Our guests want to go elsewhere. Nicola Son releases her 5th album Do not panic, a new album which keeps the imprint of bossa and Lena Deluxe travels to the gamelan archipelago to produce the album Santai (relax in Bahasa Indonesian). (Rebroadcast)
Our 1er guest is Nicola Són, who presents the album Do not panic
Do not panic, 5th album Nicola Son, seeks inspiration beyond the Brazilian music of his first albums, flirting with reggae, cumbia, African music, in a more pop and modern spirit. Nicola Són was born in Paris, but lived in Brazil for several years until 2018. Since his first album, he has earned the title of “the most Brazilian of French singers” from the Brazilian media. After a trilogy where he explored the rhythmic particularities of different regions of Brazil, a 4th album – Piaf do Brasil – in the form of a rereading of Edith Piaf’s greatest successes, Nicola Són comes out Do not panic in 2023. This 5th album will seek inspirations beyond the Brazilian music of his first albums, flirting with reggae, cumbia, African music, in a more pop and modern spirit. Nicola Són’s challenge is always to make French song swing, drawing inspiration from music from elsewhere, as Gainsbourg managed to do in his time in his first albums (Nº2, Nº4 and Percussions).
Accompanied by the same Brazilian producer, Márcio Arantes (winner of the Latin Grammy Awards in 2021), who produced his hit “Amanhã já era” – playlist France Inter 2018, Nova Tunes 3.8, FIP, Cosmo in Germany) – Nicola Són therefore presents a resolutely French, Latin and pop album.
Titles performed at the big studio
Parasite Live RFI
Juanita Bonita Live RFI
Line Up: Nicola Sonvocals/guitar, James Müllerbattery, Ricardo Feijaobass, Ludwig Gorhansaxophone and Caetano MaltaMPC / keyboard.
Sound: Benoît Letirant, Matthias Taylor.
► Album Do not panic (Joao Del productions 2023).
Then we receive Lena Deluxe, for the release of the album Santai
Lena Deluxe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, originally from Roubaix. His passion and the magic of encounters led him to be noticed by the American producer Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz, Mick Jagger, Madonna…) who suggested that he record his first album in New York in a church transformed into a studio entirely analog. This first album Mirror for heroes was released in May 2015. After his album tour Mirror For Heroes, Lena decides to go on an adventure around the world in search of new inspirations. Arriving in Indonesia, she was welcomed into a community of artists in a small village near Yogyakarta. It was there that she composed and recorded her second album. Santai accompanied by Indonesian musicians.
Titles performed at the big studio
Santaï Live RFI + RFI Videos
Animals, from the album Santai watch the clip
At the Top of the Peaks Live RFI + RFI Videos
Line Up: Ipin Nur Setiyoguitar, Victor Philippebass, Agathe Lefebvreguitar, backing vocals, Mathis Uraibattery, Lena Deluxevocals, synths.
Its Alice Mesnard and Benoît Letirant.
► Album Santai (Harmony Records / Daydream Music 2023).