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Album: Chéri B.B.
Track: This Summer Night
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Cheri B.B. is the latest offering from French producer Bertrand Burgalat.  It's his 4th album and was released last year on his label Tricatel.  I posted about his first album and his history HERE.  He also released a collection of unreleased and rare tracks at the same time called Inedits.  This album has him written all over it.  He's such a strong artist with a very definite style and sense of himself.  He has a really great track called "This Summer night" which features ex-Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt (he's also an amazing artist in his own right).  There's a great video for the song on the Tricatel main page HERE.  Unfortunately I can't embed the video and it's not on YouTube but check it out.  The last song titled "Happy Inbetween" features German electropop group Donna Regina.  The album is everything I expected it to be.  It's fun and very Frenchy.  If you like downtempo music like Air or High Llamas I think you'll enjoy him.  Parts of this album have a 70's singer-songwriter feel to them which is a bit unlike the earlier works.  As with previous albums Serge Gainsbourg is a major influence on the album.  It's good music.  I have to say though there's about 4 tracks on the album that I could take or leave, but coming in at 14 tracks, that's not so bad.  Bertrand is pure genius.  Check him out.

Posted on 09/03/2008
Tags: French Electro-pop, Downtempo
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Bertrand Burgulat – Mal de Bright 4:33

 

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Bertrand Burgulat – I’ve Been A Bad, Bad Boy 3:20

 

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So kewl - and from the first notes of "This Summer Night," I was thinking '70s Euro-disco. And not a bad way.

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Definitely not.  Bad as in good right?  It's a really good album.  I need to go ahead and pick up his other offerings.  I think he has something.  Even if on one song he sings about being destined to be middle of the road I'll still hold him in high regard.

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Yes. It's not bad as in bad, but it is bad as in good. Good?

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Yes.  Like what those damn hippity hop kids would say in the 80's. :)

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Rawkkiddoh says:

If there was ever a cover that screamed I am french that would be the one

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poebegone says:

Robert Wyatt as in Robert Wyatt? cool. although he's in song 1, i can actually imagine song 3 as a Soft Machine number.

very cool, Sam. if it got any Frenchier, it'd be having a ciggie for lunch. (;

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Yeah that Robert Wyatt.  A very unexpected but cool track.  This album is very French.  It's served au jus.

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