La Femme (band)
| La Femme | |
|---|---|
 La Femme performing in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Biarritz, France |
| Genres | New wave, cold wave, krautrock, psychedelic punk, psychedelic pop, surf rock, yéyé |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Labels |
Les Disques Pointus Barclay Records Born Bad Records Third Side Records |
| Members |
Sacha Got Marlon Magnée Sam Lefèvre Noé Delmas Clémence Quélennec Clara Luciani Jane Peynot Marilou Chollet Lucas Nunez Ritter |
La Femme is a French krautrock and psych-punk rock band[1] established by keyboard player Marlon Magnée and guitarist Sacha Got in Biarritz. Many members joined in later including bass player Sam Lefevre, drummer Noé Delmas and Lucas Nunez from Paris. The group was named La Femme in 2010. The band got to know the lead singer Clémence Quélennec on the internet. Other members include Clara Luciani, Jane Peynot and Marilou Chollet.
The band's music is described as synthetic and hypnotic influenced by Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk and mix of coldwave, punk and yéyé.
La Femme released their first EP in 2010 followed by their EP Le podium #1 in 2011 produced during festival des Inrocks. A third EP La Femme was released in February 2013. The debut album Psycho Tropical Berlin was released on 8 April 2013.[2] La Femme earned the French award Victoires de la Musique in the category "Album revelation" in February 2014.[3]
Discography
Albums
| Album and details | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|
| FRA [4] |
BEL (Wa) [5] | |
Psycho Tropical Berlin
|
33 | 125 |
Mystère
|
8 [6] |
38 |
EPs
| Year | Album | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| FRA [4] | ||
| 2010 | La Femme EP | – |
| 2011 | Le podium #1 (EP) | – |
| 2013 | La Femme | 153 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [4] | |||
| 2013 | "Sur la planche" | 107 | Psycho Tropical Berlin |
| 2016 | "Sphynx" | — | — |
| "Où va le monde ?" | 134 [7] |
— | |
| "Septembre" | 169 [8] |
— |
- Others
- 2011: "From Tchernobyl with Love"
- 2012: "La Planche"
- 2012: "Télégraphe"
References
- ↑ 20 minutes: Le groupe psyché-punk sort un premier album attendu depuis deux ans par leurs fans (French)
- ↑ Magic rpm: Psycho Tropical Berlin de La Femme(French)
- ↑ http://www.lesvictoires.com/
- 1 2 3 "La Femme discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "La Femme discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 37, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 35, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 5 September 2016.