The French band Phoenix draws elements from an eclectic 80s upbringing to arrive at their rock-synth sound Thomas Mars vocals Deck dArcy bass and Christian Mazzalai guitars were a garage band based out of Mars house in the suburbs of Paris Mazzalais …

Unlike most of his colleagues Johnny Fiascos musical background lies in rock roll Before turning his energies to house productions and DJing Chicago native Johnny Fiasco whose real last name was Lopez started his musical escapade playing the guitar …

Combining West Coast-style surf pop Velvet Underground-like urban rock and the romanticism of French singer Franoise Hardy Algerian-born singersongwriter Etienne Daho has taken the European rock scene by storm His albums have consistently qualified f…

Often compared to the legendary Serge Gainsbourg singersongwriterarranger Benjamin Biolay is less apt to call on some lovely like Brigitte Bardot or Franoise Hardy to sing his songs when he can do it just as well himself -- although Gainsbourg did of…

Paris-based Brazilian chanteuse Salom de Bahia came to the international dancefloor via Bob Sinclair the hip French producer and head of the cosmopolitan Yellow Productions label It was the mid-90s when Sinclair attended a revue hosted by bandleader …