Camille is a young ‘chanteuse’. Her new album Le Fil is magical. All the songs are interconnected by one long note, Le Fil, or The Wire.
Since a couple of years there is a ‘new wave’ in French chansons. One of the central figures is composer/singer Benjamin Biolay. Other singers are Keren Ann and Coralie Clément (Biolay’s sister). This new generation could be considered Serge Gainsbourg’s illegitimate children. But Camille is different from this new überhip French connection. She is more ‘dreamy’, more creative. Camille mostly uses her own voice as an instrument, and combines both humorous and tragic lyrics with very captivating rhytms. Camille is a must have in any iPod.
Buy directly on the iTunes Music Store, or on Amazon USA (if you live in the USA).
