La Femme
Paradigmes (2lp)
La Femme have always assimilated the sounds that surround them. Their 2013 debut album 'Psycho Tropical Berlin' paid homage to kosmische, surf rock and cold wave. The follow-up 'Mystère' (2016) hybridised elements of psych disco, Egyptian iconography and intoxicating flavours of '90s Motown hip hop. It's music for the internet age that draws on vintage and eclectic good taste, where playful, sonic Dadaist collages are turned into something ebullient and remarkable, strewn with lyrics that are feisty, funny, philosophical and sometimes forlorn. The album 'Paradigmes' has a cinematic aspect as well; a celluloid-like window into a playful alternative universe where travelling far and wide is still the order of the day. It's a psychogeographic and sometimes psychotropic trawl.