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Fantastique French Trance Pop: The Stereo Flow's New "All The Things You Do"
Ready for a simply fantastic under-the-radar new track? Good. Because Paris/Los Angeles based duo The Stereo Flow are gonna give it to you. The act just released a video for their new song "All The Things You Do" and the promo features a singer we knew was a true talent in early 2011 when we met her for an interview here (that sadly never ran) in Los Angeles, England's Shirin. Perfect understated pop-leaning house/trance track to showcase the singer, who we like better than Dev, by the way. Looks like this new video was shot in Paris and we may have to buy the debut disc from The Stereo Flow, entitled Electro Magnetic Love Reaction. Really dreamy new tune. Check it below.
Do You Know The Way To "Saint-Tropez?" Snoop Dogg And Karl Lagerfeld Star In Jean-Roch's New Clip
You just can't make this stuff up. This is like a bizarre joke that starts out like this: "So Snoop Dogg, Jean-Roch and Karl Lagerfeld walk into a bar." But it's not a joke. This exists! Jean-Roch somehow got Snoop AND Karl Lagerfeld to appear in his just-released video for "Saint-Tropez" and the clip is gorgeous. One small problem, however, in that the song is basically awful. And this is from an artist we like and have written about many times before. Still, "Saint-Tropez" is simply no "Welcome To Saint Tropez" and the tune just never really takes off. But I suppose it's good in parts (at least Snoop's rap is ok). Anyway, have a look below. Très bizarre.
France's Favorite American City: Miami (Ocean Drive's "Whatever" Clip)
Quick question: what U.S. city do you think French tourists most want to visit? New York? Fuggedaboutit! San Francisco? Meh. Miami? Now we are talking! Parisians have flocked en masse to South Beach for years and now there's even a dance/pop act named after one of Miami's most well-known streets, Ocean Drive. The group consists of Montpellier's sexy female DJ Maeva Carter and producer/artist Gilles Luka. They are signed to Sony in France and "Whatever (Encore et Encore)" is their latest single and clip. Naturally, they filmed their promo for the track in, wait for it....Miami. The video is not really supposed to debut in the U.S. until June 1st, but we just can't wait any longer so we've found it outside of You Tube for y'all. Check it below.
Matt Pokora Drops "On Est Là" Video
I knew France's Matt Pokora was a big pop star since 2010. But I had no idea just how big he really was until earlier this year when I was waiting for an elevator alongside him in a fancy Cannes Hotel during MIDEM and the NRJ Music Awards. The dude has a posse as big as any American rapper. We're talking a phalanx of PR girls. We're talking multiple stylists. We're talking record company Vice Presidents, personal assistants and more. All because Pokora is a proper pop star, you see. He keeps cranking out the hits and "On Est La" is his latest single and video. It's the follow up to "Juste Un Instant" from his album In Pursuit of Happiness and it has already sold nearly 80,000 copies since its release in March. The video is brand new, check out Matt's smooth moves below.
Technology Pop: Bizarre New Clips From France ("Skype") & Russia ("Maze")
Across the Atlantic musicians have an uneasy relationship with technology, apparently. At least that's the conculsion one can draw from the following two clips, both having a lot to do with social networking and the way we live now (that means a digital lifestyle filled with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and more). First up is a new song and clip from Moscow's Discoteka Avariya who explore all kinds of digital themes in their promo for "Лабиринт" or simply "maze." Really a cool-looking clip (also features Batishta). Below that is another bizarre promo brought to this blog's attention by our friends at europopmusic called "Skype" by France's RoBERT and Anthony Delon. The Giuliano Peparini-directed video was filmed in Romania and is all kinds of crazy. Check both below.
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