Chromeo, a Special Duo!

This week, I take a suggestion of one of you and I’ll talk about Chromeo. This electrofunk duo is from Montreal and is formed by two childhood friends, Dave 1 (David Macklovitch, lead vocal) and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel). They like to say that they are "the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture." In the Macklovitch family, the music and the talent seem very present! The brother of David, Alain Macklovitch, who is known under the name “A-Trak”, is a DJ rather important in the music industry.

http://chromeo.net/

Their music has a big retro sound, it’s the thing which distinguich them from the others. They have three studio albums (She’s in Control, Fancy Footwork and Business Casual) and three mixed compilations. We can hear some of their songs, for example, in certain snowboard, surf and dance movies or in certain video games. So, maybe you already heard the song “Fancy Footwork” in the movie Step Up 3D!

I think that it’s an interesting duo and I really like the sound of their songs “Hot Mess” and “Fancy Footwork”! And you, what is your impression of them? Do you have other propositions?

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"A Republic ?" "No, no, One Republic !"

This week, I didn’t have so much ideas for my blog… Are you forgetting me? I need your propositions of bands or singers for my next posts!

So, I choose a band in the same style than the one of last week! I will talk about One Republic. This is an American pop rock band from Colorado. At the begginning, Ryan Tedder (lead singer) and Zach Filkins absolutly wanted to create a band. They found Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle and Eddie Fisher which will join them afterward. The band is on in 2002!

http://www.onerepublic.net

They did music before, but it’s in 2007 that they knew their first success. It’s sure that you remember the song “Apologize”! Its original version was released in 2006, but it became a hit in 2007 with the version featured by Timbaland. After, they had other singles like “Stop and Stare” and “Secrets”.

My favourite song of them is, by far, “Apologize” even if it can be considered as an old song!

And you, do you know other songs of them? Which one do you prefer?

Please, I need your propositions!!! :P

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Neverest, What's a Good Band!

This week, I will talk about Neverest. It’s a Canadian band from Toronto, Ontario. Since 2009, its members are Spyros “Spee” Chalkiotis (lead singer and founder), Mike Klose, Paul Loduca and Brendan Colameco. At the begginning, in 2007, Spee wanted to do a heavy rock band. Finally, they did and always do pop/R&B music!

 http://neverestmusic.com/home

The name “Neverest” suggests that everybody has his own Mount Everest. For them, it tells that as a band, they will work hard until they accomplish their musical goals!

They became to be known with their song “About Us” in 2010. Later, their song “Everything” also became a hit. Their album About Us contains some others song in the same style, like “Hate It” and “Blame Me”.

My favourite song of them is certainly “About Us”. And you, what is your favourite song? Did you already know that they were supposed to be a heavy rock band?

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