Françoise | zh

She was born on June 12th, 1944. She received classical training: piano at the Conservatoire de Versailles; harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris. In 1970, she founded (in collaboration with Christian Clozier) the Groupe de Musique Expérimentale de Bourges (now called the International Institute of Electroacoustic Music of Bourges) that they co-direct. Founder member and secretary of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM), she organized the Festival “Synthese”, the Bourges International Competitions. Director of the magazines “Faire” (edition GMEB, 1971-1975). She is Manager of the Company “Mnémosyne Musique Media” that publishes the“Cultures Electroniques” collection...

LCMDF are the Finnish sister duo Emma and Mia Kemppainen. If a bell is ringing, it could well be that you recognise this duo as two thirds of 2008's gnarliest electro merchants Le Corps Mince De Françoise. But after a streamlining of both moniker and line-up, the bandit mask face-paint is no more and this time the vibeometer has been clicked firmly onto heady good-times. With a sudden synth stab there is an eruption of technicolor energy and somehow the world is just feeling a much poppier place. Hot stepping into our lives from this psychedelic netherworld are LCMDF, two...

Born in 1964 and graced with a naturally beautiful voice developed through her childhood, Françoise Atlan began to learn the piano with her mother at age six. Her musical studies at the Saint-Étienne and Aix-en-Provence conservatories were rewarded in 1984 with Prizes in piano and chamber music. While a student of musicology at the university of Aix-Marseille, she perfected her vocal technique and her grasp of the lyric repertoire with Andréa Guiot at the Paris Opéra. With the contemporary music choir conducted by Roland Hayrabedian, she distinguished herself in the solo part of Maurice Ohana's Cantigas, the recording of which...