a r t i s t : Francois And The Atlas Mountains
t i t l e : Plaine Inondable
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Talitres
c a t : TAL-049
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Jan/2010
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 50,4 MB
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Francois came to Bristol from France in September 2003. He
drew a picture and put a note in a window announcing his
arrival, and asking people to make music with him. He started
going to car-boot sales to find some instruments he could
use. Overnight, Francois won the hearts out of this town.
Well of course, he's a sweet kid, but he's also armed with an
eager sense of adventure and a keen taste for pop thrills.
In January 2004 he played his first live show, taking to the
stage alone, making use of keyboards (played with his foot),
a guitar, live samples and a drum machine, mixing playful and
experimental ideas with his natural pop-tune sensibilities
and sweet bilingual vocals. The string of live performances
he has since played has all been eagerly anticipated and
utterly charming. Musically, you could say he is reminiscent
of STEREO TOTAL, VELVET UNDERGROUND, HOOD, and FRANCOISE
HARDY and yet he is also like nothing else at all.
In 2008 Francois took a break and went back to live with his
parents in France with the intention to stop the music side
of things and to hide behind his brushes and watercolour
paints. There he found support from a bunch of local friends
who convinced him to do some recordings of the works he had
prepared for a show in Paris at the Centre Pompidou. The
recordings of Plaine Inondable took place partly in
Charente-Maritime and partly in the Basques Country. For
those sessions the musicians were the polyphonic quintet Bost
Gehio and members from Unkle Jelly Fish.
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01-Friends [04:49]
02-Be Water (Je Suis De L'eau) [03:55]
03-Wonder [05:04]
04-Moitiee [03:44]
05-Remind [03:39]
06-Do You Do [04:34]
07-Otages [04:37]
08-Nights and Days [01:05]
09-Years Of Rain [05:32]
10-Pic-Nic [04:27]
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41:26 min