Caroline Lacaze‘s French language vocals on her debut En Route might fly in the face of tradition whereby ninety-nine per cent of non-native English speaking singers on the contemporary funk/ soul scene ply their trade in English but that’s why I love the French. They adhere to wild and crazy notions that singing in ‘foreign’ is no less valid than singing in English. Plus, they are well aware that –
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CAROLINE LACAZE: En Route (2013)
CAROLINE LACAZE & THE MOCAMBO ELECTRIC SOUND ORCHESTRA: L’Etrange (2013) Video
Fancy some psychedelic funk? On L’Etrange, the Mocambo Electric Sound Orchestra supply a gritty backbeat and appropriate guitar antics while Caroline Lacaze supplies a wistful French language vocal. L’Etrange, of course, means ‘strange.’ My French unfortunately doesn’t stretch far enough for a complete translation of the lyrics but let’s just say that references to ‘ennui’ suggest
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