try anything on Yellow Records (electronic acid-jazz) and on Big
Cheese Records (slightly more accoustic, but not all french).
As far as specific names to look for: Mighty Bop, La Funk Mob, Chris
the French Kiss, DJ Cam, MC Solaar, Menelik, Pigalle Boom Bass / Boom
Bass / Motorbass, Source Lab compilations, La Majorite Silencieuse
(Silent Majority), Dimitri from Paris, Cutee B, Bronco...
They all have jazzy elements to their music. And bonne chance finding
some of them.
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recently i've discovered that MC Solaar has a new CD coming out on
Island records. also, check for mixmag's dmitri from paris CD and on
Studio K7 -- DJ Cam DJ Kicks. DJ Cam's Mad Blunted Jazz has been
available on Shadow but I heard that he has a later album which i've not
been able to locate. help! I also never picked up Mighty Bop's follow
up album to their self titled album. Is the 2nd just as good? all 3 of
the sourcelab compilations are excellent. big cheese comps are really
expensive. someone from this list (devon, i think) gave me a copy of
their price list a while back, but the menu and menu kebab are worth
recommending. i'm surprised i haven't seen daniel's response to this
thread yet, but he's this list's french music correspondent.
Though this is mainly a fashion magazine (and to top it off it's in
French), I thought I would mention that I saw copies of this very chic
magazine called Self-Service which is similar to a high couture version
of or what was UHF magazine or Index. The reason I mention it is
because though it was a fashion magazine, I was into reading about the
music people they interviewed: DJ Cam, Daft Punk, Patrick Moxey (who
runs Payday, Ultra, and the new Konkrete Jungle labels), etc. I heard
Self-Service will set up a U.S. office (and hopefully print text
bi-lingually) so perhaps we'll have easier access to these mags. If you
see it, check it out.
caron banez