French music suggestions

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:24 pm

I have come to the conclusion that my French playlists suck. And therefore am looking for some suggestions of good french artists/bands.

Tyler has recommended Prohom. I dig them.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:23 pm

The only really good French bands I know and listen to are:

Adagio

Heavenly

Manigance (note: Manigance sings in their native French language)

More info on each band can be found at Metal Storm. Hope this helps.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:36 pm

I second Adagio (progressive/neo-classical metal), but they don't sing in French. I would also recommend Enigma, but they're more new age. Still good stuff, and she sings in French as often as English.

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:12 pm

I recommend Alizee, Nolwenn Leroy and Serge Gainsbourg. The latter of those is very much an acquired taste though (he was big in the '60s and '70s).

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:52 am

Lux Incerta

I got hear this band for the first time from the Metal Storm Compilations the second one to be exact, its soft melow yet sad song in french and chorus in english, send us a pm if your interesting in the song, Clear Water.

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:50 am

I recoment Julio Igleseas, for that classical sexyness.

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:08 pm

rubyeye wrote:The only really good French bands I know and listen to are:

Adagio

Heavenly

Manigance (note: Manigance sings in their native French language)

More info on each band can be found at Metal Storm. Hope this helps.

That's what I'm looking for.

R.Kaine · Post by **R.Kaine** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:12 pm

I'd suggest Eths, if you like it hard.
there is also Pierre Lapointe & Vive La Fête, too.. i'd think of others..

mrmoustache · Post by **mrmoustache** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:10 pm

Hello,
it depends really what genres of music you're looking for...
hear's a good list of interesting french bands ( i skipped the famous/boring/unoriginal ones)
plus their record label/links for you to find and hear them easily online or better, at your local record shop!

Electronica / experimental / Avant garde cross genres

. Colleen ( the leaf label)
. M83, Mils (gooom)
. Les 7 mondes, Point (estrunax)
. Dat Politics, Aelters (skipp, Tigerbeat6)
. Margo, Zooey, Cinélux (peter i'm flying)
. Domotic, O.lamm, hypo (Active Suspension)
. dDamage (planet mu)
. Tara King Th., (Mudah Peach records)

Rock / Post rock / guitar based

. Cyann & Ben (gooom)
. Encre (clapping music)
. Programme (lithium / fat cat)
. Oldine (le cri de la harpe)
. MICRO:MEGA (01 01 music)
. Fin de Siècle

Hip hop / Rap / Abstract HH / Dub

. TTC (big dada)
. Abstrackt Keal Agram (gooom)
. NTM
. Ezekiel (aka Ez3kiel)
. High Tone
. Gravité Zéro (01 01 music)
. James Delleck
. MC Solaar
. Svinkels
. L'atelier

Unclassifiable and stuff with mostly french lyrics

. Digital Intervention (01 01 music)
. Yann Tiersen (ici d'ailleurs)
. Toog (karaoke kalk)

This is a small list of quality acts i recommend you to check out...
Personaly, i'd REALLY like to see more electronica (not techno!), epic rock or european hip-hop with anime.... Most of these track are made out of plots and scenarios, i haven't seen an anime with really good music on it...

anyway hop u dig that list !

Gwench · Post by **Gwench** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:07 pm

French bands ? Ok, here we goooo

(I love this kind of topic

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Rock/Hard rock/Fusion :
Les Barons du Délire
FFF (which means French Federation of Funk

try Free For Fever it's their best album I think ; they often sing in english)
Lofofora
Mickey 3d
No One Is Innocent (they sing in english, sometimes)
Noir Désir
No Man's Land
Oneyed Jack (more fusion than rock and not really rap)
Pigalle
Silmarils

Rap :
Akhénaton
Shurik'n
IAM
NTM
La Rumeur
Kool Shen
Saian Supa Crew

Other :
Ceux Qui Marchent Debout !
M (Mathieu Chedid)
Miro
Pierpoljak ("reggae")
Sinsemilia (same thing)
Percubaba (again)
Tryo
La Tordue ("French song")
Les Têtes Raides (same thing)
Florent Pagny (he has some songs which are really interesting)
Stupeflip (crazy men for rock songs and sometimes rap or electro or else... they are crazy)
Zebda

Electro/Ambiance/Techno :
Jay Alansky (the man from A Reminiscent Drive ; some songs are in French on his album "Les Yeux Crevés")
Le Peuple de l'Herbe (on their last album they're many french songs)
The Money Penny Project (majority of songs are in english but there is one or two with looped-lyrics in french

)
Sayag Jazz Machine (drum'n'bass)
Sébastien Schuller (ok, there're no french song they're in english but listen it ^^ it's interesting i think

)
Daft Punk (No need to introduce them

)
Air (idem ^^)
Ezekiel (some good songs in french and lots of instrumentals songs)
Alif Tree (the first album is great : The Observatory ; they sing in english

)
Jean-Michel Jarre ? ^^

I think these bands could interest you, maybe not for AMVs ?