plaisir d'Offrir
9. Wronki

The last years a couple of nice atmospheric rock/metal/hardcore bands were born in France. Year of No Light, Overmars and Asidefromaday are the best examples and L' Homme Puma can be added to this trio. They are instrumental and operate mostly in the alternative rock spectrum although I also see musical similarities with Burst (for example at the end of "Surtout dans les coins").

L'Homme Puma released a first ten tracks EP in June of 2007 on the label Communication Is Not Words which has been widely reviewed on the web and in the paper press. In 2008, they recorded their first album in Geneva with Thierry Van Osselt (Shora, Honey for Petzi, Shovel, Nostromo, Time to Burn). Twelve tracks were written throughout 2007 among whose nine will figure on the new opus.
"On Remplace Les Yeux Cassés" will be out in February 2009.

French speeches and electronic interludes (sampling and beats) are woven through autonomous music. It makes L' Homme Puma an interesting new band in this popular genre. In "Toy Division" they share the same atmosphere as the Germans from Long Distance Calling; due to the electronic stuff you can't call them copycats. The nine songs are driving forward like a soundtrack for a drama film.

One of the highlights is the song "Catherine Deneuve", the melancholic atmosphere is slowly taking over the natural temper of the music, as if L' Homme Puma wants to take the listener into a bad mood. Later, in "Plaisir d'offrir", they show glimpses of hope by introducing hopeful xylophone and keyboard sounds. It’s also a way to show how bright the future can be.

With 'On Remplace Les Yeux Cassés' the future looks bright for this French collective. Over an hour they keep their post-rock interesting, not many new or undiscovered band can say that in 2009.

Les Fragments de la Nuit - Musique du crépuscule (2008) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Experimental, Neo-Classical, Piano, Dark-Ambient
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Tracklist :

01 Eveil des fées
02 Assault
03 La ronde des fées
04 Entre ciel et fer
05 Devenons demain I
06 Devenons demain II
07 Solitude
08 Solarisation
09 La chambre des fées
10 Soleils noirs pour lune blanche
11 La mélodie de la tête
12 Le château enchanté
13 Le scarabée bleu
14 Soleils noirs pour lune blanche - Tango
15 Les eaux dormantes
16 Alpha du centaure

Les Fragments de la Nuit is a blossoming band created in 2005 by Michel Villar (piano) and Ombeline Chardes (violin), score composers for film. In order to play their pieces on stage, they decided to set up a quintet made up of three violins, a cello and a piano. Their music, ranging from tragic to epic and atmospheric was greeted by audiences with unexpected enthusiasm. Some see in it the influence of repetitive music composers such as Philip Glass or Steve Reich, others the melancholic emotion found in the works of Arvö Part or Canadians Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Encouraged by such fervour, Fragments de la Nuit have played their music to a growing number of passionate spectators, keeping in mind their motto: «Our music is poetry in which words are notes, a memory in which images are dreams».

The ensemble have recently joined Portuguese label Equilibrium Music for the release of their first widely available album, "Musique du Crépuscule", now issued on Digipak CD.

Yann Tiersen - Tabarly OST (2008)

Genre : Classical, Experimental
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Tracklist :

1 · Tabarly
2 · Naval
3 · Il
4 · Au dessous du volcan
5 · IV
6 · La Longue Route
7 · 1976
8 · Yellow
9 · Point zéro
10 · La Corde
11 · 8 MM
12 · Point mort
13 · Dernière
14 · Atlantique Nord
15 · Eire

Yeaah he's back !!!

Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born June 23, 1970 in Brittany, France) is a French musician who is best known for being the composer of the soundtrack for the popular 2001 movie “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain”. He has received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne.

His music is mostly instrumental, decorated with piano, accordion, harpsicord, violin, mandolin, bass, guitar, banjo, melodica, toy piano, typewriter, vibraphone and various rhythm instruments.