The media library invites you to discover Frank Loriou's exhibition, "Face à face". The exhibition features 24 artist portraits. Concerts, a meeting with Franck Vergeade (Les Inrockuptibles) and a friendly blind test are also on offer.
While streaming platforms have clearly altered our relationship with music, the advent of digital technology has produced another, more discreet upheaval, linked precisely to the new means of listening: in France, the musical landscape is no longer dominated by Anglo-Saxons, but by French artists. Urban music clearly tops the charts, followed by variety. But with the emergence of new artists combining critical and popular success, French pop rounds off the podium superbly.
Looking at French pop immediately raises a fundamental question: what exactly is French pop? And right away, it's not answers that emerge, but other questions that must be asked to try and answer them. Is it a period or a sound? Who does it encompass? Étienne Daho, Elli & Jacno and Taxi Girl in the early days? Malik Djoudi, Juliette Armanet and Sébastien Tellier today? Do we meet Jean-Louis Murat, Philippe Katerine and Dominique A on the bangs? Christophe and Alain Bashung as tutelary figures?
The mere mention of these names leads to a first certainty: this is a rich, teeming, exciting music scene. So it deserves to be honored. And perhaps this is the best way to answer part of our question: listen to, show and talk about pop "made in France" to better understand and appreciate it.
This is the aim of La France Pop, an event organized by the mediatheque, with a photographic exhibition by Franck Loriou, who for several years has been portraying French musicians - and not only - as well as concerts (Autour de Lucie, Nesles, Dominique Pascaud) and a meeting with Franck Vergeade, music editor of Les Inrockuptibles, French pop specialist and author of a biography of Jean-Louis Murat. To help you brush up on your "made in France" pop in good spirits, the most playful among you can take part in a blind test.
Looking at French pop immediately raises a fundamental question: what exactly is French pop? And right away, it's not answers that emerge, but other questions that must be asked to try and answer them. Is it a period or a sound? Who does it encompass? Étienne Daho, Elli & Jacno and Taxi Girl in the early days? Malik Djoudi, Juliette Armanet and Sébastien Tellier today? Do we meet Jean-Louis Murat, Philippe Katerine and Dominique A on the bangs? Christophe and Alain Bashung as tutelary figures?
The mere mention of these names leads to a first certainty: this is a rich, teeming, exciting music scene. So it deserves to be honored. And perhaps this is the best way to answer part of our question: listen to, show and talk about pop "made in France" to better understand and appreciate it.
This is the aim of La France Pop, an event organized by the mediatheque, with a photographic exhibition by Franck Loriou, who for several years has been portraying French musicians - and not only - as well as concerts (Autour de Lucie, Nesles, Dominique Pascaud) and a meeting with Franck Vergeade, music editor of Les Inrockuptibles, French pop specialist and author of a biography of Jean-Louis Murat. To help you brush up on your "made in France" pop in good spirits, the most playful among you can take part in a blind test.
