Joakim - Forever Young

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Du neuf pour l'éclectique Joakim Bouaziz, boss du label Tigersushi, avec l'annonce de la sortie de son nouveau LP Nothing Gold pour la rentrée de Septembre. Après l'electro socca "Heartbreak Samba", Joakim nous offre comme premier extrait de cet LP, un pur morceau estival: "Forever Young".

Exilé à New-York depuis peu, ce Français a le don pour nous pondre des petits hits souterrains. Des pops songs electro, progressant gracieusement entre italo-disco, psychédélisme et new wave, qui s'introduisent, comme ça, dans notre quotidien.

"Forever Young" est une belle dédicace à tout ceux qui ne s'imaginaient pas un jour en arriver là. Voici d'ailleurs ce qu'avait à dire Joakim à ce propos: "Forever Young is my song for all the 30-something-year-old people out there. I used to hate people between 30 and 40 when I was under 30. I thought they gave up one most of their beliefs and lived a dull and fake life. Love cowards pretending to still be cool, contemptuous grown-ups afraid of the young sharks. But now, I'm one of THEM. So I have to cope with that." - Joakim.

Oui.

Du "neuf avec du vieux", voilà tout simplement ce que nous propose Joakim. On attend donc la suite avec impatience...

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Some news from the eclectic Joakim Bouaziz, boss of the Tigersushi label, when the release of his new LP Nothing Gold was announced for the beginning of September. After the electro socca "Heartbreak Samba", Joakim offers us, as a first extract, a pure summer song: "Forever Young".

Recently exiled in New-York, this French guy has the talent for creating little underground hits. Some electro pop songs, perfectly moving between italo-disco, psychedelia and new wave, which are introduced, like that, in our everyday life.

Actually, "Forever Young" is a beautiful dedication to all those who did not imagine to get there one day. Here's what Joakim had to say about it: "Forever Young is my song for all the 30-something-year-old people out there. I used to hate people between 30 and 40 when I was under 30. I thought they gave up one most of their beliefs and lived a dull and fake life. Love cowards pretending to still be cool, contemptuous grown-ups afraid of the young sharks. But now, I'm one of THEM. So I have to cope with that." - Joakim.

Yes.

"To revamp things", that is what Joakim is simply doing. Then, we're looking forward to the LP...

Nakion - Oh Ah!

Parlons aujourd'hui de la petite protégée des Parisiens de Tigersushi: Nakion. "Oh Ah!", sorti le 28 mars, est le premier album de cette jeune musicienne et peintre coréenne. Nakion aligne tous les gimmicks des 80's de la no wave. Une musique folle qui rappelle le Yellow Magic Orchestra, Art Of Noise ou Human League, autant qu'Aphex Twin. Elle réactualise ainsi, dans son home-studio de Séoul, la new wave à l'aide d'expérimentations plus modernistes, des sons de films de science-fiction et de kautrock débridés.

La musique de Nakion est travaillée et de qualité. La belle dessine un paysage chaotique peuplé de mélodies étranges aux sonorités rave, electro et disco... Sa musique penche parfois vers l'expérimentation sonore, pour notre plus grand plaisir.

Voici le morceau "Horse Track", fou, tordu, intense.

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Today, let's talk about the little one of the Parisians of Tigersushi: Nakion. "Oh Ah!", released on March, the 28th, is the first album of this young Korean musician and painter. Nakion lines up all the 80's gimmicks of no wave. A crazy music that reminds us the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Art Of Noise, Human League or Aphex Twin. Then, she updates, in her home-studio in Seoul, new wave thanks to more modernist experimentqtions, sounds of science fiction and unbridled kautrock.

Nakion's music is well-made and high quality. The beauty is drawing a chaotic landscape inhabited by strange melodies with rave, electro and disco sounds... Her music sometimes leans over experimentatal sound, for our greatest pleasure.

Here is the dance track "Horse Track", crazy, twisted, intense.

Nakion - Horse Track by Tigersushi Records