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In many ways le Maison de Kitsuné is one of those cultural forces that has struck America in whispers but with their upcoming 10th compilation, upcoming plans to take over the US and an ever expanding base of fans the past and future of Kitsuné just seems to lay in cautious and relaxed business plans. Along with a clothing line, record label, parties, musicians and a lot more coming up, I sit down with Gildas Loaec to chatter about life, Kitsuné and music.
I first met Willy Joy when I saw him open up for Yelle at the Logan Square Auditorium in 2007. It’s now 2010 and Willy has recently wrapped up his four year party Fly By Night; played tour DJ for Kid Sister; opened up for Deadmau5; played along Digitalism and recently went from NY to LA in less than a week. If you were to ask many people around the city about Willy they would probably tell you that he is one of the nicest and humblest of people; despite an exhausting schedule which would drive people into becoming a total grinch. He even found time to make us a mix for our readers on a plane!
The pop songbird Robyn and french phenomenon Yelle have come together to do an interesting project. Yelle has decided to perform Robyn’s “Who’s That Girl“….except that it is entirely in french. Robyn has given the same treatment to Yelle’s “A Cause Des Garcons“. Chceck out the results:
Robyn: Because of Boys (A Cause Des Garcons)-via Pretty Much Amazing
Yelle: Qui Est Cette Fille (Who’s That Girl) – via Big Stereo
(Image Via BigStereo)
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