Hawkmoon
Hawkmoon was a black metal band from france formed in 2000. They released a demo: "Tome I: À l'Aube des Puissances" .
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Emilie Simon
Émilie Simon is a French singer and composer born on July 17, 1978 in Montpellier. She began her musical education at a French conservatory at 7 years old. By age 18, she was studying Musicology at the University in Montpellier, France, and then obtained her Master in Musicology at the Sorbonne in Paris. Émilie was intrigued by the idea of combining her traditional musical education with new music technologies and studio experimentations.
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Matt & Kim
Matt & Kim are an indie/power pop duo from Brooklyn, New York consisting of Matt Johnson (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Schifino (drums, vocals). Formed in 2004 and currently signed to the Fader Label, they released their self-titled debut album in October 2006 and their second album, Grand, was released in January 2009. Their do-it-yourself attitude towards music, dance style rhythms and energetic performances have gained them a substantial international following and a formidable online presence through social networking and media sites like YouTube and MySpace.
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Kavinsky
Kavinsky, also known as Vincent Belorgey, is an electro house artist from Paris, France, and has released two EPs on the Record Makers label : Teddy Boy in 2006 and 1986 in 2007. In 2008, he has released his newest EP, Blazer, on fool's gold label. Kavinsky released his newest EP Nightcall on March 2010 (Produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from Daft Punk). He has been remixed by SebastiAn and other prominent electro artists.
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Housse de Racket
"Winners of runs, losers in love" is the leitmotiv of Housse de Racket. It is first and foremost a smart, sport concept, a musical match between two childhood friends devoted to love and sport. Not sufficiently heavy weight to become high-level sportsmen, Pierre and Victor opted for high flying pop music. Goodbye loneliness and heartache, hello polos, rackets and guitars - because rackets are also instruments with strings. Flashmatchs
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Cortex
Four (or more) artists have gone by the name Cortex: a French jazz-funk group from the 70s, a Swedish punk band, a Spanish metalcore band and a experimental Belgian project by Alain Neffe. 1. A French jazz funk group from the seventies.
Key members were Alain Mion (Piano) and Alain Gandolfi (drums, percussion). Cortex recorded several albums and singles for the Sonodisc label. 2 albums got re-issued: 'Troupeau Bleu' (on 'Dare-Dare') and 'Volume 2' (on 'Follow Me'). 2. A Swedish punk or post-punk band from Gothenburg.
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Alan Braxe
"The name ALAN BRAXE is synonymous with the development of the French music scene. He stands out as a pioneer of electronic music, due to a unique ability to put melody over mass and his sound is the very embodiment of the mythical “French Touch”. The story of Braxe’s journey to heralded international producer/ DJ and the birth of his acclaimed Label “Vulture Music”, are very much entwined by their history and ideals. 1997 “Vertigo” is released on the legendary label, Roulé.
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Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946) is a British actress and singer. Birkin was born in London, United Kingdom to David Birkin, a Royal Navy commander and World War II espionage hero, and Judy Campbell, an actress in Noel Coward musicals. Her great aunt was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales Birkin emerged in the swinging '60s in London, starring as one of the models in the controversial film Blowup in 1966. In 1968, Birkin went to France to audition for the lead female role in Slogan. Though she did not speak French, she got the role.
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