MIXTAPE MONDAYS: Musique Français

(Every Monday at Tragically Hipster we'll feature a look at a band, performance, or vague musical concept, with an accompanying virtual mixtape for your listening pleasure. There's no need to thank us; it's just one more service we like to provide for you, our dedicated readers. Most of whom also write for this site.)

Tragically Hipster music idol Serge Gainsbourg,
taking a cigarette break and generally looking cooler than you.

DECLARATION:

The music on the mixtape this week is all in French, and was for the most part recorded in France. Most, though not quite all, of the performers heard here are themselves French nationals. Some of the music was recorded this decade, and some during decades past.  Much of the music is pop-oriented. Some of it is hip-hop. Two of the pieces are instrumental. At least four have been featured on movie soundtracks. 

Thank you for your continuing patronage.

DÉCLARATION :
Toute la musique sur le mixtape cette semaine est en français, et pour la plupart a été enregistrée en France. Les la plupart, cependant pas tout à fait toutes, des interprètes entendus ici sont eux-mêmes les ressortissants français. Une partie de la musique a été enregistrée cette décennie, et certains pendant des décennies au delà.  Une grande partie de la musique sauter-est orientée. Une partie de elle est hip-hop. Deux des morceaux sont instrumentaux. Au moins quatre ont été décrits sur des bandes sonores de film. Si vous trouvez la qualité de cette traduction manquant, gardez svp vos plaintes à vous-même. 

Merci de votre patronage continu.

On the Mixtape:

          1) "Mon Clan" by Shurik'n
          2) "Faust 72" by Dynastie Crisis
          3) "Requiem Pour un Con" by Serge Gainsbourg
          4) "La Marquise" by Guesch Patti
          5) "Disco Science" by Mirwais
          6) "Laisse Tomber Les Filles" by April March
          7) "Ne Me Quitte Pas" by Jacques Brel
          8) "La Bête et la Belle" by (The Real) Tuesday Weld featuring David Guez
          9) "Regarde" by IAM
          10) "Je Suis Bien" by Los Super Elegantes
          11) "Cybele's Reverie" by Stereolab
          12) "Milky Boy Bourgeois" by Stereo Total
          13) "Pop Fashion (B.O.F. La Piscine)" by Michel Legrand
          14) "Tel Que Tu Es" by Charlotte Gainsbourg
          15) "Oh Malheur Chez O'Malley" by Sébastien Tellier
          16) "Nid De Guêpes" by Akhenaton

LINKS:
Musique Français Mixtape
Ou Je Vis by Shurik'n
Ocean's 12 (Soundtrack) by Various Artists
Production by Mirwais
Paris in April by April March
Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel
I, Lucifer by (The Real) Tuesday Weld
L'Ecole du Micro D'Argent by IAM
Channelizing Paradise by Los Super Elegantes
Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab
My Melody by Stereo Total
Easy Paris by Elisabeth Butterfly
5:55 by Charlotte Gainsbourg
L'Incroyable Verité by Sébastien Tellier
Black Album by Akhenaton

Live, Free, Tonight -- (THE REAL) TUESDAY WELD

(The Real) Tuesday Weld makes music that sounds something like the bastard child of 1930's cabaret, 1960's French New Wave cool, and 1990's British electronica. Even better are his live performances, backed by a full band replete with laptop samplers and a clarinet. Weld is a London-based performer, so U.S. dates are extremely rare, but tonight he'll be playing a free show in downtown Los Angeles. I was lucky enough to catch a mini-set he did last night at a private event, and enjoyed it so much that I'll be going back to see the full performance tonight.

I've put together a quick muxtape mix of his songs for those who still need convincing. No need to thank me.

Opening for Weld will be Lal Meri, an act described in the press material as "a blend of jazz, East-Indian vocals, trip hop with world music, and electronica."

WHERE: California Plaza
WHEN:TONIGHT, Friday July 18, @ 8:00pm.
PRICE: FREE
MORE INFO: http://www.grandperformances.org