maandag 20 november 2006

Babet


In France, everybody knows her as Babet, but her real name is Elisabet Maistre. She plays guitar, violin, keys and sings in rockband Dionysos. To be honest: I'd never heard of this band, but according to this Wiki, it's one of the most interesting bands in the Hexagone. They hail from Valance, made six albums (one of them produced by noisemeister Steve Albini, another by PJ Harvey-collaborator John Parish) and mix French and English vocals. Their foreign counterparts are Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and Beck. They're also highly influenced by filmmakers like Lynch and Burton.
Babet will be releasing a soloalbum next year, first single Le Marin is a folky, salty affair. Also check out Babet's MySpace-site for a soothing acoustic ballad. Posted here as well is Thank You Satan, a Leo Ferré-song that Dionysos brilliantly covered for a Ferré-tribute, that features Babet's singing and violinplaying.


Babet - Le Marin
Dionysos - Thank You Satan
More Dionysos, thanks to J-L:
Dionysos - Anorak
Dionysos - Longboard Train

2 opmerkingen:

  1. Hi Guzz! Well, not related, but I found a video/animation of "La Femme Chocolat" of Olivia Ruiz song: http://www.partizan.com/partizan/media/clips/634.mov

    You must see it :)

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  2. Dionysos is one of the best french bands! Incredible liveband!!!! They play a mixture of indierock à la Pixies, French Chanson, Folk Noir, French Rock and other things.....they work also with theatrical elements à la Tim Burton....their frontman Mathias is incredible on stage. Check out!

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