Re: French Pop Discovers Its Hip to Be Cheesy

DJ Sun
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 22:57:06 -0600


There was a piece in the latest SPIN withe same premise, covering the
French underground djs and groups.

Katherine Nemes wrote:

> You may want to check out The New York Times (Sunday March 15) for an
> acticle on french popular music in the Arts& Liesure section.
>
> 'French 1960's pop-rock, called ye-ye for its inane choruses, was
> rehabilitated by the London based, part-French group Stereloab,....once
> hip-hop activists like De La Soul and Beastie Boys showed the way, all
> sorts of late 1990's characters....rediscoverded music that was once
> dismissed or disparaged: lounge music....'
>
> 'Young disk jockeys are resurrectig the breathy voices, wah-wah guitars
> and string sections from the scrapheap of 1970's music.'
>
> The article mentions MC Solaar, Kid Loco, Dimitri from Paris, Air,
> Snooze, DJ Cam, DJ Seq.
>
> Peace,
> Mitch