Drawing from 70s space disco, downtempo 90s synth-pop, and French film composers L'Imperatrice has become a cornerstone of the French pop-music scene. This is their debut album.
Mon Amie La Rose is her 1964 album: the year she became a major player. Sleek and beautiful recordings full of period flair, fully remastered from the original mono tapes.
Recorded in Nov. 1953, two years after Brassens started singing in public. You have to imagine him on stage, in his 30s, built like a wrestler, bushy hair, black mustache, uneasy, sweating and grumbling, especially about 'That radio bullshit.'
A sun-soaked, hazy reflection on the band's central themes-love, life, self-discovery and having fun-it's a compilation of tracks that shows another side of the band's kaleidoscopic sound.