Fugu a.k.a Mehdi Zannad is a one-man-band from France. the idea of Fugu germinated while he was studying architecture in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1993, as his first demo lead him to record a 7" on Liverpool label "Sugarfrost".
A couple of years later, with encouragements from both High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan and Stereolab, Mehdi recorded his first E.P and a handful of 7" singles (among them, a split single with Stereolab, another one with St Etienne and a favourite, "F31-she's coming over" on Elefant records).
Fugu's first album, "Fugu 1" was conceived as an idiosyncratic baroque sequel to "Sgt Pepper" meeting "Smile" and meant to be made in perfect 60's facsimile. It gained critical success, got released in US by Minty Fresh and in France on Yann-"Amelie's" fame-Tiersen label "Ici d'Ailleurs". "For Us Records", the in-house label of the Rough Trade Shop released it on vinyl in the UK and it became album of the week on Xfm.
Fugu then opened for Stereolab on a coast-to-coast US tour which started at SF's Fillmore East and ended at the Irving Plaza in NY.
Mehdi collaborated on "happy-go-unlucky", the last Lp from ultra-talented songwriter John Cunningham, who was part of the Fugu line-up for the US tour.
Straightforwardness was the idea for "as found" which has just been released in France and Japan. These are pop songs in the true sense and most classical "canon", tackling US 70's early powerpop, post-60's Beach Boys and McCartney in his first solo album impersonation.
the Lp was recorded in Rouen with Tahiti 80 co-producing, playing, overdubbing, drinking beers, eating de-frozen food and also with Simon Johns from Stereolab on bass, and an appendix lost on the way.
"Here Today" is the right introduction and it's for you folks. So be glad and sing "i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love", because it's here to stay.
Deux mois après la sortie de leur premier album « 10Y », le groupe Mary’s Dream crée un des événements de cette fin d’année en vous invitant à la soirée « Mary’s Dream@Home (Web Live Session) », le 17 Décembre 2009 à 20h50, un concert diffusé en direct sur le site Internet www.marysdreamtheband.com.
Endlich ! Die Antwort auf 3 Tage wach , die schaurig schoene Geschichte vom Ravermaedchen Mandy , dem es in der Welt von RTL 2 und Spiegel TV schlecht ergeht , in 4 Mixen. Der kickende Electrohouse Clubmix von NOGALES (swen Weber-Jean Claude Ades- Robot Needs Oil Remixer) , der extravagante Single Edit von Kuchinke & Schwarz , der Stefan Bayer Retro Remix , der trippige Remix des Australiers Hermes.
THE TRAGIC MAGIC STORY OF MANDY , THE RAVERGIRL. 4 MIXES - KICKIN ELECTRO & HOUSE - PURE MADNESS INCLUDING REMIX BY NOGALES : REMIXER SWEN WEBER- JEAN CLAUDE ADES - ROBOT NEEDS OIL & EXTRAVAGANZA SINGLE EDIT BY KUCHINKE & SCHWARZ
France’s own online music retailer, Hands and Arms,
has made it easier to purchase my latest pop cd, A Song for Me, A Song for You.
« A song for you a song for me » réussit le mariage
audacieux de la pop et de la bossa ; un assortiment sucré agrémenté d’une
pointe de rock ; le tout assaisonné de jazz entrainant. Derrière la voix
feutrée de Scott et ses arrangements soignés, ces 14 pistes mêlant humour et rêverie
nous transportent dans les années 60’s. En fermant les yeux, on s’imagine dans
un bac à sable faisant des châteaux aux cotés de Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson ou
Mick Brown (The Left Banke).(excerpt from a review in My
Gmusique)
thanks for the comment as the album gets made i will be updating the tracks on the page weekly once its finished i will send it out free to anyone who wants it,James
