Niki N. Phaser

                   French pop-princess Alizée is about to take another step in her career, meaning a new album is on the way. It is entitled Une Enfant Du Siècle and it will be her fourth, marking also a decade since her spectacular debut with Gourmandises. On this one she is working with producers/remixers Chateau Marmont, as well as David Rubato or Jérôme Echenoz (maybe some of you noticed Mylene Farmer’s absence). She’ll most likely further the more mature sound initiated by her previous release, Psychédélices, which was more club-oriented, as opposed to the disco-oriented sound of her first two records (you figure out the difference). Not that it would be a bad thing — Jamais Plus is quite a delight.

                   Une Enfant Du Siècle will be out this march, but you can pre-order a special edition, containing vinyls, a poster, photos signed by the singer herself, here:

OFFICIAL SITE

              Indochine are releasing yet another single from last year’s successful album, La Republique des Meteors, and their choice is quite good: Un Ange à ma Table. Though I was still rooting for Republika, it is great that this track received the special attention of being the fourth single. It’s a fast-paced rocky kind of tune, but it’s still the careening sounds of chorus synths that will stick to your mind. The French idols will be touring their homeland this spring, starting with March, the climax being a monster gig at Stade de France on June 26.

UN ANGE ICI

French pop-rock legends, Indochine are preparing the official release (November 20) of a new single, Le Lac, taken from their latest album, La République des Meteors, their eleventh. Not the most obvious choice for a single, Le Lac is still a nice song, but not as poignant as Republika, which was overlooked for the third time. Maybe the fourth is a charm. La lettre de métal is also quite a gripping piece of music, displaying once again Indochine’s pop-rock complexity. Nicola Sirkis and co. have been touring the new album, follow-up to 2x masterpiece Alice & June, in all the familiar places, to great success. They’ll keep at it all troughout the next year, when they have scheduled a monster-gig on “Stade de France” on June 26. It’s been sold-out almost a year in advance.

Le Lac VIDEO and also try La Lettre de Metal and maybe also Republika