French films noirs, especially if they have 'Rififi' in the title; 'A Bout de Souffle'; 'Daisies'; Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, Julie Christie, Greta Garbo and Audrey Hepburn; Cary Grant and Alain Delon; Fred Chopin; Tom Waits; Richard Wagner; Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, John Barry, Edward Artemyev, Gabriel Yared, Angelo Badalamenti, Michel Legrand, Nino Rota and Zbigniew Preisner; David Goodis and Raymond Chandler; Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean-Pierre Melville, Guy Maddin, Federico Fellini, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Stanley Kubrick; Jerome K. Jerome and Boris Vian; Jorge Ben; Bob Paisley; Kraftwerk and cycling; D.A.F. and Pyrolator; Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra; Isaac Hayes; Michel Polnareff; La Lupe; Astor Piazzolla; Scott Walker and Marc Almond; Chet Baker (singing) and Shirley Horn; Shirley Bassey, Richard Harris, Johnny Harris and Jimmy Webb; Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra; Magazine, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Psychedelic Furs; Pizzicato 5, Akiko Yano and Y.M.O.; Jane Siberry and The Cocteau Twins; Julie London and George Formby (especially their hard to find 'Love Duets' album on 78rpm...), pianos, French chanson...
Sounds Like
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, St. Etienne, Goldfrapp, Madeleine Peyroux, Billy MacKenzie, Barbara, Francoise Hardy, Peggy Lee, Julee Cruise, Mazzy Star with a piano, Stina Nordenstam, Antony and the Johnsons with a lady singer.
Hello, we are Gamine, would you like to see our video? It's for a song called 'Oh, mon chéri!' which is on our lovely album, 'Sabotage'. You just have to press play...
HELLO EVERYONE
First of all, etiquette dictates that we should satisfy your thirst for information. We'd normally be inclined to let you know about our lovely album, 'SABOTAGE', and how it has changed people's lives and made them into entirely decent human beings, about how our concerts have more or less revolutionised the world of music, not to mention scandalised those who previously thought that strumming a handful of E chords was enough to win acclaim. But, no, life is too short to talk about our unique talents. We'll let you decide if you're worthy of us.
However, if you come to the conclusion that you have what it takes to succeed as a Gamine fan then we welcome you with open arms. Some of you at this point are no doubt desperate to prove your worth with a copy of our MARVELLOUS ALBUM, 'SABOTAGE', which you cannot, for love nor money, find in the town you call home. Well, we have a solution: you can BUY IT ONLINE here at www.theflowershoprecordings-online.com
In the meantime, feel free to download our songs, share them with your pals, put them on all your computers and iPods and use on MySpace as often as you want.
And if you're feeling in the mood for extra Gamine, why not click on the playlist opposite or visit us at www.last.fm/music/Gamine/Sabotage to listen to our album, or come to our PureVolume page to find some more songs to download, or come and find us on Facebook (we're just so modern, aren't we)?
And finally, an exciting new development, A GAMINE GROUP! Yes, we are happy to announce our approval of a group that has been founded in our name by one of our lovely friends. You can find it here, at "Distingués Lovers of Gamine". Feel free to join and add your two penn'orth / two cents / euros / yen / kroner etc. We would like to point out that mindless adulation of your heroes is not obligatory (as we could easily become even more big-headed than we are already) and that all interesting discussions (in any language) are welcome.
Hey You're the first myspace occupant that I've listened to and then gone and ordered the album! What wonderful noir undertones you have there! It's almost like music to watch the Titanic sink to! It's some-what soporiphic yet engaging! Lovely stuff indeed!
hey I posted some of the pics on My Pics - please take a look. I hope you like your dress. I am really grateful you modelled them for me so its absolutely a pleasure to give you something in return. I'll let you know about the launch. bisous Bettyx
Hi, I've included your clip Oh mon cherie in my myspace web, with your autoritation, if don't mind, i'll let it. If you've something against, please tell me. Regards
So, was there sparks between gamine and the public yesterday ? (plaisanterie facile, je sais) By the way, It was very thoughtful of you to announce us a sold out concert. Well I took comfort (nearly) in getting a ticket for the Waits tour :p Besides, allow me to announce that l'homme qui aimait les femmes will be performing with the municipal fanfare of the ironworkers of Prevalje (Slovenia). The concert will take place in a cave under the city council. It is already sold out since 1952, but you are welcome to search for the backdoor. (I heard there's a possibility within the fallout shelter).
Thank you so much for the add and the comment! ireally dig your stuff in da player, if only i could talk english properly! nice mood, ambiance and textures, the voice is overwhelming!,and as Cole Porter once said, he tried to make the new sound familiar and the familar sound new, and that's kind of what you do i think, great! i saw Marina in your top! here is a picture of me with Marina and Olivier (Nouvelle Vague)greetings from France, Fred.
salut ian et claudia!!! j'ai vu q vous aller jouer avec sparks!!! c genial!!! passez le ponjours de ma part a ron et russel. moi je pense venir a londres bientot! a trop vite j'espere bizzz roman
