Rainy Blawg

Pursue Music

Melancholy lyrics plague his upbeat pop music. His French songs talk about his inspirational characters; Marlene Dietrich, a German American actress who troubled with alcoholism; The Red Baron, a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army. Disappointed with the sad beats of the French music scene, he sets out to change it.  His name is Lescop, and although he might not be on Wikipedia he is set out to make it into the charts, the French ones at least. His recent featuring in the Kitsuné Parisien II compilation is evidence of this. Lescop cannot be easily spotted in music blogs, and not much is known about him in the interwebs, yet he is slowly being discovered out there. People are starting to talk about him, play him; in fact, it was through a mutual friend up in Western Washington University playing his music that I have discovered him. And what a discovery it was. Lescop’s debut single “La Foret” just blew my perception of what dance music was. Every aspect of it is neatly shaped. The small syncopated clave in the underlying the sharp bass beats hits me, and at the same time the harmonizing voices during the chorus shape an eerie atmosphere in my imagination of what “The Forest” is. While looking out my window I can see it, imagine what happened on that day and while I listen to “La Foret” I learn what effective music does. It shapes our imagination, changes our mood, messes with our emotions, while at the same time makes us want to dance even when it’s embarrassing. Is this what Lescop does? I can’t be certain about others; as for me? He certainly does.

P.S: Stay tuned to Rainy Dawg’s Facebook for information about an exclusive interview with Lescop.