French Trance?

February 6, 2024 1:14 PM

I'm looking for electronica (preferably vocal trance/around 2 beats per second), but specifically artists that only sing in French.

I was trying to create a French electronica station on Pandora and there is no way to search by language. I experimented with adding a French artist I knew in a different genre and I do seem to be getting French language recommendations from that consistently, but I'm not in the loop on French electronica so I'm not sure where to start. Any options are welcome, even if they aren't perfect. Alternatively, I'm open to a link to an existing Pandora station if you know of one (I want to stick with my existing paid subscription to avoid ads or shelling out more money).

posted by Eyelash to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Paradis's "Couleurs Primaires" and particularly Garde le pour toi came to mind. That might be a leaping point to similar artists on streaming networks.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 4:30 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Check the site Every Noise (best on a computer) - it's an incredible map of genres and they tend to separate out by language / country. The closest genres I can find are French Indietronica, French DNB, and Electro-Pop Francais. The Scan link will play a few seconds of each artist. Scroll down and you'll see some related genres. Not every artist sings in French but it'll give you a starting point.
posted by beyond_pink at 6:33 AM on February 7 [1 favorite]

I don’t know if this is exactly what you’re looking for as far as genre, but L’imperatice? They do have some English songs but French is their first language. Foote Benguigui has such an awesome voice, and she does well in English but you can tell that singing French is where she’s in her element. (On YT, their live set at La Felicita is so fun.)
posted by azpenguin at 7:13 AM on February 7 [1 favorite]

Yeah, in addition to Flore with L'Imperatrice, there's also Corine (although she's all over the place, stylistically), and Polo & Pan (once you realize there are lyrics occasionally), and maybe older La Femme?
posted by Kyol at 7:26 AM on February 7 [1 favorite]

So many great suggestions above! I'll add to the list: Air, Ascendent Vierge, Automelodi, Bon Entendeur, Charlotte Adigery, Deux, Jacques, Kompromat, La Fine Equip, Lescop, Torpedo Boys, and Vendredi sur Mer
posted by boomdelala at 6:38 PM on February 7 [1 favorite]