Various Artists - Cuisine Non-Stop

Year: 2002
Style: Pop, World Music
Country: USA
Label: Luaka Bop
Format: mp3, 256 kbps
Size: 108 Mb

Сборник современной французской популярной музыки.

This is a thirteen track compilation that captures some of the groups involved in a scene (called neo-Realist) dedicated to embracing the traditional elements of the French music scene (accordion, double bass, etc) whilst infusing it with the styles and musical influences of modern France, including Arabic, Brazilian and US hip-hop. It’s tempting to dismiss the idea behind the movement as a load of pretentious twaddle and indeed some of the music does little for these English ears but fortunately there’s a fair few Gallic jewels amongst the pommes de terres.

La Tordue’s Rene Bouteille is Madness, if they’d been from Paris’s Left Bank rather than Arsenal’s North Bank and their Les Lolos is Message to You Rudy performed by a barber shop. Tetes Raides’ Un P’tit Air is pleasant and quirky – imagine Sacha Distel fronting the Divine Comedy playing the theme to a sitcom but the pick of the bunch is the opener Baji Larabat by Lo’jo, a thigh slappingly brilliant North African sea shanty reminiscent of the occasionally useful Les Negresses Vertes.

Compiled by David Byrne, former Talking Heads frontman and respected guru of world music, the album will definitely receive a lot more coverage than this type of music might otherwise expect and the more adventurous pop picker will reap the bereted benefits. Bon appetit. (from www.soundsxp.com)

Tracklist:
1 Lo'Jo/Pean — Baji Larabat 3:43
2 Olivier/Tetes Raide — Un P'tit Air 3:55
3 Louise Attaque/Rous — Du Nord au Sud 5:00
4 Arthur H — Naive Derviche 7:37
5 Bossard dit Fixi/Se — Au Banquet des Chasseurs 3:53
6 Rousseaux — La Politique 5:02
7 Morel/Tordue — Rene Bouteille 3:12
8 Morel/P/P — Les Lolo's 3:42
9 Dupain/Mabilly — Fem Ren 5:53
10 Furnon — Good Bye Green Day 3:06
11 Lo'Jo/Pean — Brule la Meche 5:38
12 CQMD — Horses 3:52
13 Larriere — Dancing With Jean-Maurice 2:56