Why doesn't Brigitte Fontaine have her onw thread?

yeah that one is probably my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48bcOBp13Ks

Amazing song.

I only have Kekeland. She was great when supporting Stereolab, would love to see her again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ZZMUhxvqOk0&feature=related

Get “Comme à la radio”

tons of fontaine on spotify. currently enjoying the self-titled record, which is insanely paced

I've just discovered BF via Comme A La Radio. This is seriously cool and weird and deserves more recognition. Jai 26 Ans is a fave at the moment.

I looks like Comme A La Radio is getting a reissue;
http://www.superiorviaduct.com/products/brigitte-fontaine-comme-a-la-radio-lp

And she's released an album this year. Thanks for bumping the thread, I will investigate further. Definitely worth seeing live, based on when I saw a few years back.

I = It

she's got such an interesting voice, it wavers between extreme confidence and just-about-to-crack. there's something just slightly unsettling about the way she sings.

wow Superior Viaduct continues to amaze, great news xxp

aw shit it doesn't have my favorite track! apparently 'Le Goudron" is a CD-only bonus track on the older versions :(

It is??? That's my fave on 'Comme' too.

'Est' is a fantastically fruity record and well worth investigating too.
Bought one of the early 70s ones w Areski and wasn't that into it.

'Vous et Nous', mentioned upthread a couple of times, is quite good, though I don't think anything quite tops 'Comme'

Love Brigitte, have listened to pretty much every album she's done. I'd say her self-titled album might be her best album besides "Comme," although all her 70s albums are scattered with great tracks.

if you're looking for le goudron on vinyl, it can be found on the bearded ladies comp finders keepers put out. not sure when or where the bonus track that was added to the cd i have of her first record comes from, but it's completely out of place with the rest of the album. how are her recordings with jacques higelin that have been (re)released lately? quite like the higelin/areski record too!

sweet, thanks so much for that reference! I have been on a big LITA kick lately anyway.

Been listening to Comme a la Radio all week. Not sure what's being sing about but am enjoying the lp.

I'm not familiar with any of the rest of her work so wonder if there's anything to progress to. Did Superior Viaduct do any of the other titles than the 1st 2? Or are they planning to?

Comme a la radio is more avant-jazzy than all the rest of her records, due to it being a collaboration with Art Ensemble of Chicago. Most of the rest of her more is (freak?) folky, with a lot of duets with Areski.

Her self-titled record is excellent, has some lush orchestral pieces as well as some short acapella bursts that I wished she explored more. Vous Et Nous is also great, although slightly long-winded as a double album. I would say all her 70s records have worthwhile things to offer.

the arrangements on her debut are by jean-claude vannier, i think? vous et nous is one i've always wanted to check out but never been able to find. her self-titled album from the early seventies is a favourite of mine, also have a soft spot for l'incendie, one of the fontaine/areski albums: definitely the most "folk" one that i've heard.

I love 'Vous et Nous' - very sprawling indeed but despite the variety (some folk stuff, some Oud/arabic Areski jams, even some proto-electro stuff) all the songs capture a kind of floating eeriness that's really poetic. Her new stuff ain't bad either

great recommendations everybody, thanks

I found an Areski record, Un Beau Matin, that is equally fantastic. About half the songs are credited to Fontaine/Areski and I hear her vocalizations throughout the record tho Areski takes the driver's seat on the record.

l'histoire de sa disque avec l'art ensemble, comme à la radio
(en français)

http://pilule-magazine.fr/ux-portfolio/commealaradio/