With her title „La Pluie sans Parapluie“ Munich composer and singer Fouxi makes her way in the heart of French chanson tradition.
Francoise Hardy the grand madame of international popbusiness did a coverversion of Fouxi´s “la pluie sans Parapluie” on her newly released CD and is so delighted by the song that she named her complete album after it.Exactly one year ago the debute-CD was released by the munich label rats-n-ravens.com.
“A classical myspace liaison” says Norbert Schneider, labelowner . I discovered her myspace-site and was so taken on that I contacted her immediately.
Some of the debute album´s songs were soon beeing played on rotation by various radio stations. But the big brakthrough didn´t happen.
Than at the end of 2009 the public taste seemed to change and now in spring 2010 several titles are apearing on various compilations.
Among them are “Oriental Garden Vol. 7” compiled by Gülbahar Kültür, as well as “Musique Fantastique” compiled by Guuzbourg, a insider and guru of the international frankophile scene and heavy blogger on http://fillessourires.blogspot.com.. Together with artist like Carla Bruni, Les Charmeurs, Les Spinshots, Benjamin iolay, Phantom & Lio, Peppermoon, Stephanie Crayencour, Coralie Clément....
BBC UK is using a title for its documtary “Fat Man in a White Hat” which is about bestseller author Bill Buford and his adventures in French Cuisine.
And now the crowning glory to be covered by Francoise Hardy.
For this recordings of her song Fouxi was invited to Paris and worked together with Francoise Hardy and her producer Alain Lubrano at the famous labomatic studios.
Reason enough to release a single version of “La Pluie Sans Parapluie” from the original soundtrack “Les Fleurs de Fouxi” incl. a karaoke instrumental version bonus track.Les Fleurs de Fouxi
Fouxi is just plain fun. It fits that the first part of her name is “Fou”, the French word for “crazy”. Fouxi’s Chansons join a multicoloured mix of melodies with inventive arrangements and surprising sounds. What’s more, they are all supported by the chansonnier’s sometimes squeaky, sometimes smoky but always wonderfully unconventional voice. (cast-magazine 2008)WE LIKE FOUXI WE LIKE FOUXI the German neo-chansonnier delights us with a soundcultural mix’n match. Her music combines classical music, in cooperation with the Munich Philharmonics, traditional instruments like the duduk, an Armenian flute, and especially programmed electronic rhythms. It feels good that someone is actually creating new sounds off the beaten Timbaland track and is even being rewarded for it. (Tush-Magazine 2008)
„For me Fouxi’s music is a little bit as if the melancholic Triphop of Bristol meets a certain French scene like Benjamin Biolay or Mathieu Boogaerts in a funny coloured universe: poetic, lyrical, melancholy, and unique. A pleasant flowery universe. True artistic personality. A splendid flower that blooms and seduces. ” Christophe Perie (artistic director for Luc Besson)
Airy yet not vain; filled with depths, but without the melodrama; Chanson sweetness, devoid of those sleepy bedroom acoustics. It’s just plain Fouxi!. (Camilla Hildebrandt, Radiojournalist Deutschlandradio)
For good old Francoise Hardy, who has just turned 65, melody always played and still plays a very important role! Fouxi is not only in this respect one of Madame Hardy’s most talented successors. And the fact that Fouxi is German will probably especially delight the former student of German language. (Gerd Heger, Monsieur Chanson, Saarländischer Rundfunk)