So I was checking out some music on my girlfriend's computer a while ago when I heard something that was oddly enigmatic. The chocolaty sub-rhythms and melodic highs caught me up and thrust me into my own imagination. A smooth, gender ambiguous voice thrummed through my eardrums:
"So, let go
Jump in
Oh well, what you waiting for?
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So, let go
Just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown"
And hell yeah, for that moment, I did let go.
I forgot about it for a while then, until I watched the movie "The Holiday" (quite enjoyable). When the song came on rather unexpectedly, I blurted "hey I know this, it's cool!." I had forgotten the name of the band, but gradually everything came back to me as I talked to my girlfriend later. I got the album the next day.
The song above is "Let go" off the 2002 Album "Details" by a rather obscure duo with an odd name: Frou Frou. Pronounced "Froo Froo", it is apparently French onomatopoeia (words that stand for sounds, like "bang" and "swish") for the sound made by the skirts of dancing women...cooool.
I would describe it as electronic music, but I'm not too comfortable with this label, as for many people it implies thumping bass-lines and zippity highs that belong in a dance club. Not this album no no. This music is for chilling around the home Cafe Del Mar style, or to freshen up the blood first thing in the morning. The lyrics often have a real conversational quality about them that pulls you along with the song. It's a real experience, and I am hard pressed to think of another band I've heard recently which has such a depth and complexity of sound with the impressive production quality and lyrics of this album.
For your information, the song "Let Go" also featured in the Hollywood film "Garden State", for which it is most famous.
Anyway, listen to it yourself for a bit here, just press the play button. It's awfully groovy.
Enjoy!
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