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Originally Posted by jackhammer
France does have some awesome Electronic music with Air and Daft Punk obviously well known but Birdy Nam Nam, Le Peuple De L'Herbe, Cassius, Dub Incorporation and MC Solaar are well worth a listen, not to mention two of the best Metal bands to have come out of mainland Europe in the last 10 years, namely Gojira and Hacride.
Their Horror Cinema is not be sniffed at either.
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Thx for your introduction to Dub Incorporation, i never heard of them before
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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal
My superficial impression has always been that the predominant styles in the most popular French music are almost always related to electronica in some way. Anyway, I only have listened to a 0.1 % of the music.
Regarding pop or rock, my limited memories are usually of bands such as Indochine:
I mean it seems the synthesiser is always present, in a way. But apart from the few groups already mentioned, I'd like to know some French bands with a more rocky sound. Maybe it's because my main references are the Argentine and Spanish rock and pop-rock, where the guitar has always been the "king" of the instruments, but I miss the guitar's sound.
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You're right Zaqarbal, synthesizer is become a major instrument in the french music since the 70's. But there are some more conventional bands, i.e.
Noir Désir or
Eths that could satisfy your preference.
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Originally Posted by glastonelle
Phoenix and Feist are great - but they both sing mostly in English  |
Feist seems to be a Canadian band from Vancouver. But yes, many french band sing in english nowdays.
Phoenix
Pony pony run run
Syd matters
M83
Tahiti 80
Hey hey my my
Hushpuppies
Stuck in the sound
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