Combo Daguerre - Fracassines '2024

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After dealing in mostly Latin tropical styles for over a decade, with the
psychedelic cumbia of his band Chicha Libre in particular, Brooklyn-based
Olivier Conan now leads Combo Daguerre, a group that performs original French
tunes with a psychedelic edge and a mostly Latin crew. Its hybrid style is
informed by boleros, cumbia, 60's rock, French chanson, Gainsbourg and 1930s
surrealism.

The combo is named after Daguerre, usually credited as one of the inventors of
photography, but Daguerre also refers to a street in the 14th arrondissement of
Paris, steps away from where Conan grew up – a street lovingly documented
by Nouvelle Vague filmmaker Agnès Varda.

Combo Daguerre started as francophone offshoot of Chicha Libre, a cumbia and
chicha band that spent close to a decade touring around the world - and like its
predecessor, the project owes much to New York city where cultural and
linguistic borders are fluid and Pan-Latin influences can be found in every
possible musical genre. Its music is filled with joy and darkness, deep grooves
and dirges, nostalgia, and futurism and deals with exile, misplaced nostalgia,
and a language adulterated by distance.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Combo Daguerre - Les Assassins (4:09) 
1.02 - Combo Daguerre - Son Ombre (3:27) 
1.03 - Combo Daguerre - 88 rue Daguerre (3:01) 
1.04 - Combo Daguerre - Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris (4:18) 
1.05 - Combo Daguerre - Fracassines (3:18) 
1.06 - Combo Daguerre - La Poulie (3:27) 
1.07 - Combo Daguerre - L'Age d'or (4:36) 
1.08 - Combo Daguerre - Pour en finir avec la nostalgie (3:45) 
1.09 - Combo Daguerre - Le Petit Bossu (3:33) 
1.10 - Combo Daguerre - Maribelle (2:37) 
1.11 - Combo Daguerre - Oh qu'il est doux! (4:44) 
1.12 - Combo Daguerre - Les Golfes clairs (3:54)

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