Here to hew the rough edges off a past that was probably never as good as it seems like it was once, Parisian-based journalist and filmmaker Jocelyn offers you some sepia soft focus..
Some may be new, some may be old, but all of them point back to those (possibly fictitious) golden days. It’s grim in February. You need to forget that there’s no time like the present.
So here is Jocelyn’s béatifique haute-couture nostalgia from the camembert capital.
1. SATYAJIT RAY – CHARU’S THEME
Forget the Darjeeling Limited. Satyajit Ray’s melodies have a deeper filmic history than to soundtrack quirky journeys of Western self discovery round the subcontinent. In the days before Bollywood’s garish technicolour, Satyajit Ray was responsible for bringing international recognition to India’s film industry. He even wrote the music for his own films. A compilation of his soundtracks is one of my favourite records of all time. His films are pretty cool too.
2. DEERHUNTER – DESIRE LINES
“Wa-oh.”
3. ANN STEEL – MY TIME
Mental electro-pop from the past. Woozy liquid rhythms and strange every-day lyrics about Einstein and the Eiffel Tower put Ann Steel on a path stretching right up to the door of Animal Collective.
4. PANDA BEAR – ALSATIAN DARN
Speaking about Animal Collective… it’s the B-side to Panda Bear’s You Can Count on Me single. Trippy.
5. GROUPER – HEAVY WATER/ RATHER BE SLEEPING
Like floating on a lilo in a really, really cold river.
6. ANDREW BIRD vs KONONO NO 1 - OHNONO/KIWEMBO
When indie and likembé combine... a rare gentle moment from last year's hit-and-miss but nonetheless awesome Tradi-mods vs Rockers.
7. oOoOO – BURNOUT EYES
Crunk Cocteau Twins sippin on codeine.
8. R STEVIE MOORE – I GO INTO YOUR MIND
Before Ariel Pink there was R. Stevie Moore. This arthritic lo-fi lord has been peddling wonky music in New York for decades, but has remained firmly under the radar. This tune, made along with Krys O. and Yukio Yun, is one of his most expansive, and most beautiful.
9. JULIAN LYNCH – IN NEW JERSEY
Break out the psychedelic clarinet and let’s get INTIMATE.
10. MARK MCGUIRE – BRAIN STORM (FOR ERIN)
Beguiling, mysterious guitar blips from the Emeralds guy.
11. BON IVER - FLUME (LANNY MAY REMIX)
Might have been remixed in a backwoods hut in Wisconsin.
12. DAS RACIST – AMAZING (FT. LAKUTIS)
Amazing.
13. ATLAS SOUND – QUICK CANAL
Sexy krautrock from Bradford Cox (the guy from Deerhunter) with Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadler in tow.
14. STEVE GUNN – DUSTED MIND
Intricate American primitivism to round things off. A bientot.
FIN
Forget the Darjeeling Limited. Satyajit Ray’s melodies have a deeper filmic history than to soundtrack quirky journeys of Western self discovery round the subcontinent. In the days before Bollywood’s garish technicolour, Satyajit Ray was responsible for bringing international recognition to India’s film industry. He even wrote the music for his own films. A compilation of his soundtracks is one of my favourite records of all time. His films are pretty cool too.
2. DEERHUNTER – DESIRE LINES
“Wa-oh.”
3. ANN STEEL – MY TIME
Mental electro-pop from the past. Woozy liquid rhythms and strange every-day lyrics about Einstein and the Eiffel Tower put Ann Steel on a path stretching right up to the door of Animal Collective.
4. PANDA BEAR – ALSATIAN DARN
Speaking about Animal Collective… it’s the B-side to Panda Bear’s You Can Count on Me single. Trippy.
5. GROUPER – HEAVY WATER/ RATHER BE SLEEPING
Like floating on a lilo in a really, really cold river.
6. ANDREW BIRD vs KONONO NO 1 - OHNONO/KIWEMBO
When indie and likembé combine... a rare gentle moment from last year's hit-and-miss but nonetheless awesome Tradi-mods vs Rockers.
7. oOoOO – BURNOUT EYES
Crunk Cocteau Twins sippin on codeine.
8. R STEVIE MOORE – I GO INTO YOUR MIND
Before Ariel Pink there was R. Stevie Moore. This arthritic lo-fi lord has been peddling wonky music in New York for decades, but has remained firmly under the radar. This tune, made along with Krys O. and Yukio Yun, is one of his most expansive, and most beautiful.
9. JULIAN LYNCH – IN NEW JERSEY
Break out the psychedelic clarinet and let’s get INTIMATE.
10. MARK MCGUIRE – BRAIN STORM (FOR ERIN)
Beguiling, mysterious guitar blips from the Emeralds guy.
11. BON IVER - FLUME (LANNY MAY REMIX)
Might have been remixed in a backwoods hut in Wisconsin.
12. DAS RACIST – AMAZING (FT. LAKUTIS)
Amazing.
13. ATLAS SOUND – QUICK CANAL
Sexy krautrock from Bradford Cox (the guy from Deerhunter) with Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadler in tow.
14. STEVE GUNN – DUSTED MIND
Intricate American primitivism to round things off. A bientot.
FIN
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