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Romanian/Canadian Collab: Take It Easy
Here's a great new pop offering from Bucharest-born artist (though it looks like he grew up in between Geneva and L.A.) Keo called "Take It Easy." The song was actually co-produced by well-known American Rob Wells (Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Mika etc). But this clip is pretty much all Romania...uploaded by Roton records and shot inside MediaPro Studios in Buftea. Anyway, the vocalist is a Canadian singer/artist named Dru. The dancers in the video are Romanian, including Mădălina Pamfile and Agnes Matoko. Interesting song and well-done video, directed by Alex Ceauşu. Check it below. (h/t devoratormonden)
Canada+France+Romania = Mia Martina
Canada is turning out to be a goldmine of Europop lately. Who knew such gems were just north of the U.S. border? I've covered Mia Martina on this blog before and now she's back with a new single and video, "Burning." The main English version of the song dropped last week, but a few days ago Mia released the French version of the song and it's even better somehow. The thing that most fascinates me about Mia, however, is the fact she is mining the 'Romanian sound' that has made stars out of names like Inna and Alexandra Stan, yet she's from a small town in Canada. Mia even enlisted Bucharest-based producer Adrian Sina for a track off her debut album (called "Go Crazy"). But "Burning" souds even more Romanian than "Go Crazy" (it was also produced by a lesser known Romanian guy, Ovidiu Bistriceanu), and it's not bad at all. Check it below.
Kristina Maria + Corneille's Hot "Co-Pilot"
Oh, Canada. What would we do without you? Just by accident found this great new song and clip out of Québec called "Co-Pilot" and it's a must-share. Corneille is from Montréal. Kristina Maria is from Ottawa. Together they are heating up the 514 area code this winter with a new-this-month video shot in Montreal partially at the Palais des Congrés. I simply cannot stop listening to this one at the moment. The tune is half in English and half in French. But it's all electro-pop goodness and you are going to like it, trust me.
Meet Montréal's Jacynthe: "Stéréo" Clip
Mais oui, what do we have here? It's a new this month video from Québec's Jacynthe. "Stéréo" is not bad and it's reminding me a bit of Québec native (yes she is from Québec) Mylène Farmer today. The song was written by Stockholm's Maria Marcus, who has written tunes for many artists, including Idol Norge's Jenny Langlo in Norway. But I like Maria's work she's done with Jacynthe the best, and it's hitting all my sweet spots (Niclas Lundin also co-wrote the track with Jac and Maria). Check out Jac's latest below (an English version of "Stereo" is coming soon).
Your New Préféré Girl Group, "Az We R"
Slightly ashamed to admit this but I have been eagerly awaiting this video for a month. New girl group Az We R are like a straight male producers' wet dream come true, but their song "Dirty" is really catchy (not kidding). These ladies are from Montreal but the beats were made in France (or at least perfected there by Paris-based 2 Frenchguys Productions). Anyway, "Dirty" is now making waves in Europe: the track was released in Italy by Oxyd/Time in November 2011 and Germany is hot for the track this month via Kontor Records. Will America be the next domino to fall for Maria, Anne and Patricia? Signs point to maybe! Check it out below...cheap thrills but a good danceable pop song underneath it all.
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