We can’t listen Autobahna song by Montreal trio Le Couleur unveiled in the middle of July, without thinking of Kraftwerk. Autobahnit is also the title of a song and an album by this emblematic German group of krautrock and electronic music.
There are sounds in Le Couleur that hark back to 1970s electro, it’s true. A background of disco and synth pop too. French pop from the 1980s as well (in the spectrum of Mylène Farmer). Which does not mean that the trio formed by Laurence Giroux-Do, Patrick Gosselin and Steeven Girouard is content to reheat.
His music may well be multi-referential (we highlight the nod to Jennifer Lopez in New feelings), it demonstrates a very current sensitivity. Often less rigid than the pop of the 1980s, Le Couleur’s songs dance on grooves sometimes flexible (Meet Barbara) and sometimes have ideas of grandeur a bit prog (Penthouse).
There is something eminently theatrical about Le Couleur. In manner, too, but that’s part of the game. The narrated passages are distantly reminiscent of Handful of Snowdrops, a rare electropop group from here, which published notable albums, but remained confidential, at the turn of the 1990s. However, more color, precisely, at Le Couleur which, despite the slightly “gristounettes” atmosphere, makes you want to dance.
Extract of New feelings
Synthpop
Like in a penthouse
The colour
Lisbonlux Records