Update ↓
For the time being, the Thursday HiFi livestream will be on hiatus. But don’t worry… we’re cooking up something special for all of our sonic explorers, freaks, divas and club rats.
For now, we’ll keep sending you our favorite tracks from around the elsewhere-verse.
See you soon :)
This week on the HiFi ↓
5 new tracks we love this week –
MISOGI, Odunsi (The Engine) - DREAMER BOY (jamesjamesjames remix)
Elkka - DJ Friendly (Chloé Robinson + DJ ADHD Remix)
Songs that made us pull out Shazam at the club –
*Being on your phone on the dance floor is OUT in 2024… but sometimes you just gotta know. *
Critical Digital, Billy Jack Williams - It’s House
Scene-scapes ↓
Yé-Yé
by Mo
If the song “Chick Habit” from Quinten Tarintino’s film Death Proof caught your ear, you have to check out Yé-Yé. It’s a catch-all term for the French response to 60s rock music of the Beatles, Phil Spector, and Carol King. “Chick Habit” is a cover of France Gall’s song” Laisse Tomber Les Filles,” who in many ways is the genre’s typical star. Unlike mainstream rock of the time, ye-ye was mostly a phenomenon of female singers. Largely created by songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, the genre is overrun with his love of the lolita archetype. Notable examples include “Les Sucettes” (“The Lollipops”), a Gainsberg-penned Gall song about lollipops whose innuendos were initially lost on the singer. Noted feminist Simone de Beauvoir went to bat for the the lolita vibe of the Yé-Yé girl, recognising that she was “a carefree, in-between woman who giggled at the idea of marriage and commitment, in what was still a very conservative society.” The scene was popular enough to eventually move beyond France. British actress Jane Birkin (who also inspired the Hermes bag) recorded a duet with Gainsberg titled “Je T’aime,…Moi Non Plus' ' that scandalized audiences with it’s overt sexuality. For a sexy, slightly risque, and laid back vibe, here are some Yé-Yé favorites –
Françoise Hardy - Le Temps de L’amour
Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie And Clyde
Anna Karina - Roller Girl
April March - Laisse Tomber Les Filles
Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 heures du matin
Curated Playlist ↓
The sound that MEMBA has been honing in for over a decade – a blend of Indian classical, Bollywood, and western dance music with a focus on heavy bass.
