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MARLON MAGNÉE (OF LA FEMME)
After fifteen years touring the world with La Femme, the band he co-founded (numerous goldrecords, Victoire de la Musique award, over 600 million streams, over 400,000 albums sold) and performed on the biggest stages in France and internationally (Accor Arena, Zéniths, Glastonbury,Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza Chicago, Osheaga Montreal, etc.), Marlon is now returning as a soloartist with a debut album that reconnects him with his early passions.
It showcases his taste for unexpected combinations and his unique style: a mix of rockabilly, punk,cold wave, and psychedelic psychobilly. The tracks, in French and English, feature sixties guitars, aneighties “synth orgy,” powerful drum machines, analog delays, and a deliberately raw energy.
His influences are evident throughout the album: Velvet Underground, The Stranglers, Motörhead,The Cure, The Stray Cats, JJ Cale, the Nuggets compilations, but also French-speaking artists such as Gainsbourg, Les Rita Mitsouko, Métal Urbain, Plastic Bertrand, and Marc Charlan. The result is afast-paced, edgy album (with tempos of up to 240 bpm) that is sometimes radical, designed “forthose whose hearts are bleeding and who want to fight.”
Co-produced with Renaud Letang (Feist, Manu Chao, Peaches) at the legendary Ferber studio, thisalbum marks a true return to Marlon’s roots and powerfully heralds the return of rock to the currentmusic scene.
EN PLASTIC
En Plastic is the Philadelphia based electronic synth pop brainchild of singer/synthplayer and songwriter Sophia Grosshauser with much needed aid from the guitarist of all time, Corinne Kite-Dean (who also dabbles in the bass). The duo was birthed from the ashes of the two’s former band, gloss. En Plastic is defined by catchy melodies, layers of synth production, and vocal harmonies that in turn create a candy coded glittery soundscape that is undeniably feminine. The project has two main goals:
1. Challenge what people think two girls in the music industry and DIY scene should look, sound and act like.
2. Save Philadelphia (and eventually the world) from idiotic pop music.
Life En Plastic, it really is Fantastic!