What if one combines French romance with the Ibiza’s lifestyle? The result is just as charming as the exceptional blend that we know ‘Fous De La Mer’ for. Since 2004, the likeable trio has been releasing albums on their homebase Elektrolux. Now they return with their already fifth album on Elux Records. Everything still the same? Certainly not: ‘Fous De La Mer’ are bound to surprise again.
With their new album ‘Cinq’ they once more revive French Chansons with the facets of chill-out, dub, gentle breakbeats, relaxed trance passages and small excursions into more exotic areas. Openness to the world is the sound of ‘Cinq’ written in the sand. Mediterranean piano ballads (‘Luz’, ‘Amelie Regardant l'Ocean’) coexist naturally alongside pop summer songs (‘Soledad’, ‘Within The Stars’) and experimental Balearic instrumental hymns (‘Fish in The Vegan World’ and the wonderful ‘Pink Flamingos’). If you look at the stunning vocals of Argentine singer Sol Ruiz de Galarreta it is also hardly surprising that feelings of J-Pop (‘Soledad’) are being recalled.
This impression is intensified especially by contributions of guest vocalists Betty Steeles, who already carved out real fame for herself in London’s world-class music scene by her collaborations including a couple of indie-hits and who delivers one of the strongest tracks with her brilliant song ‘I’m Not Hollow’, as well as the contribution by Jean-Charles’ London based Son, who is playing there with an underground indie outfit playing and can be heard on the dreamy pop song ‘Where You Belong’.
The lyrics on ‘Cinq’ move just as playful through the band’s various places of origin as the musical style. Whether Spanish, French or English, for ‘Fous De La Mer’ no limits seem to exist. Acoustic instruments blend with handpicked electronic sounds to a sound full of depth and longing. And that is why the pieces work as well in the living room, as they do with a cocktail under the Ibizan sun.
This way, ‘Fous De La Mer’ always manage to generate new hubs by unexpected collaborations with friends and artists from different genres, but at the end still deliver a surprising, but still typical
‘Fous De La Mer’ song.
Tracklist
1 Luz
2 I'm Not Hollow feat. Betty Steeles
3 Soledad
4 Le Grand Pacifique
5 Where You Belong
6 Within The Stars
7 Danse Des Méduses
8 Le Vent Qui Parle
9 Fish In The Vegan World
10 Talk To Me
11 Pink Flamingos
12 All These Years (Markus Lipp Remix)
13 Amélie Regardant L'Océan
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