Le Tone - Le Petit Nabab

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Abstract, Electro, Downtempo
Year:
1998

Tracklist

Intro 1:18 X
Joli Dragon 3:40 X
La Biche Égarée 4:31 X
Expression Du Domaine De La Lutte 4:31 X
7th Floor 1:02 X
Mauvaise Graine 3:46 X
Pietrafitta 2:57 X
S 0:18 X
Is It Love 3:49 X
Avenue Parmentier 8PM 1:49 X
Rocky VIII 4:16 X
The Ray Cup Racing 2:41 X
Bitter Crop 3:47 X
Lessivé 7:30

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Le Petit Nabab (CD, Album) Naïve NV 3121-1 France 1998
Le Petit Nabab (CD) Epic Records (Japan) ESCA 8080 Japan 1999
Le Petit Nabab (CD, Album) Creation Records, Sony Music Entertainment (Austria) CRECD 250, 496024 2 Europe 1999
Le Petit Nabab (CD, Album) Creation Records CRECD 250 UK 1999
Le Petit Nabab (LP) Naïve NV 3126-3 France 1999
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 4/5
Review by scoundrel Jan 06, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

referencing Le Petit Nabab, CD, Album, NV 3121-1

Weird French popsters Le Tone merge a bass and bleep sensibility with musique concrete on their debut LE PETIT NABIB. "Intro" is a sample-rific piece, but their twee single "Joli Dragon" is a crowd-pleaser with its childlike sense of fun. Le Tone don't pretend to take themselves seriously, and a free to indulge in the near-noir of "Expression du Domaine de la Lutte" or the breaks, strings and gleeps of joy in "Mauvaise Graine." Their approach does allow for some moments of tenderness to creep in, as with "Is It Love" (though the sped-up sample of Chinese opera seems out of place) or the delicate Billie Holiday homage of "Bitter Crop." And "Lessive" takes us out on a tropical note, showing that fun can be as important a musical element as any other.
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Shortcut Code: [m59681]
Data Quality Rating: Correct

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