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Zazie – Speed
Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes. Isn’t that a beautiful name? It belongs to a French singer who can’t be blamed for choosing something shorter and more memorable as her stage name. Zazie was already her nickname, referencing the title character of Raymond Queneau’s novel ‘Zazie Dans Le Métro’.
Although her debut album Je, Tu, Ils was a minor commercial success in 1992, it immediately landed her an award as Best New Female Pop Artist Of The Year. Since then, she maintains a remarkably steady release schedule of one album every three years. Equally steady is her success: each album is a Top 5 hit in her home country, or even better.
The last three years, Zazie has been a coach on the French version of ‘The Voice’, but the fact she just released a new single indicates that a new album is on its way. It comes out in September, nicely timed to meet her tight three year schedule.
New single Speed is a song that lives up to its title. Starting slowly, it gradually builds into an up-tempo dance anthem. Allez-hop!
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 22)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Em Armstrong – Unapologetic
indie | rock - Dogs Don’t Deal – Be Less Jeff
indie | rock | spoken word - Violet Grohl – Bug In The Cake
indie | rock - The Lazy Eyes – How Does It Feel To Be In Love
indie | pop | rock - Lucia & The Best Boys feat. Abigail Morris – Big Romance indie | pop
- Lottie McLeod – Sunburnt indie | pop
- Moving Into Tucson – Turn The World Around
indie | pop - Joe Mungovan – Melodrama indie | pop | rock
- Penny Lane Pickets – Penny Lane Pickets indie | rock | ska
- Pom – Sickening indie | rock
- Twin Atlantic – Don’t Quit It indie | rock
- Zazie – Peu Importe
electronic | indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Calogero – Vidéo
Calogero, a son of Italian parents, is one of the biggest French artists of the moment. His career started at the age of 15, when he formed the band Les Charts with his brother and a childhood friend. Calogero was the lead singer and songwriter of the trio.
By the end of the century, he started a solo career. He co-wrote songs with already popular artists like Zazie and Pascal Obispo, and released his solo debut. His sophomore self-titled album sold 1,4 million copies in France alone, a success he repeated with his third long-player 3. This album contained his largest international hit Face À La Mer, a duet with Passi.
Centre Ville is Calogero’s eighth studio album to date. The songs were written during the first lockdown. Vidéo is my favourite deep cut on the record. A trademark up-tempo Calogero song with a walking bassline, an ‘80s-inspired rhythm, punctuated by strings and a highly memorable chorus. Destined to become a hit, once released as a single!
Recommended as well:
La Rumeur
On Se Sait Par Coeur
1987
La Vraie Vie
Je Joue De La Musique
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Carte Blanche Music Top 2018
Ahead of your favourites among this year’s Carte Blanche Music recommendations, which I publish on New Year’s Day, I round off 2018 with my personal choice.
The last year, I introduced you to 1104 great new songs via my container playlist Carte Blanche Music; over 65 hours of music. Exactly 500 of those translated into a written endorsement through this blog. In other words: only one out of each 11 suggestions (and one fifth of all of my posts) made it onto the Carte Blanche Music Top 2018.
I’m very proud of this year-end list, as it differs largely from the majority of charts you’ll find. Just a few statistics:
- 58% of the tracks feature female lead vocals (up from an already impressive 43% in the Carte Blanche Music Top 2017)
- 43% of the tracks are guitar-based (rock is dead? Think again!)
- Apart from British and American acts, my list contains artists from Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, Ireland, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and South Korea
- By consequence, you’ll not only hear lyrics in English, but also in French, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean
- Needless to say, my year-end list contains no proper hits whatsoever 😉
The Carte Blanche Music Top 2018 features 100 tracks by 100 different artists. As making that choice was hard enough, the songs are sorted alphabetically. Just use the shuffle button if you prefer another order 😉.
I hope you enjoy listening to the list via the Spotify player. Meanwhile, you can read my original recommendations through the links below.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 23)
While I was on vacation, I continued to update my Carte Blanche Music playlist with the best new music of the year so far. The past three weeks, I added over 80 fresh tunes. The last week alone, great new songs by artists like Ash, Dave Matthews Band, James Arthur, The Kooks, Turin Brakes and Underworld feat. Iggy Pop joined this ever-growing list of musical treasures, alongside a host of lesser-known acts, that are waiting for you to be discovered.
Below, you’ll find my personal choices: Werner’s Weekly. First up are the Carte Blanche Music Wildcards of the past two weeks, followed by a selection of favourite new tunes, presented in alphabetical order. As always, Werner’s Weekly is meant to be your compass to the music that matters. Listen to all the songs via the dedicated player in the sidebar and get more information through the links below. Enjoy!
- Yukon Blonde – Too Close To Love (Wildcard this week)
- Welshly Arms – Down To The River (Wildcard last week)
- Alfa Rococo – Danser Dans L’ombre
- Carlos Vives – Hoy Tengo Tiempo (Pinta Sensual)
- Charmless I – Fire Up (Here We Go)
- Mats Wawa – Easy On The Eye
- The New Respects – Freedom
- Zazie – Speed
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
