The OohLaLA Festival is bringing a bit of la France to L.A. this fall and no passport is required. The first edition of the three-day French music showcase will take over the Henry Fonda Theatre, September 23-25. Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster and go on sale Saturday, August 1st at 10 am.
Spanning three nights, the festival will bridge two continents, highlighting the current French music scene in the U.S. with a series of performances running the gamut from hard-hitting electro to more traditional fare. September 23 and 24 will be devoted exclusively to emerging talent from the indie pop/rock and folk scenes, including performances from dance-pop provocateur Sébastien Tellier, whose latest album, Sexuality, was produced by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo; piano aficionado Gonzales, the multi-faceted virtuoso, who is equal parts powerful crooner and hip-hop singer, as well as Grammy-nominated arranger/producer for Feist; and Cocoon, a male/female folk duet whose music echoes American folk greats such as Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens.
Night number two will belong to the radical, loungey reinterpretations of Nouvelle Vague, as the collective led by producer Marc Collin presents “Hollywood, Mon Amour,” a tribute to 1980s film soundtracks. The band will put their spin on such classics as “Eye of the Tiger,” “Flashdance… What A Feeling” and James Bond’s “A View To A Kill.” The Dø, a Finnish girl/French boy duo with panoramic cultures and 2008 sensation in France, will kick off the evening alongside electro-pop chanteuse Emilie Simon, a multi-French Music Award winner and composer of the “March of the Penguins” soundtrack, now based in New York.
The fest will close out Friday, September 25, with a serious collection of intercontinental, premiere party-starters manning the decks. This celebration of the French Touch electronic scene, fittingly dubbed “Electronic French Party,” will showcase the hugely expanding French electro movement made popular recently by the likes of Daft Punk and Justice. The night will feature ‘Champagne connexion’ Yuksek fellows Brodinski and The Shoes who will show why their city of Reims is on the verge of becoming the new capital of French electro. Brodinski will bring his bass-heavy house and glitchy techno while The Shoes, known for their remixes around the globe (Late of The Pier, Santigold, Ladyhawke), will deliver a live set of electro computer rock. The Parisian duet Jamaica (formerly known as Poney Poney), produced by Xavier de Rosnay from Justice, will deliver a rousing set of electro power-pop with a health dose of heavy ’80s guitars.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sébastien Tellier
Gonzales
Cocoon
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Nouvelle Vague presents “Hollywood, Mon Amour”
Emilie Simon
The Dø
Friday September 25, 2009
Electronic ‘French Party’
Brodinski
The Shoes
Jamaica aka Poney Poney
the ink tanker 