Your Weekly Music Post: 'Steve McQueen' by M83 (2011)

This weeks music post goes to French electronica act M83, and their song Steve McQueen. M83 is a French musical act out of Antibes, France, who formed in 2001, and consists of members Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez, Morgan Kibby, Loïc Maurin, and Jordan Lawlor. Steve McQueen comes off of their latest, 6th studio album release Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, which was released in october of 2011 and reached #15 on the US album charts. If you haven't already checked out this album I highly recommend you do, especially if you dig this track, and special mention to their track Midnight City. 

Your Daily Feature: 'Midnight City' by M83 (2011)

Today's feature song is Midnight City by French dream-pop/shoe-gazing artist M83. M83 (named after the spiral galaxy, Messier 83) is French musician Anthony Gonzalez who has been active on the scene since around 2001 and is based out of Antibes, France. Midnight City is a single release off of M83's upcoming Hurry Up, We're Dreaming album, which is set for an October 18th, 2011 release, so definitely look forward to that. If you like what you hear go to the website HERE and if you do it soon you can get a free mp3 download of this there!

Feature Song of The Day = 'Hello' by Martin Solveig (feat. Dragonette) (2010)

Today's feature track goes to French electro-DJ Martin Solveig and his song Hello (featuring Dragonette). Martin Solveig is a French-electro-music DJ/producer from Paris, France while Dragonette is a Canadian electro-pop band out of Toronto, Canada featuring lead singer Martina Sorbara. Hello was released as a single in September 2010 where it would reach the #1 spot in Australia and a few European countries. For further music and info on Martin Solveig you can head over to his website HERE, and for more info on Dragonette head to their website HERE.

The Last Days Of House Weekly: 'Toop Toop (Reggae Rock Mix)' by Cassius (2006)

This weekly house track goes to French house-duo Cassius and their 2006 song Toop Toop (Cassius Reggae Rock Mix). Cassius is a French-duo from Paris, France; they've been active on the house-scene since 1988; and the duo consists of producers Philippe Zdar (Philippe Cerboneschi) and Boom Bass (Hubert Blanc-Francard). I am specifically featuring the Reggae Rock Mix here, and by that I mean the 3-minute version of that mix as opposed to the 10 minute one. The original track comes off of their 15 Again album (released September 2006), and this particular mix can be found on the Ministry of Sound Annual 2007 (Australian import). Check it, woot woot!

Today's Feature Song = 'Starlighter' by Jupiter (2009)

Today's feature song is Starlighter by French electro-disco-duo Jupiter. Jupiter are a boy/girl duo based out of Paris, France and there isn't really a whole lot of other info on them out there, unless of course it is in French somewhere that I haven't located. Starlighter comes off of their 2009 release EP of the same Title. If you like what you hear you can head over to their MySpace page HERE, or check out their Lastfm page HERE.

Song of the day for November 19th, 2010: "I Love U So" by Cassius

Today's song is...I Love U So, by French house music duo Cassius. Cassius consists of music producers Philippe Zdar (Philippe Cerboneschi), and Boom Bass (Hubert Blanc-Francard) who originate out of Paris, France. I <3 U SO comes off of their most recently released Rawkers E.P., which was just released in October 2010. In fact they also have a full studio album about to be released next month, titled 1999 which is bound to be good. I would also like to add here that I am still wondering when itunes or amazon is going to start offering Cassius's 2006 Toop Toop single, which is my personal favorite by the duo! Come on then itunes!!

Song of the Day for August 24th, 2010: "Y-T-S-C" by Cassius

And the song is Y-T-S-C by French electronic duo Cassius. Cassius consits of producer-duo Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, also known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass. Y-T-S-C stands for Youth, Trouble, Speed, Cigarettes, as you will hear when you listen to the song, which was released as the first single off of their 4th and still to be titled studio album. The song was originally released as a digital download only on July 14th, 2009. Cassius has been around since 1988 and have also been known as The La Funk Mob.

VJ Samsonite's "Hot New Music" song of the day is....

...Memories (feat. Kid CuDi), by French DJ/House Producer David Guetta. Kid CuDi (whom I have made previous new music posts about) is a U.S. rapper coming out of Chicago. David Guetta is actually the first French artist that I have posted on here (and don't discount the French, they brought us the trail-blazing group Daft Punk, and for that I will ever be grateful to the French music industry). David Guetta originally was a big-time DJ in 80's and 90's, has since co-founded label Gum Productions and has since released many albums, collaborating with heaps of big name artists, including his recent release featuring Senegalese-American rapper Akon called Sexy Bitch, which became a top 5 hit in the US, and is played literally every 5 minutes on the mainstream radio stations. Kid CuDi is a very talented young electro-rap artist, and I encourage everyone to check out the previous posts I've made of his work (and there will be future ones as well no doubt!). What it is!!