At JustFocus, we love all styles of music. And so that your playlist is never too dated, our team of editors offers you at the beginning of the week the playlist of the editorial #108, a selection of 10 tracks freshly released. From Florence + The Machine to Mezzanine via INÜIT, here is a 360-degree tour of the latest news to add to your playlist!
Noucky's choice
ZER0 – Orpheus
Super surprise this week with the discovery of Zero. A sound between Jazz and rap that unites a talented pianist (whose voice reminds us of Damon Albarn) and an MC who is no less. It is under the label of Agorai, Sapiens, that this project is being born. Two universes completely distant but which combine perfectly. The 2 artists met 3 years ago in Paris and their first title evolves their music around the theme of Orpheus. Very beautiful starting point and source of reflection for a rich and elaborate music. To follow!
Seb Damiani-Faf Larage Feat. Shurik'n x Sat x Cecilia Arbel x Lacraps x Half Portion x Swatt's – Operap
Curiosity that lingers on the web and on which we had to look … Out of curiosity. Sébastien Damiani, composer and pianist gathers around him many names of French rap: Faf Larage, Shurik'n Lacraps, Sat l'Artificier, Youssef Swatt's, Demi-Portion. An ambitious project as much as surprising that will perhaps have the merit of encouraging the rap public to be interested in another complex musical style and that seems inaccessible to them. The idea is really to break down preconceived ideas and boundaries between musical genres to get them to mix. Note the impressive vocal performance of Cecilia Arbel !
Discover the Opera project
Florence + The Machine – Big God
A superb clip for the title Big God, new extract from the next album of Florence + The Machine. A sublime choreography in a dark setting. The dancers move barefoot on a surface of water around the singer. In a kind of trance, sometimes levitating, it looks like a pagan ritual. It's nagging, scary and as assured as it is powerful, that's the feeling we can have in front of this colorful performance. Go we wait a few more days, High as Hope comes out on June 29th.
Discover Big God of Florence + The Machine
INÜIT – We The People
The Inuït are back with a unifying and powerful title produced by Benjamin Lebeau of The Shoes whose paw we recognize with pleasure. A colorful and burlesque clip that tells us about revolt on the beach; It makes us want to raise our fists and change the world! The band announces at the same time a next album for October 12 and we can't wait, especially if the titles are as good as this first single… It promises. In the meantime, they will be on a few festivals this summer including Beauregard and Les Vieilles Charrues and will be at the Maroquinerie on October 15 for a Release Party.
Discover We The People by INÜIT
Bosco Rogers – Nina
I have a weakness for retro tracks that sound 60/70, between psyche rock and English pop. And here I can tell you that Bosco Rogers, a French-English duo, hit the nail on the head. A title that smells of hippie flower and everything that goes with it. What you need of electric guitar, a drums that tinkle in the background. First single of a future EP to come which will be called All Wet, we recommend you while waiting to listen to their first album that we just discovered late and that we like a lot: Post Exotic.
Discover Nina from Bosco Rogers
Deaf Havana – Sinner
They will be on August 24 on the Rock en Seine festival and it will be an opportunity to discover live this group with powerful songs and catchy melodies. We hope that Sinner, this little extract from their next album, Rituals, which we expect for August 10, will make you want to discover them on stage. This unifying title is a concentrate of enthusiasm! Enjoy!
Discover Sinner de Deaf Havana
Romain's choice
HALA – Sorry
Ian Ruhala, known by the stage name HALA, has a style inspired by Mac DeMarco and Ty Segall, with whom he shares a sense of "homemade" recording. Passed by several groups that decline, he decided in 2014 to go solo and realize his songs from A to Z. HALA was born in this period, during which he learned to handle digital instruments and applications. He offers with Sorry, recorded in minimal conditions, a jumpy and inspiring piece.
Simon's Choice
DIE ANTWOORD – 2• GOLDEN DAWN•7
Die Antwoord announced in 2016, the fifth album will be the last. Between sadness and excitement, the South African duo unveiled Friday the first single of this new opus, Golden Dawn. The album will be called 27 and will, naturally, have 27 tracks. To be found at Rock En Seine at the end of August, we can't wait…
Discover 2•GOLDEN DAWN•7 by Die Antwoord
Emma's choices
Cheat Codes, Little Mix – Only You
When a group of DJs and a girl band meet… In the best case we get Only You ! For their part, the girls of Little Mix celebrate their return, since the release of their fourth album Glory Days released in 2016, while the three DJs of Cheat Codes bounce back after the recent release of their first EP Level 1. Two very distinct projects but a summer cocktail that works : nothing very innovative but a catchy chorus and an honest song. Enough to whet the appetite of fans of the British girlsband and perhaps seduce French radios…
Discover Only You by Cheat Codes and Little Mix
Mezzanine – The Way She Loves Me
We have told you about it many times already, Mezzanine is the Le Havre "beach rock" band that is talking about him at the moment. Sharp classification you will tell us, yet Mezzanine is set to conquer the entire France. New single, new video, The Way She Loves Me seems to surf on the same humorous-vintage wave that we are starting to recognize from their old videos. So while we attend a series of offbeat seaside scenes, we discover the familiar riffs and choruses that we love so much. Mezzanine will release its new EP next September.
Discover The Way She Loves Me by Mezzanine
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Photos from the facebook page of Mezzanine, ForeverTrendSetters and Manifesto XXI
