Albums by Brigitte Fontaine
ALBUMTerre neuveBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMFrench corazonBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMLibidoBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMRue Saint-Louis en l'IleBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMKekelandBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMPalacesBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMGenre HumainBrigitte Fontaine
ALBUMVous et nousBrigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem
ALBUMLe bonheurBrigitte Fontaine & Areski
ALBUMJe ne connais pas cet homme - Fontaine 4Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem
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The fearless, eternally questing darling of French experimental pop.
Artist Biography
French singer Brigitte Fontaine made a series of increasingly eclectic art-pop LPs in the 1970s that garnered acclaim in France, although she remains obscure to an international audience. Initially, she was an eccentric but accessible pop singer, presenting melodic and orchestrated material. On subsequent records, Fontaine got jazzier, and moved into more difficult directions of avant-gardism, employing African tribal rhythms, discordant progressive jazz, pretty folky melodies, throat-stretching a cappella vocals, spoken poetry, and pious classical arrangements, sometimes with a stoned recklessness. Fontaine returned to recording in the '90s, around the time her vintage work slowly began to accumulate a cult following among English-speaking listeners. ~ Richie Unterberger
Hometown
Morlaix, France
Genre
French Pop