The New Chanson Generation, Remodernised And Reshaped Attention - Here Comes The Off Spring! A New Generation Of Artists Is Born To Shake Up The French Pop Scene. Disrespectful, Full Of Musical Ideas And Enormously Talented. It Isn't Without Reason That The Le Pop 9 Compilation Is Undertitled - au D?but : 16 New French Artists, None Of Which Have Ever Appeared On A Le Pop Compilation Before, Hereby Introduce Themselves. Despite Some Artists Still Awaiting Their Debut Album All Are Already Enjoying Success Having Caused Sensation In Their Home Countries. Meanwhile - le Pop 9: Au D?but Blows Fresh Wind From The Outside. The Modern Sound Of The Current French Pop Scene Allows For Us To Rediscover The Creativity Of Chanson-pop In All Its Different Facets. French Chanson Is An Unbroken Tradition - An Expert Could Easily Draw A Linear Series From Piaf To Pomme, A Young Newbie Part Of Le Pop 9 . But In Following The Scene Closely, As Does The Le Pop Series, One Recognises How New Timbres And Influences Have Shaped And Transformed The Chanson Scene Over Time. The First Le Pop Compilation Was Born In 2002 With The Previous Generation. At The Time The Scene Experienced A Spring Clean With Cocktail-pop, Minimalismus And Indie Replacing Traditional Accordion Sounds And Y?y?-beat. The 2018 Generation Follows In These Steps But Is In Turn All The More Influenced By Electronic Sounds And Production Styles Deriving From R&b And Hiphop. Le Pop 9 Compilation Certainly Provides Much Evidence For This Musical Shift: The Two Brains Behind Polo&pan Are Djs, Hollydays' Singer Is A Rihanna Fan Whilst Her Partner Prefers Amon Tobin And Aphex Twin. Whoever Sees The High Achieving Ang?le On Stage Will Be Perplexed By Her Dance Moves - Until One Finds Out Her Brother Is The Famous Belgian Rapper Rom?o Elvis. And There's More: Ez?chiel Pailh?s First Appeared In Electronic Duo N?ze Whilst The George Moustaki Prize Winner Laurie Darmon Drifts From Chanson Into Speech Song And Stands Beside A Human Beatbox Performer On Stage. La Femme, Awarded Twice By The Victoire De La Musique, Showcases Their Francophone Indiepop With Four Keyboards On The Stage. No Trace Of Guitar Rock Nostalgia Of The Old Times. And In - po?sies The Singer Chaton's Voice Is Made Foreign Through Autotune Effects, So That The Song Becomes A Subtle Reminiscence Of Modern Dancehall. In Comparison To The Cool Naturalness Of Flavien Berger, Arguably The Central Figure Of The New Scene, Many Bands Aiming For International Success With Their Average English Are Made To Look Like Wannabe Hipsters. The Wealth Of Ideas Hidden Behind Ali Danel, Who For Instance Reinterprets A Paul ?luard Poem Onto An Afro-beat Backdrop, Seem In Line With A Contemporary Reappropriation Of Gainsbourg's - percussions Principle - Without Making It Sound A Little Out Of Date. But The Special Thing About It All Is That, In Its Very Essence, The Music Remains Chanson. The Language And Words Define The Genre, With Voices Central To The Production And Melodies Remaining Frameworks In Which The Songs Are Structured. And So - le Pop 9: Au D?but Is Simply Another Piece Of Evidence Of The Vitality And Vibrancy Of A Genre That Is Being Constantly Renewed Musically Amidst Changing Frameworks And Thus Remaining Perpetually Fascinating. However Little A Francophile You Are, You Can't Miss This Compilation. This Album Assembles The Various But Connected Aesthetics Of This Generation And Thus Radiates A Very Special And Timely Atmosphere
