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MP3: MC Solaar – La Concubine De L’Hémoglobine from Prose Combat

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MP3: Gojira – Clone from Terra Incognita

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MP3: Katy Perry – Hot ‘N’ Cold (feat. Yelle)

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MP3: Plastic Bertrand – Le Petit Tortillard from An 1

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MP3: J.P.M. and Co – Plus jamais ça from Psychoses Freakoid 1963-1981

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MP3: Ludwig Von 88 – Baby from La révolution n’est pas un diner de gala

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MP3: Joseph Canteloube – Baïlèro from Chants d’Auvergne

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MP3: Edith Piaf – Padam…Padam…

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MP3: Daft Punk – Phoenix from Homework

So I’m heading off to Paris for a week of R&R.  Updates will be a tad sparse while I’m out.  But I figured I’d leave you with a smorgasbord of French flavors that span decades, styles and genres.

From the smooth, somnambulic flow of rapper MC Solaar, to the brutality of modern metalheads Gojira, and  punk  both modern (Ludwig Von 88) and early (Belgian Plastic Betrand). From doggedly cultish and eclectic offerings of classic outsider/weirdo producer Jean-Pierre Massiera and the oft-esoteric electronic superstars Daft Punk, to the painstaking collecting and arranging of French folksongs by Joseph Canteloube and plenty of mainstream offerings from the iconic Edith Piaf and to recent international star Yelle.  French artists provide some great offerings for musical canon.

A semaine prochaine!

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